One of the last great musicals to be written especially for the screen.
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01/28/08
Gigi (1958)
77 %
Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 17 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
Charming, sophisticated, and an overall feast for the eyes.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Synopsis: 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 is groomed into a would-be courtesan, blossoming into a stunning woman. The story provides plenty of opportunity for Minnelli and MGM to pull... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Bergerac, Hermione Gingold
Reviews
Top Critic
It's like a meal consisting of cheesecake, and one quickly longs for something solid and vulgar to weigh things down.
06/24/06
Top Critic
How much one likes it, depends on how much French pastry one can eat during one sitting.
03/17/08
Splendid MGM Lerner and Lowe musical classic in all areas: stars, music, and overall production.
02/17/08
Top Critic
It's easy to drift away from the story and become absorbed in Minnelli's impossibly delicate textures, but there is a little something here for everybody.
12/13/06
A gorgeous musical that lacks the nuance and emotion of other films in its genre.
11/15/06
A quintessential Minnelli musical, a morally ambiguous, sophisticated tale of Parisian decadence, done in sumptuous MGM style, Gigi is the biggest commercial hit of Minnelli and Arthur Freed's lengthy collaboration.
07/17/06
In the hands of a master craftsman, even this otherwise iffy musical becomes lively, lovely entertainment.
02/23/05
Top Critic
A silly feel-good film, nothing that happens is in the least bit surprising.
11/26/02
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