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This movie was absolutly TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This movie was totally TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good lord.. there is NO chemistry between Affleck and Lopez .. which, considering they are set to get married, is a bad thing ... the acting is terrible and not even the short appearances of Al Pacino and Christopher Walken were worth the time to view it.

Oh man...the critics were right!

I tend not to believe the critics so much because their value in films differ from mine. However, I must agree with their harsh critcizing bombardment on this film they call Gigli...or is it Geely?Yeah so I heard Ebert and everyone else said this movie was a bunch of crap...but I keep thinking...It can't be that bad, everyone must have been sick of the stars' overexposure. It's hard to believe that such fine actors such as Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez would choose to be in such a flop of a movie. Throughout their whole careers, do they not see a flop when they see one? Either they are both totally stupid or just totally psyched to work together, who knows?So I gave the film a chance and watched it. This is one of the worst films I have ever seen in my life! And believe me..I've seen a lot of bad films! There are some good times like Brian rapping and the fact that Jennifer Lopez couldn't be more beautiful...but whoo...that cannot prevail how terribly bad this film is. But you can't really blame the actors...the storyline is horrible...and the writing!!! Ahhhh....no words could make me gag harder! Terrible Terrible dialogue!So you can't really say the film was poorly reviewed because of the major publicity of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez...dude that's just their just excuse! Hey! Their careers are tainted because they were blind enough to even agree to be in the film. You must blame Martin Brest! I'm sure he's a talented director and writer with such hits as Joe Black...but man oh man...did he bomb with this film!Wow...Gigli really sucked! Bottom line...

Gigli - not so bad

Martin Brest focused the "serious-funny side". Besides Brians historical disability highlights even the other characters more social disability of 'unsocial', onesided traits of 'autism'. While they have to play unchanged their part, the members of the 'family'-team Brian, Larry and Ricki develop tools to take care their disability.The mysterious out-of-the-blue Ricki is gentleminded, beautiful and must be "someone who can look you right in the eye and tell you exactly what she's thinking, someone who doesn't care what you think about her." With her sense of coolness, and logic she can see through the front-mirrors in this Gigli-movie. It is precisely this what Larry's show-off attitude needs for his development. Brest about Larry Gigli: "The most important thing was to create a central character who is stuck in time, who has somehow missed the opportunity to grow and progress… a man that time forgot, someone who, despite his good looks and charm, lives in the past and is a bit removed from his contemporaries…His peers have moved on, gotten married, started families, and Gigli is still at his two-bit job, living alone in a dumpy apartment. Somewhere along the way, he took the wrong road and he's stuck. So he postures, covers up, tries to pretend he's a tough guy." For Brian is 'Baywatch' not the TV-show but the life where normal people are, not longing to be part of it, he is aware of his situation, but be accepted for what he is. His togethertime with Larry and Ricki gives him the tool to handle 'Baywatch'-reality when he finally is a part of it. Not the goal – the journey transforms this timeout-'family', offers human approach to each other. The lesson: if each one of them accepts the other, the lesbian, the tough guy and the handcapped can be handicapped, lesbian and the tough guy. When Brian has finally to proof the use of his tool as short-time-member of the 'Baywatch'-team – it does not happen in Rainman's autistic "wet kiss"-style, though Brian cites for the astonished girl the Australian weatherforecast, Brian uses the right tool for the right person in the right moment at the right place; tool, person, time and place interact together. To be disability-accepted is mainly – not only!!! – the responsibility of society, but foremost the confronted individual in focus – here it is the girl. Not Larry Gigli is the turning-point in this 'bad' Gigli-movie but Brian. They search for and find a way to communicate with Brian, sensing what to do, has to be done and is done until Brian is ready when 'Baywatch' opens. After the Starkman-scene everything is done and said. Being Peace rules. Brian is, until his brother and his people come, a 'Baywatch'-member. And Larry is ready, as good as it is possible for him, catching up time and the others. And Ricki reveals her real name, inviting him to be with her, to be wherever it is 'clean' and as long as it lasts for them. The book Rochelles Ricki reads is Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh. The first lines of the first chapter On Suffering highlight what the movie Gigli aimed at. Without denying suffering, Brian and Ricki show Larry-boy how a 'father' could be, seeing the wonders of life. "Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of a baby. To suffer is not enough. We must also be in touch with the wonders of life. They are within us and all around us, every where, any time" Being Peace Thich Nhat Hanh

