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MOVED: "Gigli," the Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck romantic caper, will open Aug. 1, two days later than previously announced, says Sony Pictures, giving no reason for the change. The film, whose title is pronounced "Jee-lee" and whose word of mouth is poor, was originally set to open Aug. 1, then moved up to July 30, and now back to Aug. 1. Also opening that day will be the third entry in the popular "American Pie" comedy series, the R-rated "American Wedding."
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Eeek the reviews. My kind of movie . I may just have to check this out for the snickers and giggles
WILL BEN AND JEN'S FANS NULLIFY THEIR MOVIE'S BAD BUZZ?
Word that a huge television audience tuned in Thursday night to watch a chatty interview with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck on a special edition of NBC's Dateline may help offset some of the negative buzz that their upcoming film Gigli has managed to produce, The interview, conducted by Pat O'Brien of Access Hollywood, tied for first place (with CBS's Without a Trace) in the 10:00 hour, garnering a 7.4 rating and a 13 share. Early screenings have evoked devastating comments on movie-related websites. One letter-writer wrote: "I believe the proper technical term for this film is 'dreck.'" A writer on the Ain't It Cool News website said that the movie is "so bad, so god awful, and so painful to sit through that ... it's flat out unreleasable." USA Today said that the movie is being compared with all-time duds Glitter and Ishtar
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WILL BEN AND JEN'S FANS NULLIFY THEIR MOVIE'S BAD BUZZ?
Word that a huge television audience tuned in Thursday night to watch a chatty interview with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck on a special edition of NBC's Dateline may help offset some of the negative buzz that their upcoming film Gigli has managed to produce, The interview, conducted by Pat O'Brien of Access Hollywood, tied for first place (with CBS's Without a Trace) in the 10:00 hour, garnering a 7.4 rating and a 13 share. Early screenings have evoked devastating comments on movie-related websites. One letter-writer wrote: "I believe the proper technical term for this film is 'dreck.'" A writer on the Ain't It Cool News website said that the movie is "so bad, so god awful, and so painful to sit through that ... it's flat out unreleasable." USA Today said that the movie is being compared with all-time duds Glitter and Ishtar
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STILL JENNIFER: Jennifer Lopez shows no fear as she arrives for the premiere of her new film Gigli in a brown silk dress that borrows double-sided tape tips from her memorable Grammy dress of 2000.]]>
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They couldn't really be the only stars that went to the permier.... right?? Ouch!
'Gigli' Stars Stand Alone at Hollywood Premiere
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Gigli stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were the only celebrities at the film's Hollywood premiere Sunday night - and were reluctant to spend much time with the waiting press. The engaged couple, who met on the film's set, arrived arm-in-arm and wooed the crowd by signing autographs and chatting, but largely ignored the press - who have generally slammed the film. J.Lo's response to the criticism was, "I believe that this is a good movie. I know we did great work on it. I'm proud of Ben in the movie, I'm proud of the stuff I did, I think there is some great writing and really funny stuff. I just hope that everybody comes out to enjoy it because it's a lot of fun to watch." Her lover adds, "The movie will always have a certain kind of significance for me, regardless of the usual concerns you have about a movie - if it performs commercially or critically or what-have-you. This movie will always be important and a landmark event in my life, you know, and that's enough."
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'Gigli' Stars Stand Alone at Hollywood Premiere
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Gigli stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were the only celebrities at the film's Hollywood premiere Sunday night - and were reluctant to spend much time with the waiting press. The engaged couple, who met on the film's set, arrived arm-in-arm and wooed the crowd by signing autographs and chatting, but largely ignored the press - who have generally slammed the film. J.Lo's response to the criticism was, "I believe that this is a good movie. I know we did great work on it. I'm proud of Ben in the movie, I'm proud of the stuff I did, I think there is some great writing and really funny stuff. I just hope that everybody comes out to enjoy it because it's a lot of fun to watch." Her lover adds, "The movie will always have a certain kind of significance for me, regardless of the usual concerns you have about a movie - if it performs commercially or critically or what-have-you. This movie will always be important and a landmark event in my life, you know, and that's enough."
