Fading Gigolo
Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: April 18, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
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16
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60
The TelegraphDavid GrittenMay 22, 2014
That it largely succeeds says much for writer-director Turturro’s sly, subtle skills. Read full review
60
EmpirePatrick PetersMay 19, 2014
The premise is slightly bizarre but there's enough wink-and-a-nod charm in the performances to earn it a pass. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 9, 2014
A low-energy drama, but the kind that has a way of holding your attention -- and keeping you smiling -- for the entire time you're watching it, lifting your mood in the process. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 17, 2014
For all its shortcomings, “Gigolo” knows when to turn on the charm. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMay 7, 2014
The setup is great, but Fading Gigolo’s follow-through lacks dynamism. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaMay 1, 2014
Because the film is unable to settle on a tone, it's hard to get invested in much of anything. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 1, 2014
There are moments of surprising tenderness in Fading Gigolo, and Turturro gives us some beautiful shots of a city he clearly loves. But this film is all over the map, veering from pathos to absurdist comedy to romance to weirdness for the sake of weirdness. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 1, 2014
The movie is a fantasy, and the choice is either share the fantasy or don't participate. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisApr 17, 2014
Mr. Turturro’s musical choices in Fading Gigolo tend to feel, like so much here, generically applied instead of meaningfully coaxed from some essential, lived-in truth. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithApr 17, 2014
With Fading Gigolo, writer-director-star John Turturro does a passable imitation of a mediocre Woody Allen sex comedy, and guess who tags along for this would-be romp? Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedApr 16, 2014
It stars Woody Allen, but it still drags along like an oyster trying to walk. Read full review
50
The DissolveMike D'AngeloApr 16, 2014
Perhaps Turturro felt nobody would want to see (or finance) a simple, quiet film about a gallant Italian and a Hasidic widow, minus the high-concept gigolo angle. But in making the story more marketing-friendly, he’s undermined its sweet soul. Read full review
50
IndieWireEric KohnApr 15, 2014
Intentionally or not, however, Fading Gigolo actually functions as something of a statement on Allen's persona—onscreen and off—as it has been understood in the public eye. And the resulting conclusion, like the movie, is a decidedly mixed bag. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 15, 2014
Fading Gigolo is John Turturro’s idea of an old school Woody Allen comedy, so he wrote Allen into it. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthSep 15, 2013
Fading Gigolo is mostly an inoffensive trifle, slightly undone by its lack of focus and mishmash of genres that don't quite come together. But it's breezily told and acted, with some decent laughs and unlike many comedies these days, it actually cares and respects the characters and the consequences of what they go through. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianJeff BakerMay 8, 2014
So lame and tasteless that it's hard to know what possessed Turturro to write it and anyone to finance it. Read full review
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