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Overwhelming dislike - based on 37 Critics What's this?

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 97 Ratings

  • Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha
  • Summary: In this unconventional romantic comedy, low-level hood Larry Gigli (Affleck) is given an assignment that gets him in way over his head and Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous free spirited female enforcer is sent in to assist him. (Sony)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 37
  2. Negative: 30 out of 37
  1. 63
    Lopez and Affleck are sweet and appealing in their performances; the buzz said they didn't have chemistry, but the buzz was wrong. What they don't have is conviction.
  2. A watchable bad movie, but it's far from your typical cookie-cutter blockbuster. There are no shoot-outs or car chases, and there isn't much romantic suspense, either.
  3. After five minutes, Christopher Walken vanishes. We wait vainly for the next 90 minutes for someone, anyone to bring that kind of danger, unpredictability and vitality to a story as drab as army fatigues.
  4. 33
    Has a curious train-wreck quality to it that keeps you watching and thinking. (Even if you are thinking things like, Why were these lines ever written? When you hear the "turkey" line, your jaw will drop.)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 58
  2. Negative: 41 out of 58
  1. Xianghua
    10
    I love the performance between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Pretty cute!!
  2. To Be Clear.. I Like The Movie.. Everyone In The World Hated It And Stil Does..
    Lopez Is Great! Ben Sucks!
  3. clay
    1
    Pointless. Apparently there were script-rewrites during the movie to feed on the whole ben/jennifer thing. bad sign. the acting is awful, the plot goes into oblivion, and the dialogue is painful. many moments in the film are just the actors staring at each other, as if they forgot their lines. stupid. Expand
  4. Beast
    1
    Livia, you have no brain. Indian humor? Doesn't change the fact that the acting was horrific, the cameramen were absent, and the dialogue was nothing short of insulting. I mean, come on, she hits on him, then she's lesbian, and then she has sex with him? WHAT? Expand

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