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Missy Crider
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in a sea of mediocre movies this summer when, as a reviewer, being able to slam or lavish great praise on a film hasn't been easy, Sony brings us Gigli--a film so deliciously bad, it's a joy to write about.
Story
Let's just get through Gigli's plot so we can move on to the fun stuff. A lowly hit man, Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck), is hired to kidnap the mentally handicapped little brother (Justin Bartha) of a federal prosecutor for Mob purposes. A second hitperson, the comely, independent-minded Ricki (Jennifer Lopez ), is also put on the case because Gigli can't be trusted to do the job correctly. Holed up in Gigli's apartment, the duo clashes at first but gradually form a bond, even though Gigli is a chauvinistic jughead and Ricki a tough-nut lesbian. Of course, they also form an attachment to their quarry Brian, who, in his untainted innocence, manages to change these two hardened individuals. Now that's over with, here's just a sampling of some of the deep and meaningful dialogue that passes between these two lovebirds: Says Gigli: "I am the bull and you are the cow?f**k with the bull, you get the horn." Gigli to Ricki: "I'm the Sultan of Slick?the original gangster's gangster." Ricki to Gigli: "You know, this might be a good time to suggest you not allow the seeds of cruel hope to sprout in your soul." Then later, more from Ricki: "The penis is a sea slug, or more like a really long toe. But kissing the mouth?The mouth--the lips, the warm, moist hole--is a twin sister to the?" Well, you get the picture. Even Brian gets in a good one when he chirps spastically, "It's not my fault I'm brain damaged!" Can it get any better than this?
Acting
Ben, Jen, what were you thinking? On second thought, don't answer that--we'd probably rather not know. This is one time when watching two huge celebrities like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck fall in love is more cringe-worthy than romantic in any way. Imagine, if you will, Lopez as Ricki, who, having succumbed to Gigli's, er, charm, sprawls herself seductively on the bed in a little kimono robe and tells him, "It's turkey time. Gobble, gobble"--with a straight face. Or how about this one: "You know I'm not into the whole man thing?but somehow you got through." (Insert audible collective audience groan here). Affleck , who stands around looking like he's been hit in the face with a frying pan most of the time--of course, without ever mussing his hair--comes off looking even worse, if that's possible. His accent fluctuates between that of a Brooklyn thug and Southern California surfer dude. As far as how some of the high-profile cameos in the film got there--including Christopher Walken as a quirky cop and Al Pacino as a mobster who gets to vent in his usual boisterous way--obviously some favors must have been called in. Pacino did win his only Oscar for his performance in Scent of a Woman, helmed by Gigli's director, Martin Brest. Maybe they all deserve more credit for enduring such utterly banal garbage.
Direction
Writer/director Brest has had a spotty career at best. Of a handful of movies he's had a hit here and there (Beverly Hills Cop) and a few failures (Meet Joe Black). But with Gigli , the filmmaker reaches the bottom rung. He took big names, thrown them in a big-budget crime drama that really wants to be a small, talky indie, and the end result is more like a really bad play in which all the characters give their own over-the-top soliloquies, waxing prophetic about every subject under the sun--differences between males and females, being gay vs. straight, anger management, retardation, slopping pie on one's head (believe it). Granted, on some level, Brest is trying to think out of the box within a formulaic setting and in all honesty Gigli's premise isn't all that dreadful--just hacky. There may have been a somewhat decent movie hidden somewhere in Gigli--enough of movie at least to attract Lopez and Affleck (whose romance began on the shoot). Instead it's a discombobulated, jumbled mess of incoherent musings and horrible dialogue that moviegoers just shouldn't be subjected to. We wonder if, at this very moment, J. Lo isn't saying to her future hubby, "Let's not do this again"--but wait, they are, in Kevin Smith's Jersey Girls. We don't want to know what he's saying.
Bottom Line
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez may be one of Hollywood's hottest real-life couples but on screen, they lack conviction. Gigli is a traffic accident you can't keep your eyes off of. If you have a taste for morbid curiosity, go see it.