The score would be higher if people who didn't see it wouldn't vote

I'd be surprised even if half the people voting 1 even saw the movie."Gigli" is a horribly misunderstood movie, but far from a horrible one. Had this come out in the pre-megastar phase of the careers of both lead actors then this movie could have been a good word of mouth movie. It's not a marquee movie.I think it's worth it for the good parts, if only to see just how wrong bad hype can be.Wait for the video if you want or see a matinee, but give it a chance.Everyone has been waiting to slam Affleck and Lopez, and here is their chance. Hopefully they'll get it all out of their system now before "Jersey Girl" comes out so everyone will be a little more objective with that one.

Must see Jennifer Lopez. Must ignore everything else.

I thought this movie could not possibly be as bad as everyone says it is. Well, it's not, but that's damning with faint praise. It's not a good movie, but I've certainly seen more than 10 worse ones. The characters Affleck and Lopez played were just way too nice to be gangster thugs. There were a few chuckles, and a few wry smiles from me, but that's not enough. My rating was kicked up a notch, however just from the extreme cuteness of Jennifer Lopez. That's really the only reason to see this one, though. Grade: D

pretty good movie

I agree with lots of the other posters: this was a pretty good movie. Both actors are solid, it's well written and was entertaining. It had a couple of flat moments, but what movie doesn't these days (I'm looking at you 'Kill Bill'). So why all the fuss about it being awful? I think LoFleck were overexposed in the summer of 2003 and people decided to slam the movie. Critics were unable to separate their hate for the actors and the actual movie.

Don't Believe The Hype

Seriously, people are slamming into this movie in such exaggerated ways simply because of the media attention the two main stars attract. It's the little guys sad little way to get back at the celebrities. This is far from the worst movie ever made, or even 2003 (Bulletproof Monk takes that title).
That said, it is also far from being good. It's just a sloppy story with some very unfunny and silly jokes. At least there are a few moments that are slightly funny, which is more than I can say for some movies (i.e. Superstar & Beverly Hills Ninja). The retarded guy definitely gets on your nerves after awhile, and Ben and Jen's bad accents don't help. The film is actually slightly decent during the cameo performances by Christopher Walken and Al Pacino, who I bet is regretting doing this favor for Martin Breast right about now. The chemistry between the two leads isn't electric, but there have been worse couples in film history. Basically, it IS a bad movie. But people are just inflating the terribleness because they have a bias against tabloid stars. Don't believe the hype, but don't see the movie either. 3/10½ / * * * *

This is a great, wonderful piece of s***

It was 10:00 EST, I went to go see Gigli because the guy that reviews the movies in the Fort Worth Reader said it was one of his favorite films of the year. My cell phone went off at the point when Ben and Jen are blabing on about something. It was my best friend Tim Calhoun who informed me it was Imdb worst film ever. I was really surprised since i was only on the verge of regergitating all of my popcorn. the rest of the movie i laughed my head off and was pleasantly surprised at the fabulous Al Pacino performance as well as Ben and J. Lo's. I loved this movie sooooo much I decided to give it a one out of ten.

wrist slitting terrible

this movie is horrible. Just plain bad. Bad plot, bad characters, bad on screen performers, bad camera angles, bad editing. This movie may cause blindness.

