Product Description

Small-time street hood Gigli (Ben Affleck) has a reputation for big-time screw-ups. Ricki (Jennifer Lopez) is a tough gal gangster. When they're paired together on an assignment that careens wildly out of control will they find a way to work through their personal differences and work out their mutual attraction? Directed by Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman) GIGLI is a high-octane romantic comedy that packs serious heat!System Requirements:Running Time: 121 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396087576 Manufacturer No: 08757

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46741 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2003-12-09
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, French, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 121 minutes

Amazon.com
Many critics called Gigli one of the worst movies ever made, but their condemnation isn't entirely justified. The movie's got plenty of problems, such as inconsistent tone, gag-inducing dialogue, and a meandering plot that fails to generate momentum over 124 minutes. And yet, this character-based vehicle for Hollywood sweethearts Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez is not without its charms: To begin with, there's J-Lo, whose beauty and presence flourish despite her ill-conceived role as a lesbian contract killer. Critics were also wrong in saying Lopez lacks on-screen chemistry with her off-screen beau; there are moments when they click, but director Martin Brest's screenplay maintains sexual confusion right up to an ending that's a total cop-out. Affleck (who did the lesbian-love thing in Chasing Amy) plays another good-natured killer, and their joint kidnapping job (involving the mentally disabled brother of a federal prosecutor) is destined to fail for all the right reasons, even as this anti-romantic comedy (featuring scenery-chewing cameos by Christopher Walken and Al Pacino) fails for all the wrong ones. --Jeff Shannon

From The New Yorker
Jennifer Lopez is Ricki, a sweet-voiced lesbian hit man; Ben Affleck is Gigli, the Mob employee who desires her and wishes she would hop the fence. Together, they watch over a kidnapped mentally challenged boy. 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? Connoisseurs of moments of jaw-dropping celebrity narcissism will thrill to J. Lo's extended soliloquy of how man's truth, beauty, and inspiration all find their source in her nether region. The movie also features one of the most tone-deaf "I love her" moments in the history of romantic drama-it's funny how you don't really know someone until you deposit her suicidal girlfriend at the E.R. Finally, in what must be a coded audience message from the props department, look for the frequent appearances of "Being Peace," a Buddhist book that asks, "Have we wasted our hours and days? Are we wasting our lives?" -Michael Agger
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

" Rhymes with really" as in really bad
Gigli is a terrible film there is no disputing that. Affleck is so bad he is actually annoying, Lopez looks good that's about it, and the film is an unendurable two hours and change. The plot is ridiculous with Affleck playing Larry Gigli a mobster who gets no respect from his boss Louis. Louis hires Larry to kidnap a mentally retarded young man who happens to be the brother of a high ranking politician. The hope is that the politician will drop all charges against a mobster who is losing his court case and will face some serious jail time in exchange for getting his brother back. After Larry picks the kid up he soon meets the sexy Ricky (Lopez) when she shows up at his door for no reason. Larry soon learns that Ricky has also been hired by Louis to keep the kid under wraps until a deal can be arranged. Larry is dismayed to learn that Ricky is a lesbian and therefore not impressed by his overly macho attempts to woo her. The audience is dismayed at having to watch this unfunny game play out for two hours. It's inevitable that the two will hook up or otherwise what's the point of the movie. The dialogue is terrible including the now infamous " Gobble, Gobble" which for the first and only time in movies here means a sexual invitation. Anyway there are three fantastic scenes in this movie that almost redeem this film. The first is also the first of the star cameos this one being Christopher Walken. He is playing one of his weird Walken roles a cop who is looking for " information on the underground." He comes to intimidate Larry into confessing that he had something to do with the kid's disappearance while he flirts with Lopez as she lounges around in a robe. When Walken doesn't get the info he wants he goes into a bizarre and hilarious rant about Marie Callendar ice cream. The funniest thing in the movie by far. The second scene involves Lopez and Affleck in a graphic conversation about male and female genitalia everything from it's shape, design, use. It's pretty sexy to hear Lopez say this stuff while doing yoga in a pair of skin tight shorts. The best scene in the film however which is guaranteed to annoy a lot of people is the Al Pacino cameo. Pacino plays the mobster who is facing serious jail time and he is the one who had them kidnap the kid as a bargaining chip of sorts. Pacino is made to look older and goofier with a thick pair of glasses and gray hair done up in a pony tail. He starts off cracking dumb jokes and then he goes into a speech about what makes a person intimidating. Of course it ends with Al yelling all of his dialogue and overacting but for the five minutes that he is onscreen it is very very entertaining and is actually some of my favorite work that he has done. In my opinion those three scenes make Gigli worth a look but that's about the only good thing to recommend.

A NOT BAD MOVIE WHICH GOT CAUGHT UP IN A MEDIA CIRCUS
This flick wasn't as bad as the critics made it out to be. The problem was all of the hype that surrounded it during the "Bennifer" craze. Okay, another problem was the fact that Ben Affleck is not believable as ANYTHING! He sucked in "Good Will Hunting" but I got the impression that he was just playing himself. But who would be scared of hit man named "Gigli"? That's what you would name a toy dog!! By the time I saw this movie, Ben had left J-Lo at the alter and I was kinda pissed because she wasted a million dollars on a "non-wedding" instead of building a community center in the Bronx. Overall, the story here was pretty good with several humorous moments. You just have to brainwash yourself to forget that these two clowns were once an item and that they allowed their celebreality to overshadow the release of this film. Martin Brest should have sued them both for jeopardizing his project. He obviously believed in the script because he casted such heavyweights as Christopher Walken and Al Pacino. Both actors did well with minor supporting roles. Another standout is Lenny Venito of "NYPD Blue" fame. But the public really has a case for intentional infliction of emotional distress!!

ONE OF THE GREATEST CINAMATIC EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE WATCHED IN YEARS
Where do I start. The acting, the well written script - innovative writing mind you. You can feel the passion of the film maker. And the Direction was flawless. Ben and Jen were obviously at the top of there game. Superb acting...Thank you very much. Oh,and the cinematography was outstanding, the way it came through on my HD set. Oh my.