US Weekly is reporting "Right before the film began, they let people in off the street," says a source who was there. "They took people from behind the barricades outside the theater and let them in to fill the empty seasts". A few overzealous fans even came up to Lopez and "were harassing her," says the source, "but she was gracious."
Ben & Jen's "Gigli" Bad Reviews
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by Joal Ryan
Aug 1, 2003, 5:00 PM PT
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by Joal Ryan
Aug 1, 2003, 5:00 PM PT
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STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN
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Not to beat a dead horse -- no, this is not about "Seabiscuit" -- but the failure of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's $54 million "Gigli" just keeps making headlines.
New York's Daily News reports that the critical and commercial bomb, which only took in a measly $3.8 million its first weekend, is getting its ads yanked by its studio, Sony Pictures.
Sony will switch its TV and newspaper advertising budget for "Gigli" over to its other release, the far more commercially viable "Bad Boys II," starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, a TV network executive tells the paper.
Theater owners are contractually obligated to play "Gigli" for two weeks, but no one expects it to hang around much after that.
When a movie bombs in its first weekend, "we don't often see it getting better," AMC Theaters spokesman Rick King tells the Daily News.
The fall guy here appears to be the movie's writer-director Martin Brest, whose last film, "Meet Joe Black," was a major disappointment, despite the starring of Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
A spokesman for Affleck, Ken Sunshine, tells the New York Post for its Tuesday editions that the failure of "Gigli" is no big deal to the star, 30.
"Ben's got three terrific movies already completed, and he's looking at many, many promising scripts," says Sunshine. "Everybody should have the problems he has."
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Not to beat a dead horse -- no, this is not about "Seabiscuit" -- but the failure of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's $54 million "Gigli" just keeps making headlines.
New York's Daily News reports that the critical and commercial bomb, which only took in a measly $3.8 million its first weekend, is getting its ads yanked by its studio, Sony Pictures.
Sony will switch its TV and newspaper advertising budget for "Gigli" over to its other release, the far more commercially viable "Bad Boys II," starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, a TV network executive tells the paper.
Theater owners are contractually obligated to play "Gigli" for two weeks, but no one expects it to hang around much after that.
When a movie bombs in its first weekend, "we don't often see it getting better," AMC Theaters spokesman Rick King tells the Daily News.
The fall guy here appears to be the movie's writer-director Martin Brest, whose last film, "Meet Joe Black," was a major disappointment, despite the starring of Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.
A spokesman for Affleck, Ken Sunshine, tells the New York Post for its Tuesday editions that the failure of "Gigli" is no big deal to the star, 30.
"Ben's got three terrific movies already completed, and he's looking at many, many promising scripts," says Sunshine. "Everybody should have the problems he has."
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Affleck Taking "Gigli" Calamity in Stride
By Guylaine Cadorette, Hollywood.com Staff
HOLLYWOOD, August 5, 2003 -- Despite the calamity that is Gigli, star Ben Affleck seems to be taking its critical and commercial failure in stride.
Affleck tells Variety's Army Archerd that he and the cast and crew worked hard on the $53 million Gigli, which opened to a measly $3.8 million last weekend.
"The movie (Gigli ) didn't work. You work just as hard on a good movie as on a bad one. We tried to fix it," he said. "But it was like putting a fish's tail [with] a donkey's head."
Affleck also dismissed rumors of infighting between Gigli director Martin Brest and Revolution Studios chief Joe Roth over the film's ending.
"Listen, I've seen more fireworks from (Miramax Films chairman) Harvey Weinstein in 10 minutes than on this picture. And I've made seven films with Harvey," Affleck told Archerd. "And I'll make more films with Martin and Revolution. I believe in Martin Brest."
The actor also scoffed at the negative media buzz that has been building around the film for several months and reached a fervent peak the week before its release.
"I feel like we were caught in the eye of a storm--an earthquake that starts out at sea and by the time it reaches the shore it's--!!!"
Affleck said he and co-star and real-life companion Jennifer Lopez probably won't be fielding too many joint big-screen offers any time soon, but said it always depends on the story.
