Love with risk - Gigli

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Movie
German title Love with risk - Gigli
Original title Gigli
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2003
length 116 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Martin Brest
script Martin Brest
production Martin Brest
Casey Silver
music John Powell
camera Robert Elswit
cut Julie Monroe
Billy Weber
occupation
synchronization

Love with Risk - Gigli (Original Title: Gigli ) is an American comedy film directed by Martin Brest from 2003 . The main roles are played by Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez . It is also the last directorial work of the director Brest, who withdrew from the film business after the failure of the film.

action

The gangster Louis hires the handsome petty criminal Larry Gigli, an outwardly raw, but basically sensitive and considerate guy of simple origin, with the kidnapping of Brian, the mentally retarded brother of a public prosecutor. The purpose of the kidnapping is to get the prosecutor to give in on a case where the criminal Starkman is awaiting trial of his charges. Gigli (pronounced like "Chieli") succeeds in kidnapping Brian by promising him to fulfill his heart's desire to take him to the location of Baywatch , whereupon he accommodates Brian in his apartment.

A short time later the doorbell rings and the petty criminal “Ricki” joins them, whom Louis hired without Gigli's knowledge so that nothing can go wrong. Gigli, who immediately looks at Ricki and hopes for a hot night of love with her (in his eyes he is the "bull", she the "cow"), has to find out from Ricki that she is a lesbian. It gradually turns out that Ricki also has a straight side, which means that the (predominantly) lesbian Ricki feels so drawn to Gigli that she even sleeps with him. In a short scene they also get a visit from Detective Stanley Jakobellis, who tries to find out Brian's whereabouts (while Brian is quietly in the next room), and from Robin, Ricki's ex-lover, who wants Ricki back at all costs which, however, does not succeed.

When Louis, who cannot enforce his demands against the prosecutor, now demands that Brian's thumb be cut off and sent to the authorities, Gigli and Ricki, who have now taken Brian in their hearts, decide to send the thumb of a dead man instead They cut off the one in a hospital autopsy room. It soon turns out that the fingerprint does not match Brian, which leads the completely unscrupulous Starkman to order Louis, Gigli and Ricki to his villa, where he shoots Louis without further ado. Gigli and Ricki manage to leave Starkman's house unscathed under the pretext of wanting to finally get rid of Brian. They pick up Brian and make their way to bring him back to his brother's home. On the way, however, they stop at Baywatch Beach, where filming for the series is taking place. The overjoyed Brian succeeds in mingling with the extras, speaking to one of the extras and dancing with everyone.

Gigli and Ricki have to go into hiding in order not to be found by Starkman. As a token of his affection, Gigli gives Ricki his car. Ricki sits down with Gigli in the car and lays his head on her shoulder. She notes that Gigli Mascara would look good - Gigli realizes that the relationship has suddenly reversed: She is now the “bull”, he is the “cow”. Ricki wants to stay a lesbian, but promises to call Gigli first in case she wants to cross the border. Ricki wants to take Gigli with him at least to the city limits. The two drive together on the motorway towards the horizon.

synchronization

The German dubbing of the film took over the Film & TV sync in Berlin , after a dialogue book by Theodor Dopheide under the dialogue director of Frank Schaff .

role actor German speaker
Larry Gigli Ben Affleck Johannes Berenz
Ricki Jennifer Lopez Natascha Geisler
Louis Lenny Venito Jan Odle
Brian Justin Bartha Benedikt Weber
Det. Stanley Jacobellis Christopher Walken Bodo Wolf
Mrs. Gigli Lainie Kazan Eva Maria Bayerwaltes
Robin Missy Crider Katrin Fröhlich
Starkman Al Pacino Frank Glaubrecht
Morgue Peter van Norden Peter Musäus

reception

Reviews

Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone magazine on August 1, 2003 that the film was just as " terrible " as the comedy Stormy Love - Swept Away with Madonna . The dialogues were " painful " ( " excruciating "). Only Christopher Walken makes the audience laugh.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film could not choose " between the subgenres ". He fails because of the poor performance of the leading actors. The dialogues are " full of ambiguous allusions ", the plot is " foreseeable ".

Awards

The film received the Golden Raspberry six times in 2004 : for Ben Affleck as Worst Actor , for Jennifer Lopez as Worst Actress , for Martin Brest (both as director and screenwriter ), as Worst Film and the Worst Screen Couple (Affleck / Lopez) . Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Lainie Kazan were nominated for the Golden Raspberry. In 2005, the film received the ridicule Title worst comedy of our first 25 years ( Worst 'Comedy' of Our First 25 Years ).

background

The film was in Los Angeles , in Long Beach ( California ), in Orange rotated (California) and in the Culver Studios. Its production amounted to an estimated 54 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 6.1 million in US cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for love with risk - Gigli . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2003 (PDF; test number: 95 319 K).
  2. ↑ Love with risk. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing files , accessed on April 8, 2020 .
  3. ^ Review by Peter Travers
  4. ↑ Love with Risk - Gigli. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ Filming locations for Gigli
  6. ^ Business Data for Gigli