Gigi
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: June 25, 1958 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
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. Read full review
90
New York Daily NewsKate Cameron
The direction is excellent and Freed is to be congratulated on the production as a whole, as the story is presented in an original and enticing manner. Read full review
50
TimeStaff (Not Credited)
Gigi is dressed to kill, but if all the French finery impresses the customers, it also smothers the story. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The combination of these two visual elitists is really too much - it's like a meal consisting of cheesecake, and one quickly longs for something solid and vulgar to weigh things down. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It’s an adorable confection – light, airy, and largely without substance. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Overbaked but enjoyable, and a banquet for the eyes, thanks to the visual wonder of the Minnelli-Beaton teaming. Read full review
90
VarietyAbel Green
It has all the ingredients. It's a naughty but nice romp of the hyper-romantic naughty 90s of Paris-in-the-spring, in the Bois, in Maxim's, and in the boudoir. How can it miss? Read full review
90
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Charming entertainment. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJonas Mekas
Gigi has more imaginative use of cinema than all our recent pseudo-realist movies put together.
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Blithely sophisticated, would-be French naughtiness, sleek as a bolt of silk. [08 Jan 2004, p.N1]
80
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Vincente Minnelli directed, in a confident, confectionery styles that carries all--or almost all--before it.
100
USA TodayMike Clark
Minnelli's other Oscar-winning perennial. [19 Sep 2008, p.4D]
90
Vanity FairPatrick Monahan
Gigi remains MGM’s most elegant musical—and maybe its most unlikely. Read full review
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