It will be interesting to see how moviegoers and critics will react to Affleck and Lopez's next project--Miramax's comedy Jersey Girl, written and directed by Kevin Smith. One thing is certain: no one will be able to complain about the couple's on-screen chemistry (or lack thereof): Affleck and Lopez play lovers again, but J. Lo dies in childbirth early in the film. Jersey Girl, set for release March 19, 2004, also stars Jason Biggs, George Carlin and Liv Tyler.
Despite Gigli's media backlash, don't expect Ben and Jen , arguably Hollywood's most-talked-about couple, to stay too far out of the limelight. The two are expected to be on hand Monday for the premiere of Miramax's The Battle of Shaker Heights, winner of the 2002 Project Greenlight competition developed by Affleck and Matt Damon. According to Variety, attendees, including Affleck and Lopez, will be filmed for future use in the HBO TV series Project Greenlight.
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By Guylaine Cadorette, Hollywood.com Staff
HOLLYWOOD, August 5, 2003 -- Despite the calamity that is Gigli, star Ben Affleck seems to be taking its critical and commercial failure in stride.
Affleck tells Variety's Army Archerd that he and the cast and crew worked hard on the $53 million Gigli, which opened to a measly $3.8 million last weekend.
"The movie (Gigli ) didn't work. You work just as hard on a good movie as on a bad one. We tried to fix it," he said. "But it was like putting a fish's tail [with] a donkey's head."
Affleck also dismissed rumors of infighting between Gigli director Martin Brest and Revolution Studios chief Joe Roth over the film's ending.
"Listen, I've seen more fireworks from (Miramax Films chairman) Harvey Weinstein in 10 minutes than on this picture. And I've made seven films with Harvey," Affleck told Archerd. "And I'll make more films with Martin and Revolution. I believe in Martin Brest."
The actor also scoffed at the negative media buzz that has been building around the film for several months and reached a fervent peak the week before its release.
"I feel like we were caught in the eye of a storm--an earthquake that starts out at sea and by the time it reaches the shore it's--!!!"
Affleck said he and co-star and real-life companion Jennifer Lopez probably won't be fielding too many joint big-screen offers any time soon, but said it always depends on the story.
It will be interesting to see how moviegoers and critics will react to Affleck and Lopez's next project--Miramax's comedy Jersey Girl, written and directed by Kevin Smith. One thing is certain: no one will be able to complain about the couple's on-screen chemistry (or lack thereof): Affleck and Lopez play lovers again, but J. Lo dies in childbirth early in the film. Jersey Girl, set for release March 19, 2004, also stars Jason Biggs, George Carlin and Liv Tyler.
Despite Gigli's media backlash, don't expect Ben and Jen , arguably Hollywood's most-talked-about couple, to stay too far out of the limelight. The two are expected to be on hand Monday for the premiere of Miramax's The Battle of Shaker Heights, winner of the 2002 Project Greenlight competition developed by Affleck and Matt Damon. According to Variety, attendees, including Affleck and Lopez, will be filmed for future use in the HBO TV series Project Greenlight.
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Talk about tanking at the box office!
Sony Pulls 'Gigli' TV Ads
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Multi-million dollar advertisements for flop flick Gigli are being pulled by disappointed studio Sony Pictures. The Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck starring movie has been a complete box office disaster and Sony has replaced the pre-booked TV ad slots with teasers for its more successful film Bad Boys II. One TV executive confides, "They're making every effort to pull advertising." Cinema chains are obliged to show Gigli for the next two weeks, but have already relegated to it to the smallest screens at the multiplexes. AMC Theaters spokesman Rick King says that when a movie bombs in its first weekend "we don't often see it getting better". Following awful reviews, Gigli took just $3.7 million over the weekend, putting it in eighth place at the box office. Gigli cost $54 million in production costs and $22 million in advertising bills, although it is expected to make some money back from TV and cable network deals and video sales.
