Gigli

Year:

2003

Duration:

121 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

IMDB rate:

2.3

Director:

Martin Brest

Awards:

7 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-08-01

Filming Locations: Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $54,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,753,518 (USA) (3 August 2003)

Gross: $6,068,735 (USA) (17 August 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brandon Henschel

Shelby Fenner

Ben Affleck

Larry Gigli

Terry Camilleri

Man in Dryer (as Terrence Camilleri)

David Backus

Laundry Customer

Lenny Venito

Louis

Robert Silver

Man in Debt

Luis Alberto Martínez

Adult Care Resident

Justin Bartha

Brian

Jennifer Lopez

Ricki

Christopher Walken

Det. Stanley Jacobellis

Todd Giebenhain

High School Kid #1

Brian Sites

High School Kid #2

Brian Casey

High School Kid #3

Les Bradford

High School Kid #4

David Bonfadini

High School Kid #5

Dwight Ketchum

High School Kid #6 (as Dwight P. Ketchum)

Lainie Kazan

Mother

Missy Crider

Robin

Peter Van Norden

Morgue Attendant

Alexandra Fatovich

Packing Store Clerk (as Alex Fatovich)

Al Pacino

Starkman

David Pressman

Assistant Director

Theresa Barbosa-Adams

Beach Dancer

Kelly Cooper

Beach Dancer

R.J. Durell

Beach Dancer (as RJ Durell)

Shaun Earl

Beach Dancer

Nadine Ellis

Beach Dancer

Samuel Givens

Beach Dancer (as Samuel Luis Givens)

Hunter Hamilton

Beach Dancer

Stacey Harper

Beach Dancer

Zach Hensler

Beach Dancer

Scott Hislop

Beach Dancer

Robert Hoffman

Beach Dancer

Dondraico Johnson

Beach Dancer (as Dondraico L. Johnson)

Elaine Klimaszewski

Beach Dancer

Melanie Lewis

Beach Dancer

Brooke Long

Beach Dancer

Kim McSwain

Beach Dancer

Mark Meismer

Beach Dancer

Ross Mulholland

Beach Dancer

Jenni Oborne

Beach Dancer

Brandi Oglesby

Beach Dancer (as Brandi Olgesby)

Zeke Ruelas

Beach Dancer

Robert Schultz

Beach Dancer

Jenny Seeger

Beach Dancer

Matt Sergott

Beach Dancer

Jeri Slaughter

Beach Dancer

Megan Stephens

Beach Dancer

Jenny Lynn Suckling

Beach Dancer

Giggi Yazicioglu

Beach Dancer (as Giggi Thesman)

Lisa Thompson

Beach Dancer

Nikki Tuazon

Beach Dancer

Salvatore Vassallo

Beach Dancer

Robert Vinson

Beach Dancer

Kevin Wilson

Beach Dancer

Tara Wilson

Beach Dancer

Tovaris Wilson

Beach Dancer

Did you know?

Trivia

In March 2006 FX Networks started airing commercials hyping the premiere of Gigli on the network. The commercials seemed to play off the negative media attention by including lines like "The most talked about movie you never saw."

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There are many scenes from the trailer that do not appear in the film. 0:07 - Talking with Larry's mother.0:11 - Larry in a jumpsuit, walking toward man in car. Ricki and Brian watch from other car.0:17 - Larry talks more with his mother.0:27 - Brian making noises with a straw in a diner.1:46 - Ricki in car, in a driving scene not present in film.2:03 - Ricki and Larry are at some kind of junkyard it seems.2:06 - Larry and Brian at a diner, talking to one another.2:10 - Larry putting his hands in his palm, looking kinda sad.2:12 - More junkyard footage, not to mention Larry mentioning a confession to Ricki in a diner scene not present in the film.2:16 - Ricki walking away from Larry, looking sad. She has a backpack over her shoulder.2:21 - More junkyard footage.This all ties into the rumor that Martin Brest had an original, much more dark and violent 160 minute version of the film. It has been claimed that this cut had Larry being killed at the end by Christopher Walken's character. However, with the tabloid craze of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, the studio forced director Brest into deleting almost 40 minutes of footage and re-writing / re-shooting many sequences to make it a romantic comedy. Unfortunately, there is no news if this original cut will ever be released on DVD.

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Halle Berry was originally going to act opposite Ben Affleck, but ended up dropping out.

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Goofs

After shooting Louis, Starkman sets the gun on the coffee table. It appears he never picks the gun up again, and as he goes behind the loveseat he doesn't have a gun in his hand, but as he walks behind Larry and Ricki he suddenly has the gun in his right hand.

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Ricki chides Larry for not having a book (nor anything else) to read to Brian. Resulting in Larry instead reading the ingredients of a bottle of Tabasco Sauce to Brian. Yet Ricki herself, has a book in later scenes.

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When Starkman shoots Louis, the aquarium behind him is spattered with his blood, yet it is otherwise undamaged by the bullet that ostensibly exited Louis' head.

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Quotes

Mother: Remember you two, keep an open mind because you never know!

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Larry Gigli: You see, after all is said and done, the only thing you can be really sure of, the only thing you can really count on in this world, is that you just never fucking know.

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Larry Gigli: Yeah?

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Faq

Q

Is this regarded as the worst film ever made?

A

At the time of its release it was slammed by critics, stand-up comedians and even the stars of the film. It also swept most of the Razzie Awards that it was nominated for; however, there are far worse films out there. All you have to do is look for them. This is only #88 on IMDb's Bottom 100."Worst film" claims are always subjective, and this film is far from the worst thing ever made. However Gigli might legitimately be regarded as the worst "A-list" film ever made (along with Battlefield Earth).Films made by a fertilizer salesman in Texas (Manos: The Hands of Fate) are not expected to be good, nor are Paris Hilton movies or cheap horror films with no-name casts.But Gigli was pure "A-list" down the line. It had Oscar nominee Martin Brest directing Oscar winner Ben Affleck and "IT" girl of the time Jennifer Lopez (who had already demonstrated she was--at least--a competent actress) with a $54 million budget. The technical team also had multiple Oscar noms and films like Top Gun, Magnolia, and Erin Brockovich behind them.So how and why this film went so horribly wrong is a mystery. How none of these highly skilled people failed to recognize what a dire mess they were creating is also unknown. (Perhaps director Brest has the time to answer this, as he hasn't worked since.)So while Gigli may not be the absolute worst film ever made, it does deserve the enormous scorn that was heaped upon it.

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