Synopsis
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.
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Cast
- Leslie CaronGilberte "Gigi"
- Maurice ChevalierHonoré Lachaille
- Louis JourdanGaston Lachaille
- Hermione GingoldMadame Alvarez ("Mamita")
- Eva GaborLiane d'Exelmans
- Jacques BergeracSandomir
- Isabel JeansAunt Alicia
- John AbbottManuel
- Corinne MarchandYoung Lady with White Sunshade
- Marie-Hélène ArnaudGirl at Maxim's
Recommendations
- 90
New York Daily News
The direction is excellent and Freed is to be congratulated on the production as a whole, as the story is presented in an original and enticing manner. - 90
Variety
It has all the ingredients. It's a naughty but nice romp of the hyper-romantic naughty 90s of Paris-in-the-spring, in the Bois, in Maxim's, and in the boudoir. How can it miss? - 90
The New York Times
Charming entertainment. - 88
Chicago Tribune
Blithely sophisticated, would-be French naughtiness, sleek as a bolt of silk. [08 Jan 2004, p.N1] - 80
Chicago Reader
It's easy to drift away from the story and become absorbed in Minnelli's impossibly delicate textures, but there is a little something here for everybody. - 80
Village Voice
Gigi has more imaginative use of cinema than all our recent pseudo-realist movies put together. - 75
ReelViews
It’s an adorable confection – light, airy, and largely without substance. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Overbaked but enjoyable, and a banquet for the eyes, thanks to the visual wonder of the Minnelli-Beaton teaming.