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Sony Pulls 'Gigli' TV Ads
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Multi-million dollar advertisements for flop flick Gigli are being pulled by disappointed studio Sony Pictures. The Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck starring movie has been a complete box office disaster and Sony has replaced the pre-booked TV ad slots with teasers for its more successful film Bad Boys II. One TV executive confides, "They're making every effort to pull advertising." Cinema chains are obliged to show Gigli for the next two weeks, but have already relegated to it to the smallest screens at the multiplexes. AMC Theaters spokesman Rick King says that when a movie bombs in its first weekend "we don't often see it getting better". Following awful reviews, Gigli took just $3.7 million over the weekend, putting it in eighth place at the box office. Gigli cost $54 million in production costs and $22 million in advertising bills, although it is expected to make some money back from TV and cable network deals and video sales.
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As "Gigli" vanishes from U.S. movie theaters following dismal ticket sales, alternative rock station WBCN is offering to give "I survived Gigli" T-shirts to anyone left in their seats when the lights come up after the final showing at a Boston cinema this Thursday.
Chachi Loprete, the station's creative services director, said WBCN is offering free tickets to 130 "lucky" listeners.
"We're doing this because the movie's been such a bomb," he told Reuters on Tuesday.
Critics have savaged "Gigli." The New York Times dismissed it as a "hopelessly misconceived exercise in celebrity self-worship," while the Washington Post said it was "enervated, torpid, slack, dreary and, oh yes, nasty, brutish and long."
The $55 million film brought in less than $6 million during its first 10 days, according to North American box office estimates issued on Sunday.
In the film, Lopez, also known as J.Lo, plays a lesbian crook who helps Affleck's dim-witted character in a kidnapping plot.
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Much-maligned Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez movie Gigli is getting a new lease of life - from a radio station offering prizes to cinema-goers who manage to sit through it. Boston, America, station Wbcn is offering 'I Survived Gigli' t-shirts to anyone left in their seats when the lights come up after the final showing at a Boston theater this Thursday. WBCN Creative Services director Chachi Loprete says, "We're doing this because the movie's been such a bomb." The critically-slammed movie has only made back $6 million of its $55 million budget since being released in America at the beginning of the month.
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Much-maligned Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez movie Gigli is getting a new lease of life - from a radio station offering prizes to cinema-goers who manage to sit through it. Boston, America, station Wbcn is offering 'I Survived Gigli' t-shirts to anyone left in their seats when the lights come up after the final showing at a Boston theater this Thursday. WBCN Creative Services director Chachi Loprete says, "We're doing this because the movie's been such a bomb." The critically-slammed movie has only made back $6 million of its $55 million budget since being released in America at the beginning of the month.
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BLINDED BY THE LIGHT: A California woman is suing the producers of mega-bomb Gigli, claiming she fell after being "temporarily blinded" by sun reflectors, according to Entertainment Tonight. The filmmakers allegedly set up the reflectors so that paparazzi wouldn't be able to get shots of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez kissing between scenes. The plaintiff says she has been unable to work since the inicident and has sustained "pain and suffering" as a result of the fall.
'Gigli' named worst romantic comedy
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez movie "Gigli" has been named the Worst Romantic Comedy of all time in a new St. Valentine's Day poll.
The film was slated by critics and shunned by cinemagoers when it was released in 2003, causing it to flop badly - much like Affleck and Lopez's real-life romance.
It was pulled from theatres after just three weeks, earned its stars Razzie Awards and now comes out top in Moviefone.com's new list of the worst.
Editors picked "Gigli" above Paris Hilton's movie flop "The Hottie & the Nottie"; "American Idol" spin-off "From Justin to Kelly" and Ellen DeGeneres' "Mr Wrong."
The top 10 as follows:
1) Gigli, 2003
2) The Hottie & the Nottie, 2008
3) From Justin to Kelly, 2003
4) Mr Wrong, 1996
5) The Beautician and the Beast, 1997
6) Dirty Love, 2005
7) Mannequin: On The Move, 1991
8) Because I Said So, 2007
9) Summer Catch, 2001
10) All About Steve, 2009
source: http://www.sfgate.com
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