Synopsis
A groundbreaking film that portrays the journey of Gigi Lazzarato, a fearless woman who began life as Gregory, posting fashion videos to YouTube from his bedroom, only to later come out as a transgender female. With never-before-seen personal footage, the film spotlights a family’s unwavering love for a child.
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Cast
- Gigi LazzaratoSelf
- Pia WurtzbachSelf
- Trisha PaytasSelf
- Adam WescottSelf
- Kylie JennerSelf (archive footage)
- Frankie GrandeSelf (archive footage)
- Todrick HallSelf (archive footage)
- Tyler OakleySelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
- 100
RogerEbert.com
There’s a chilling resonance to the moment where Gigi reflects on the legacy of German physician Magnus Hirschfeld, and the Nazis that attempted to silence his groundbreaking advocacy for gay and transgender rights. - 75
The A.V. Club
Kopple and her team have combed through the hours and hours of those dispatches that Gigi has sent into the world, and from them they’ve pieced together a story very much worth telling. - 70
Los Angeles Times
With This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, acclaimed filmmaker Barbara Kopple retains her signature intimacy and freedom from judgment of her subject. - 70
Village Voice
Anonymous haters on YouTube can say Gigi is fake, but her enthusiasm here, and the enthusiasm her teen girl fans have in meeting her, is totally genuine. - 60
The New York Times
Adam Wescott and Scott Fisher, Ms. Lazzarato’s management team, are executive producers for the film, and to a great extent “This Is Everything” seems to follow an agenda set by them in tandem with the movie’s subject, which is largely commendable in its pitch for acceptance and against bigotry. - 50
IndieWire
Gigi is an invaluable role model to young trans people in her ferocious courage and undeniable fabulousness, but the film is little more than a celebration of that. - 40
Variety
This glossy doc uncovers very little conflict or depth in a personality more colorful than it is interesting, at least as presented here.