A dead-in-the-water movie filled with laughable dialogue and crummy plot

J-Lo and Ben Affleck star in this cinematic abortion originally thinking that because of all the ridiculous publicity "Bennifer" received in spring and summer '03, a film starring both of them at the same time will show society that couples can truly work together. And it worked. Like a race car with sugar in the tank. Yes, this is "Gigli": looks like it's pronounced "Jig-lee" but it rhymes with "really". And it's gigli gigli bad.Look, friends: I've seen a lot of B-movies before. But they all had budgets that couldn't buy 2 Big Crunches at KFC. This? This had a fifty-four million dollar budget. And it got a pitiful amount back. And here's why. In this film, there is a vacuum of emptiness where humour, good plot, and chemistry are meant to fill. Gigli fails at all of these. Bennifer's love scene has absolutely no nudity and it's utterly unbelievable since J-Lo's character is supposedly a lesbian. With the lack of chemistry between them, it would be not surprising if Ms. Lopez gave birth to furniture. As for the plot, it's cringe worth. Affleck is forced to keep care of a retarded kid. But pretty much nothing happens. It's just LONG and DULL. And the humour? Please don't get me started on that. Ninety percent of the laughs are completely unintentional. But the pace is the worst! Several scenes push the 10 minute mark. Now, that would be okay if it wasn't boring. But it is. In one of these scenes, Al Pachino (!) appears and has a speech in a length that rivals a Macbeth soliloquy. I eventually got so frustrated I switch to the channel above for air and (praise god) Red Dragon was on. I watched Edward Norton for a few minutes to steal some sanity back and then flipped back to Gigli. AL PACHINO WAS STILL TALKING! God, I used to blow a fuse when commericals longer than 3 minutes interrupted my favourite TV show. This is so much worse. Oh how the mighty have fallen!Despite what I just spewed, "Gigli" is not the worst film of all time as it's often hyped to be but it's a runaway winner for the most abysmal film of '03. It's not worth a rental because well, it's just not worth any of your money. If your curious about the film, please for the love of God wait until it comes out on cable where you are, like I did.

so bad it's good!

ok. so i'm one of the people that got this movie (i purchased it) for just a little mor ethen i could have rented it. and seriously, i've seen it about 6 times now! this movie is not as horrible as everyone says. there are some redeaming moments, some cute, some legitamately funny. but this movie really is so bad it's good. it's one of those movies that you should get drunk with friends and watch. make it a double feature with "dirty love"!

Gigli Like Really - as in REALLY BAD

Gigli obviously has one of those legends behind it - so awful, one of the worst, a true turkey, etc. So when people finally get around to seeing it on DVD or cable - they think how bad can it be? Well, it is REALLY bad. At times, it is entertainingly bad - my friends and I couldn't stop watching it because we couldn't believe how awful it got with each and every scene. Martin Brest, who wrote and directed the classic Midnight Run, totally stumbles here with a stupid, clichéd script and almost every single role is miscast. From the get-go you do not believe for a minute that Lopez and Affleck are gangsters of any kind - nor do you believe that they have ever harmed or threatened anyone ever. Even the opening scene where Affleck (Gigli) has a guy tied up in an industrial sized dryer - the whole attempt at quirky Elmore Leonard type crime humor falls flat - that's another problem - the film never gets it's tone right - it tries to be Get Shorty but at other times wants to be Rain Man emotional - it's like throwing ingredients into a pasta dish and just hoping people will eat it - well, no thanks - nothing but acid reflux here!Affleck is truly terrible (which is a shame - because he is talented - he's good in Dazed & Confused, Good Will Hunting and does strong work in the recent HollywoodLand). He and Lopez have no chemistry even though they were a "couple" at the time. Pacino shows up - obviously doing a favor for Brest who directed him in Scent Of A Woman. The movie has one of the false wrap-ups where none of the characters have earned any of the supposed wisdom they've acquired - they change just because the script says so - not through any natural progression. Having the mentally handicapped guy try and rap is the movie's idea of funny. Hoo boy. What a train wreck.

most underrated movie ever!

If watching Benifer (one of the greatest actors of all time) is not enough this gem throws in a retard. Imagine putting the greatest movies of all time into a pot mixing them with great acting and what do you get? Yup GIGLI. "Gone with the Wind" +"Godfather"+"American Pie"='Gigli'. The love story of Benifer had me sobbing while the dirty jokes cleverly disguised by the idiosyncrasies of a retard had me laughing for days! Al Pacino's scene was reminiscent of his earlier works like the "Godfather" and "Heat", simply brilliant. Yes the movie may have had one or two tiny plot holes and the story may have been a bit underdeveloped but the movie easily made up for it through its comedy, drama and light love story. See this movie and be prepared to be taken on a movie journey of a lifetime.

Tell the truth- did anyone really even SEE it?

