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Gigli Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 1.0
    18

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Overwhelming dislike
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 0

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    The worst movie -- all right, the worst allegedly major movie -- of our admittedly young century. More stupefying follies may come, but it's impossible to imagine how they'll beat this one for staggering idiocy, fatuousness or pretension.

  • 20

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis

    Nearly as unwatchable as it is unpronounceable.

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  • 20

    out of 100

    The New York Times Dana Stevens

    Buried in the slow, talky, inanities that the two stars exchange are some potentially interesting ideas about female sexual self-assertion and male surrender, but neither the actors nor the filmmakers have any notion about how to explore them.

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  • 20

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

    The film lacks a controlling point of view to guide an audience through so improbable a tale. Nothing in the movie is funny -- aside from giggles provoked by misfired jokes -- or romantic or dramatic.

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  • 25

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    An embarrassing debacle...the rare movie that never seems to take off, but also never seems to end. It tries hard to titillate, but ends up making audiences want to avert their eyes.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety

    Arrives carrying more baggage than a Greyhound bus, which may distract moviegoers from what is a silly but still an enjoyably written and performed romantic comedy.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    A watchable bad movie, but it's far from your typical cookie-cutter blockbuster. There are no shoot-outs or car chases, and there isn't much romantic suspense, either.

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  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Lopez and Affleck are sweet and appealing in their performances; the buzz said they didn't have chemistry, but the buzz was wrong. What they don't have is conviction.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

not for kids

Misbegotten mess of a not family-friendly movie.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this movie has graphic violence, non-stop profanity, and extremely explicit sexual references and situations. A character attempts suicide and then disappears from the story. In a better movie, the fact that the most capable and intelligent character is a bi-sexual Hispanic woman would be more worthwhile. Bartha's portrayal of Brian is probably the most natural and authentic of the movie, but the character of the retarded man is the stereotypical noble disabled person and really no more than a prop for the other characters to react to.

  • Families can talk about why Brian made Larry and Ricki feel differently about their choice of careers.

What to watch for
  • violence false5

    Violence: Graphic violence, suicide attempt.

  • sex false5

    Sex: Exceptionally explicit sexual references, sexual situations.

  • language false5

    Language: Constant extremely strong language.

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Social drinking.

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5

by geoelevation25

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