Gigli (2003)

The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold, and a mentally challenged man came to be best friends through a hostage.

Director:

Martin Brest

Writer:

Martin Brest

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha

Bottom 100 #65 | 7 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Affleck	...	Larry Gigli
Terry Camilleri	...	Man in Dryer (as Terrence Camilleri)
David Backus	...	Laundry Customer
Lenny Venito	...	Louis
Robert Silver	...	Man in Debt
Luis Alberto Martínez	...	Adult Care Resident
Justin Bartha	...	Brian
Jennifer Lopez	...	Ricki
Christopher Walken	...	Det. Stanley Jacobellis
Todd Giebenhain	...	High School Kid #1
Brian Sites	...	High School Kid #2
Brian Casey	...	High School Kid #3
Les Bradford	...	High School Kid #4
David Bonfadini	...	High School Kid #5
Dwight Ketchum	...	High School Kid #6 (as Dwight P. Ketchum)

Storyline

Gigli, a lowly and inept hitman, is assigned a job by the mob to kidnap a mentally retarded brother of a California district attorney. Gigli abducts the brother from his mental hospital and holds him hostage in his apartment. Ricki, a "lesbian assassin", is sent to oversee Gigli's job and make sure he doesn't screw it up. Comedic high jinks ensue as the two go on the lam and start to fall in love.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | hospital | gangster | thug | mob | 

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Taglines:

The movie everyone is talking about. The couple everyone wants to be (Australian DVD cover)

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [France] Sony [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amours troubles

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$54,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$50,385 (Brazil) (21 November 2003)

Gross:

$50,385 (Brazil) (21 November 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, City Light Films, Casey Silver Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Became the first film in the history of the Razzie Awards to "sweep" all the top five categories. Including, Worst Picture, Worst Actor - Ben Affleck, Worst Actress - Jennifer Lopez, Worst Director - Martin Brest and Worst Screenplay - Written by Martin Brest. Essentially making it the Razzie equivalent of It Happened One Night (1934), which was the first film to win the "Oscar Grand Slam" (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay). It also claimed a sixth Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple - Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.

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Goofs

When Ricky and Larry are leaving to meet Louis, she is wearing an orange-colored shirt under her jacket, but when they're with Louis and Starkman she's wearing a different shirt.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Larry Gigli: You see, after all is said and done, the only thing you can be really sure of, the only thing you can really count on in this world, is that you just never fucking know.

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Crazy Credits

Towards the end of the credits Brian (Justin Bartha) can be heard singing his rendition of "Baby Got Back".

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Connections

Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006)

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Soundtracks

I Need Love
Written by Bobby F. Ervin, Steven J. Ettinger, Dwayne Emil Simon, Darryl La Mont Pierce and James Todd Smith

User Reviews

$54,000,000! Where did all the money go?

I saw this movie and hated about 99% of it. After I found out it cost $54,000,000 to make, I started to hate the other 1%. If this is considered a love story between Lopez and Affleck, may I ask...where was the love? A sex scene with no nudity, no passion, and no sound....why? Supporting characters like Christopher Walken and others were introduced and went no where...why? The story alone peeks when Pacino arrives and shoots one of the cast members. From there, i was hoping that Pacino had finished the job and killed the rest of the cast. If that happened, the movie would have been good. Instead, the movie drags and drags and drags. The audience is not going to care if the actors in the movie learn something or progress if they don't care about the characters. Lopez and Affleck's characters do not exist! Much like the ugly tattoos on Affleck's shoulder, the movie was not fun to look at. In my opinion, and I do not think I am wrong, if Lopez had a small nude scene and / or the movie was done as an independent film for under 2 or 3 million, Gigli would have been a giant success. Instead, we are left to wonder....why?