Gigli (2003)

Director:

Martin Brest

Writer (WGA):

Martin Brest (written by)

Release Date:

1 August 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

The movie everyone is talking about. The couple everyone wants to be (Australian DVD cover)

Plot:

The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold, and a retarded man came to be best friends through a hostage.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Thug | Mob | Kidnapping | Gangster

Awards:

7 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Larry Gigli
Terry Camilleri	...	Man in Dryer (as Terrence Camilleri)
David Backus	...	Laundry Customer
Lenny Venito	...	Louis
Robert Silver	...	Man in Debt
Luis Alberto Martínez	...	Adult Care Resident
Justin Bartha	...	Brian
Jennifer Lopez	...	Ricki
Christopher Walken	...	Det. Stanley Jacobellis
Todd Giebenhain	...	High School Kid #1
Brian Sites	...	High School Kid #2
Brian Casey	...	High School Kid #3
Les Bradford	...	High School Kid #4
David Bonfadini	...	High School Kid #5
Dwight P. Ketchum	...	High School Kid #6

Also Known As:

Tough Love (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, pervasive language and brief strong violence.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #38417) | Malaysia:18PL | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

In March 2006 FX Networks started airing commercials hyping the premiere of Gigli on the network. The commercials seemed to play off the negative media attention by including lines like "The most talked about movie you never saw."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ricky and Larry are leaving to meet Louis, she is wearing an orange-colored shirt under her jacket, but when they're with Louis and Starkman she's wearing a different shirt.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Larry Gigli: You see, after all is said and done, the only thing you can be really sure of, the only thing you can really count on in this world, is that you just never fucking know.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Love The One You're With

Rhymes with 'Really'. As in Really Bad.

I borrowed my friend's Gigli DVD to see if the movie was really as bad as the ratings and other comments here will indicate. The answer is yes. When the film first came out, it rocketed to number 1 on the bottom 100 list. That ranking was undeserved, as the movie does have decent technical aspects (editing, sound) relative to Manos and Future War. Its good to see Gigli settling a little further down the list. From the outset, I could tell the dialog was just horrible. It was unfunny 90% of the time, and contained useless overlong scenes. One example was the whole 'pleasing a woman' sequence where Lopez was doing Yoga on a mat while talking with Affleck. Just horrible. Jennifer Lopez has to win the award for most painfully miscast actress. She is totally unbelievable as a Lesbian girl gangster. She failed to convince me that she had ever broken the law in the past. 'I did some really bad things' -- yeah right. I would avoid this like the plague. 1/10