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Gigli

Life doesn't play by the rules.

2003 · 2h 2m · R Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by Martin Brest

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Overview

Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.

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After the schadenfreudian thrill of watching beautiful people humiliate themselves wears off, it has the same annihilating effect on your will to live.

Jeff Giles, Newsweek
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More stupefying follies may come, but it's impossible to imagine how they'll beat this one for staggering idiocy, fatuousness or pretension.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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Every bit as unwatchable as the deafening negative chatter would suggest.

Christy Lemire, Associated Press
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It's hard to tell who this movie was intended for: those who think that a mentally challenged boy singing dirty rap lyrics is cute and funny? Those who find Ben Affleck's brow to be ineffably mysterious? Students of Stoic philosophy looking for a test?

Michael Agger, New Yorker
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Brief but flamboyant cameos by Christopher Walken and Al Pacino helped keep me distracted from the noble intentions and the silliness.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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