Fading Gigolo

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Fading Gigolo

R

Released Apr 18, 2014

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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A bookseller (Woody Allen) hires out his friend (John Turturro), an unassuming florist, as a male escort for a pair of lonely women (Sharon Stone, Vanessa Paradis).

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Admittedly vulgar and ludicrous, Fading Gigolo gets a decent amount of mileage out of the entertaining chemistry between its starring duo.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

While Fading Gigolo has potential, the delivery makes it a wholly frustrating watch.

Rated: D+

Sep 2, 2017

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

If you can get beyond the implausibility of Sharon Stone paying John Turturro to join her in a mnage trois - and, frankly, I couldn't - then there are lightweight pleasures to be had amid the wry, angsty middle-aged male fantasy.

Rated: 3/5

May 26, 2014

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

It would be misleading to suggest that the film falls into the so-bad-it's-good category. But a degree of obscure pleasure can be derived from the wrong-headedness of everything about it.

May 23, 2014

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Robert Sims

Hollywood.com

With his fifth directorial effort, John Turturro offers a thoughtful Woody Allen-esque meditation on the lengths to which lonely people go to fill the emotional holes in their lives.

Jan 22, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

From the sexual shenanigans of the gigolo scenes to the more repressed romance of the Avigal storyline, the muddled story fails to generate any real heat.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Memorable actors fill unmemorable roles, speaking words that flutter into nothingness as soon as they're spoken.

Rated: C

Jul 21, 2020

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helder f

This is a nice story that probably was stretched too thin. It seems that this could easily be a short movie or definitely a shorter movie. It has moments of great dialogue and very balanced performances but it overall falls flat. The characters are not very well developed, and they are probably not very memorable either. Allen’s character is probably more salient, but that might be because Allen plays a bit of his usually neurotic characters. The novelty is that he is gigolo. Torturro’s character is really not very well developed. And frankly not very convincing or interesting… The idea that they were having hot sex is just an idea… there’s little to nothing hot going on in this movie. Everything is measured and balanced, but not very enticing. Words above actions but words can only go so far

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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serge e

This movie is really funny, and works thanks to great performances and a brilliant chemistry between its leads. I loved it :D

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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#WoodyAllenRetro Podcast Project Woody joins veteran actor John Turturro in a strange dramatic rom-com which has a interesting and fun concept INITIALLY only to muddle it's story with conflicting tones and ideas that would have done better not to be so cobbled together in what feels like a random blend of unused characters and undeveloped ideas. Ultimately it feels like Turturro is drawing from some place of personal experience in these themes, some specifically drawing on the jewish community seem blatantly deliberate in execution but overall this screenplay is a disappointing mess that never comes together - it's obvious the basic human connection for unloved or disillusioned women was the ultimate takeaway but the execution was done quite badly - Woody himself could have tackled the material in a much more extravagant and elegant way but he seems to be here just to blow off some steam and be silly like he has in his other stand in movies ala picking up the pieces or scenes from a mall

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Great comedy, I would say it is a master piece of the modern comedy. Fresh, irreverent, elegant and an amazing cast selection.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Thoughtful perspectives.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

I'm a big fan of John. Woody, not so much. I couldn't get interested in this disjointed comedy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

A bookseller (Woody Allen) hires out his friend (John Turturro), an unassuming florist, as a male escort for a pair of lonely women (Sharon Stone, Vanessa Paradis).

Director: John Turturro
Producer: Bill Block, Paul Hanson, Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, James Debbs
Screenwriter: John Turturro
Distributor: Millennium Entertainment
Production Co: Antidote Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 18, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.8M
Runtime: 1h 38m

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