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Gigi

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Beautiful, slow-moving, musical lacking dance production numbers, but not without charm (L&M3)

by Stephen_Murray Stephen_Murray is a Top Reviewer on Epinions in Movies, Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 100, Dec 13 '04
Pros: costumes, sets, cinematography, songs
Cons: an unfortunate blend of prurience and censorship; pacing (lack thereof)
Beautiful, slow-moving, musical lacking dance production numbers, but not without charm, (L&M3) I have seen "Gigi" three times, at intervals of about 15 years. The first two times I thought it was interminable and very boring. I still think it is ...
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A Blase Romance Gets Best Picture With "Gigi?!"

by wlswarts Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Oct 25 '09
Pros: Charming
Cons: Predictable, Light on character development, Light on DVD bonus features.
It is a rare thing that a movie gets me into a rant that is larger than the movie itself, especially as I have been inundated recently with films that won the Best Picture Oscar. And yet, "Gigi" inspires me with both and that is where we begin today. ...
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Failed to charm me, but maybe musical fans might enjoy it

by flipperoid , Jun 21 '06
Pros: The "I Remember It Well" scene
Cons: Songs are not memorable, acting is too unfit for screen, slow.
Movie musicals of the 50’s and 60’s has been celebrated continuously in modern Hollywood – The Sound of Music, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, etc. There is something about Gigi that has left it to fade into obscurity. After seeing the film, ...
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Let's peek in on the dememondaine.

by rhizu , Mar 28 '00
Pros: Stunning costuming and music.
Cons: Misanthropic view of women.
"Gigi" is a story I love and hate. The elaborate costuming, beautiful women in fashions in the style of Worth and Piaget, the romance, all contribute to making it a favorite movie of mine. There is something about the elegance, and the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

I remember it well

by heb , Apr 08 '00
Pros: the songs, costumes, acting, everything.
Cons: The story line, may turn some off, but if you get past the idea, it's a great film.
Gigi is a musical from the writing team of Lerner and Loewe who wrote My Fair Lady and the Little Prince. It is a tale of a young girl growing up, falling in love, and trying to change from her families ways.
Gigi is a young school girl, naive...
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Gigi (1958)

by BrianKoller Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 50, Sep 20 '99
Pros: sets, costumes, cinematography, story
Cons: characters, bland songs and choreography
"Gigi" dominated the 1959 Academy Awards. It won nine Oscars, sweeping all the non-acting categories. Best Picture, Best Director (Vincente Minnelli), Best Adapted Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Color Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg)....
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