Gigli (2003)

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

Director:

Martin Brest

Writer:

Martin Brest

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Terry Camilleri, Justin Bartha

Bottom 100 #88 | 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 | mob | gangster | kidnapping | hospital | 

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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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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, pervasive language and brief strong violence

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [fr] Sony [de]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tough Love

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

The word "fuck" is used 124 times.

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Goofs

Ricki takes her herbal tea bag from her cup, wraps the string around it, and drops it onto her saucer - moments later, it's back in the cup.

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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

References Baywatch (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Love The One You're With"
Written by Stephen Stills

User Reviews

Those Five dollars could've got me some chicken McNuggets!!!!

I could've went to McDonald's with my five buck and gotten something to eat but INSTEAD I went and saw the new J-lo/ Ben Affleck puke bonanza titled; Gigli. God, I'm an IDIOT!!! The first ten minutes weren't so bad but then I realized I was in "Finding Nemo". When I made my way to the right theater- I was horrifed!This was Gigli? A J-Lo movie ALL ABOUT J-LO- Well I never! Anywho- there's only too things worse then this movie: 1, Burning to death and 2, burning to death while watching "Gigli"

for A movie titled "Gigli" -- I never laughed once! Total rip off! Horrible! I give it 4 stars **** ...out of 240!