Synopsis
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.
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Cast
- Ben AffleckLarry Gigli
- Jennifer LopezRicki
- Justin BarthaBrian
- Lainie KazanMother
- Missy CriderRobin
- Al PacinoStarkman
- Lenny VenitoLouis
- Christopher WalkenDet. Stanley Jacobellis
- Terry CamilleriMan in Dryer
- David BackusLaundry Customer
Recommendations
- 58
Entertainment Weekly
A watchable bad movie, but it's far from your typical cookie-cutter blockbuster. There are no shoot-outs or car chases, and there isn't much romantic suspense, either. - 40
The A.V. Club
Writer-director Martin Brest lends the film a professional sheen, and his stars (who some rumors suggest may have become romantically involved) have charisma to spare, but the film has all the charge and momentum of a Paxil ad. - 40
Salon
Turns out to be merely bad -- not a train wreck, not the crime against humanity it's been rumored to be. - 38
Charlotte Observer
After five minutes, Christopher Walken vanishes. We wait vainly for the next 90 minutes for someone, anyone to bring that kind of danger, unpredictability and vitality to a story as drab as army fatigues. - 25
New York Post
The problem with Gigli is that it is an inept attempt to do Elmore Leonard by Martin Brest, a filmmaker whose coarse sensibility makes him catastrophically unqualified to the task. - 25
Baltimore Sun
Excruciating...The movie proves to be singularly unfunny and static almost from the non-get-go. Virtually nothing happens; the movie is all premise. - 25
New York Daily News
Gigli is a disaster. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A hypnotic, black hole of a movie that sucks reputations, careers and goodwill down its vortex. Rarely has a movie that doesn't star Madonna achieved such a skin-crawling mixture of deluded preening and bungled humour.
