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 ...
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. ...
Pros: The "I Remember It Well" scene Cons: Songs are not memorable, acting is too unfit for screen, slow.
Movie musicals of the 50s and 60s 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, ...
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...
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...
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)....
Set in Paris at the turn of the century this delightful Lerner and Loewe musical based on a story by Collette follows a precocious French girl as she ...More at Family Video
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