I rented GIGLI to see if it's really as bad its reputation, and, guess what, it's not. Yes, it's slow, boring, and overlong, and Bennifer are entirely unconvincing as mobsters, but the movie's not completely worthless. Bennifer do have some on-screen chemistry, and there are a few cute moments. The infamous "gobble gobble" scene is fun if you disregard the probability of a lesbian acting in such a way (see also CHASING AMY), and I also enjoyed penis/vagina debate. And Rain Boy's moment on the beach was sweet, unlikely as it may be.
But the movie just drones on and on, the music is incongruous with what it's supporting on screen, the plot is uninvolving, and and the outta-nowhere cameos by Al Pacino, Lainie Kazan, and Christopher Walken stop the movie cold. But Ben takes his shirt off, revealing a buff bod and some nice tats. See? The movie's not entirely without merit.
Now and then the media pounce on a movie that begs to be trashed but isn't nearly as bad as they say. (The SWEPT AWAY remake was a previous whipping boy, and while indeed a bad movie, it was better than other Madonna movies like THE NEXT BEST THING and BODY OF EVIDENCE.) GIGLI is not a good movie, but not an insufferable one like, for example, GLITTER. It's not even the worst movie I've seen so far this year (that would be VAN WILDER), but it's also not one I'll sit through again.
But the movie just drones on and on, the music is incongruous with what it's supporting on screen, the plot is uninvolving, and and the outta-nowhere cameos by Al Pacino, Lainie Kazan, and Christopher Walken stop the movie cold. But Ben takes his shirt off, revealing a buff bod and some nice tats. See? The movie's not entirely without merit.
Now and then the media pounce on a movie that begs to be trashed but isn't nearly as bad as they say. (The SWEPT AWAY remake was a previous whipping boy, and while indeed a bad movie, it was better than other Madonna movies like THE NEXT BEST THING and BODY OF EVIDENCE.) GIGLI is not a good movie, but not an insufferable one like, for example, GLITTER. It's not even the worst movie I've seen so far this year (that would be VAN WILDER), but it's also not one I'll sit through again.