"Gigli" may be an absolutely terrible movie. It may be the worst ever made. But I'll never know, because I haven't seen it and don't intend ever to see it. And frankly, I'm pretty sure MOST people who are ripping this movie to shreds have never seen it.My guess is, people were so sick of reading and hearing about J. Lo and Ben over the past year, they derided it without ever seeing it.I defy all the people rating "Gigli" as the worst movie ever (worse than "Manos"????): come clean. Tell the truth. Did you really see it? Or are you just assuming it MUST be the worst movie ever?

Jennifer Lopez's very best

She is magnificent! Lucky for Ben Affleck that they did not marry - he would have gone under and that would not have done her any good.

My synopsis, to save you money! (SPOILERS, like you care)

At a laundromat, toughguy Ben Affleck (lol) has a man in a dryer. He talks to his victim (not the audience), rattling off threats regarding shoelaces and body moisture, threats that exist only in the world of hack writing. The man owes some money to Ben's boss, Louis. Ben says "f**k" a lot, so he's tough. Ben then meets with Louis. Louis chews out Ben. Louis says "f**k" a lot, so he's tough. Louis wants Ben to kidnap Brian, the younger brother of a man causing bossman Mr. Starkman trouble. Brian is a "beloved relative with certain psychological defects"; no, he's not the screenwriter.

Ben heads out to the institution. Apparently, security there is non-existent as Ben walks right in and begins conversing with Brian (Justin Bartha). Brian is apprehensive, as if he were going to a Ben Affleck movie. Brian says "f**k", so he's tough. Naturally, Ben has no trouble leaving with Brian as he heads to his apartment (great place to bring a kidnap victim). Brian wants to go home. I wonder if they'll put aside their animosity and eventually develop a true friendship?

Later on, JLO (who says f**k, so she's tough) visits, asking to use Ben's phone. They stare, then Ben asks her "Do we know each other?" Clever!?! JLO turns to Brian and says "you're a very handsome young man" Apparently, JLO is lining him up to be her ninth husband or whatever number she's up to now. JLO tells Ben, "I heard you were a f**kup". She must've seen `Pearl Harbor'.


Louis calls Ben, telling him he hired JLO because of the operation's importance. Why have Ben there in the first place, I dunno. JLO and Ben argue, then Ben says something which isn't quite a killer put-down:

"...sit at my f**king feet. Gather the pearls that emanate forth from me" ?!?


This movie is real deep. Brian twice tells Ben he's an idiot.

We discover that Brian likes to be read to before sleeping(Read him the script!). Unsurprisingly, Ben doesn't own books. Later, JLO reads a book. Ben finds out she's a lesbian. And that's about it for that scene.

Morning comes and Brian calls a number in Australia that gives weather reports, `Cause Brian is so innocent, and he doesn't know the call is expensive! Comedy! A detective stops by (Christopher Walken, proving he will appear in ABSOLUTELY ANY MOVIE!). Walken is suspicious of Ben. Before leaving, he proves that, like Ben, he's a master of verbal jabs:

"go down to Marie Callender's, get me a big bowl, pie, some ice cream on it, mmmm good. Put some on your head your tongue would slap your brains out trying to get to it. Interested?"


The trio drive (let's drive our kidnapee around in our convertible) to a restaurant (let's bring our kidnapee to a public place) where punks are playing loud music. Ben demands they lower it (let's loudly bring attention to ourselves). The gang threatens to beat him (if only!). JLO steps forward and makes another forced speech about how she's tough. Suspend disbelief, `cause the SEVEN punks fearfully back off, instead of wasting Bennifer.

Ben goes to his mom's house. She gives him a slap, meant to elicit laughs but really elicits envy. Brian volunteers he has to pee. I have to vomit.

At Ben's apartment, Ben catches Brian calling Australia again. Brian states he likes the weathergirl's voice, maybe `cause she has a POINT! Ben pesters JLO, who's doing yoga. For five minutes, Ben and JLO describe private parts. Comedy!?! Louis calls but Brian picks up; They argue `comically'. Louis orders Ben to mail Brian's thumb; Ben reluctantly agrees. Given the films Ben stars in, I figured he'd agree to anything.

