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- 2014
- R
- Millennium Entertainment
- 1 h 30 m
- 2014
- R
- Millennium Entertainment
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Directed By: John Turturro
Written By: John Turturro
- 2014
- R
- Millennium Entertainment
- 1 h 30 m
- 2014
- R
- Millennium Entertainment
- 1 h 30 m
Fading Gigolo
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5.9
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Summary Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Directed By: John Turturro
Written By: John Turturro
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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42% Mixed
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8% Negative
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3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
58
50% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
42% Mixed
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
8% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
He (Turturro) lands a three-way with two eager ladies (Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara), but it’s his platonic meet-up with a lonely Hasidic widow (Vanessa Paradis) that establishes the deepest bond.
The preposterousness of this plot marks Fading Gigolo as a vanity project, but it’s hard to take Turturro too much to task when he hits so many other grace notes in between blowing his own horn.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 User Ratings
5.9
35% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
54% Mixed
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11% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 User Ratings
5.9
35% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
54% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Plötzlich Gigolo startet wie ein 70er-Schmuddelporno: Swingunterlegt und im körnigen 4:3-Format. Ein augenzwinkernder Einstieg – denn mit albernen Sexfilmchen hat John Turturros Regiedebüt überhaupt nichts am Hut. Turturro mimt den Blumenverkäufer Fioravante, den Kumpel Woody Allen aus Geldnot zur Sexfachkraft ummodelt. Als Virgil Howard und Dan Bongo ziehen die zwei im denkbar unpassendsten Umfeld – dem jüdischen Teil Brooklyns – ein Gigolo-Business auf. Das inszeniert Turturro angenehm gefühlvoll und klischeefrei, indem er statt Culture-Clash- und Sex-Klamauk lieber ernstere Themen wie Selbstfindung, Trauerbewältigung und sexuelle Befreiung in den Mittelpunkt stellt. Vanessa Paradis etwa überzeugt als verkrampfte Witwe, die lediglich durch die sanfte Berührung Fioraventes ins Leben zurückfindet. So spricht Plötzlich Gigolo – seinem unpassenden deutschen Titel zum Trotz – ein erwachsenes Publikum an – und nicht die Eis am Stiel-Fans darunter.
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Fading Gigolo features enough strange narrative turns and modest laughs, not to mention a substantial role for Woody Allen as a very unlikely pimp, to provide a measure of curiosity value.
That it largely succeeds says much for writer-director Turturro’s sly, subtle skills.
Because the film is unable to settle on a tone, it's hard to get invested in much of anything.
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.
Fading Gigolo wants to be some sort of sunny tapestry about New York’s social groups, but it’s impossible to see past its absurd premise.
“Fading Gigolo” was written and directed by John Torturro who also stars in the film with Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Paradis. As is always the case with one who takes on the triple role of actor, writer and director, the objectivity needed to make certain scenes work or not work is lost or seriously diminished. Mr. Torturro, the writer, has written a thin improbable script and, as an actor, relies more on his facial expressions than the dialogue the viewer is begging to hear. Mr. Allen, easily cast as the elder mentor and friend to Mr. Torturro’s character tries very hard to be the Allen of 20 years earlier but fails in this attempt. He is, after all, an older version of the character we loved to watch and now, sadly, we are conscious of this old man trying to entertain us. The real value to this film is the performance of Ms. Paradis, a well known French singer, who steals and dominates every scene she is in. This is a movie about Williamsburg, a section of Brooklyn where Hasidic Jews have their own community and how this culture ultimately impacts upon the lives of the characters played by Mr. Allen and Mr. Torturro. As one who lived and worked in that community, I enjoyed the scenes of the lifestyles and people who resided there. Unfortunately, nostalgia and interesting photography alone are not enough to make a really good movie. I give the film a 7.
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Its definately not bad, but there is not much about fading gigolo that really grabs you in. Its a gentle, witty little film that tries to take its self a little more seriously then it should.
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Although not written nor directed by Woody Allen, it is esscentially a Woody Allen type film. Heavy on dialog, minimialistic scenes with a setting among jews and/or brooklyn. After seeing the trailer I liked the concept with the quick one liners throughout. the movie did have comic moments but essentially was something other than the trailer seemed to depict. Which was a pleasant surprise. However the film ran too long with comic moments too far and between. Romantism with Turturro is funny in itself but after only an hour seemed to far flung-even if Vergara appeared, the story became predictable and good for a one time watch.
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More of a comedy/drama than the comedy genre that the IMDB website has promoted, "Fading Gigolo" enters Woody Allen territory, and his influence is evident when he delivers his lines playing a pimp. John Turturro writes, directs and stars in this movie which is not totally satisfying as the dramatic scenes border on the melodramatic. One yearns for more scenes with Woody Allen as he has the funniest lines and one wonders if he personally contributed to his own dialogue. Sharon Stone and Sofie Vergara are criminally underused. The scenes involving the characters of John Turturro and Vanessa Paradis are the least interesting as this is where the melodrama creeps in. The music score is smooth and mainly jazz influenced, accompanied by some easy listening foreign language songs. "Fading Gigolo" is the type of movie Woody Allen could make in his sleep, and when in form, this would be his masterpiece.
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Production Company
Antidote Films (I),
Covert Media
Release Date Apr 18, 2014
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Tagline The oldest profession just got older.
Awards
Miami Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Nomination
