Synopsis
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
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Cast
- John TurturroFioravante
- Woody AllenMurray
- Vanessa ParadisAvigal
- Liev SchreiberDovi
- Sharon StoneDr. Parker
- Sofía VergaraSelima
- Loan ChabanolLoan
- Bob BalabanSol
- Max CasellaGuy at Couner
- Aida TurturroDriver's Wife
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
He (Turturro) lands a three-way with two eager ladies (Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara), but it’s his platonic meet-up with a lonely Hasidic widow (Vanessa Paradis) that establishes the deepest bond. - 80
The Guardian
Turturro has given Allen his biggest and best on-screen turn in years: the part was written for him and it's full of scope for amiable kvetching and nimble slapstick. - 80
Variety
John Turturro brings sensitivity and intelligence to a subject that could have gone terribly awry in Fading Gigolo. - 80
Time Out
Turturro, writing and directing in a register light-years from his nebbishy turn in "Barton Fink," has a more sensual NYC indie in mind. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Fading Gigolo features enough strange narrative turns and modest laughs, not to mention a substantial role for Woody Allen as a very unlikely pimp, to provide a measure of curiosity value. - 50
The Playlist
Fading Gigolo is mostly an inoffensive trifle, slightly undone by its lack of focus and mishmash of genres that don't quite come together. But it's breezily told and acted, with some decent laughs and unlike many comedies these days, it actually cares and respects the characters and the consequences of what they go through. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Fading Gigolo is John Turturro’s idea of an old school Woody Allen comedy, so he wrote Allen into it. - 50
IndieWire
Intentionally or not, however, Fading Gigolo actually functions as something of a statement on Allen's persona—onscreen and off—as it has been understood in the public eye. And the resulting conclusion, like the movie, is a decidedly mixed bag.