The next morning Brian's dancing and rapping. Comedy!?! A woman knocks; Ben lets her in. She says, "f**k", so she must be tough. It turns out she's JLO's ex (who isn't?) and wants her back. Everybody argues. What is this movie about, again? The ex-lover runs into the kitchen and cuts her wrists, presumably because she'll never again be taken seriously as an actress. They rush her to the hospital to get bandaged and that's the last we see of her. Too bad, I thought she had some kind of PURPOSE.


Ben and JLO decide to get a thumb from a corpse in the morgue, apparently not realizing thumbs get fingerprinted. JLO asks Ben, "Are you with me?". Ben says, "sure", beginning a debate about how "sure" is the same thing as "yes"; an argument some concussed 3-year-olds might have. Ben sneaks into the morgue with no problem. Ben obtains a corpse's thumb with a plastic knife (?). Brian raps again. Comedy!?!

The next day, Ben gets all teary-eyed, babbling about how he feels about JLO. In Ben's apartment, JLO makes a `funny' speech about how men check their fingernails. Mine are currently embedded into my skull. Louie calls and wants a meeting. Our two stars get it on in a PG-13 way. JLO's character likes women, but she couldn't resist girly Ben's charm.

Louis tells them Starkman wants a meeting. At Starkman's impressive home, we are puzzled to see Al Pacino in this turkey. Somewhat unshockingly, police fingerprinted the thumb. Pacino shoots Louie. Finally, something actually happened in this film. Pacino shouts, "I have no compunctions!", which is obvious; he's in this film. We now hope Pacino splatters Ben's and Jen's brains but JLO makes another pathetically forced speech, saving them.

Our leads drive down the coast with Brian; Ben bonds with him in more insightful exchanges that I leave to your imagination. Brian thinks he sees "the Baywatch" and they eventually drop him off there. I guess Brian will be fine wandering a beach by himself. JLO drives away only to come back and pickup Ben; why, I dunno.

Wow....the critics weren't wrong....

I do not usually agree with critics regarding movies. In fact I usually like the ones that they don't like. Then I saw Gigli.

I will admit that the whole reason I rented the movie is because I couldn't believe that it really was all that bad. I just figured that people were criticing the couple more than the movie. Boy, was I wrong.

I think Jennifer Lopez is awesome. Love her music and most of her movies. I like Ben Affleck well enough and enjoy some of his movies. This movie was a different story. They did not have chemistry and the most interesting part was the charachter Brian.

The thing that really sticks with me is the fact that J-lo is playing a lesbian, yet she gives in to Ben Affleck and sleeps with him. WHY???? I was just really bothered by that and it just seemed totally unbelievable to me. People just don't change their sexuality overnight.

Overall this movie was horrible. I was disappointed in both of the main actors and hope that the next movie they are in is better (Jersey Girl)

Nowhere near as bad as they say!!!1

Gigli was not as bad as the critics say. Ben affleck is soooo hott! And J.Lo is da' bomb!!!!! The scene in the commercial where the guy has the cup with the straw and hes playing with the straw with his mouth is so funny!!! I luv it!Sure the movie isn't citizen cain, but it's still really really good!!!!!!10/10

Eeeew

I'm sorry - '...two such fine actors?' What are you people smoking? Affleck and Lopez are mediocre AT BEST. This 'film' is a piece of crap.

Some people actually gave this FIVE STARS?? That's supposed to mean it's a truly great film not so fans can just bring up the vote meter up because that's all they're doing.

whew- awful, awful, awful

I am not sure that it is even worth adding my 2 cents on this film and there definitely is not a lot of point commenting on this at length- the phrase "flogging a dead horse" comes to mind. Many far more qualified people than myself have already given it a such a venomous critical lambasting that most other commentators amateur opinions are simply not necessary. I just want to offer my gratitude to the makers for producing such a horrific film that the fall out from it shattered the loathsome "bennifer" pairing, and seemed to put the first nail in the coffin of the amazingly untalented Ms Lopez's career. Nevertheless, this is the most crass, turgid, dismally written, horrifically acted, shoddily directed, poorly shot and badly conceived feature that ever obtained an actual cinema release. For God's sake nobody watch the movie all the way through; just watch the infamous "gobble" scene- it encapsulates everything that has been commented on.