Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Louise Bruton and Jenn Gannon, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Martin Brest’s Gigli.
Larry Gigli is a low-level Los Angeles gangster who finds himself assigned the seemingly menial task of kidnapping and holding the brother of a district attorney hostage in the hopes of helping notorious criminal Starkman avoid prosecution. However, this seemingly simple assignment goes awry when a mysterious woman calling herself Ricki shows up, and Gigli finds himself warming to the young developmentally impaired man that he has taken under his wing.
At time of recording, it was ranked 19th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 26th May 2020.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
- Gigli at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB Bottom 100 as it appeared at time of recording.
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- Chuck Arnold at The New York Times takes a look back at Jennifer Lopez’s time as a “fly girl” on In Living Colour, August 2018.
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- Matt Branham at Mandatory takes a look at the career of director Martin Brest, March 2018.
- ABC News reports on Halle Berry’s brief attachment to Gigli, August 2001.
- Tim Swanson and Michael Fleming report on Jennifer Lopez joining Gigli at Variety, October 2001.
- Claude Brodesser at Variety reports on Jennifer Lopez’s attachment to the aborted terrorism thriller Tick Tock, May 2001.
- Richard Horrmann at Entertainment Weekly on how 9/11 affected Arnold Schwarzenegger’s counter-terrorism thriller Collateral Damage, February 2002.
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- The Chicago Tribune offers a full chronology of the relationship between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (“Bennifer”), January 2004.
- John Horn at The Los Angeles Times on the challenges that “Bennifer” posed for Gigli, July 2003.
- Ben Affleck talks to The New York Daily News about whether “Bennifer” negatively impacted the response to Gigli, December 2016.
- Entertainment Weekly recounts the various title changes to Gigli, March 2020.
- Jack Matthews at The Tampa Bay Times reports on some of the behind-the-scenes gossip around Gigli, September 2005.
- Ryan Randazzo at NYS Music on Jennifer Lopez’s “Jenny From the Block”, June 2018.
- Ben Affleck admits to Latina that he regrets appearing in “Jenny From the Block”, May 2008.
- Nathan Rabin at The A.V. Club discusses Gigli and “Jenny From the Block”, July 2007.
- Ty Burr at The Chicago Tribune discusses the increasing importance of preview screenings and social media management for movies like Gigli, July 2003.
- The Age reports on the increasing importance of “buzz” for films like Gigli at the start of the twenty-first century, October 2003.
- BBC News reports on a local Boston radio station offering “I survived Gigli” on the film’s final night, August 2003.
- Kim Masters reports on Joe Roth’s redemptive journey from Gigli to billion-dollar movies and soccer superstardom at The Hollywood Reporter, November 2013.
- Rachel Abramowitz and John Horn at The Los Angeles Times on Joe Roth’s decision to follow Gigli with producing the Academy Awards, February 2004.
- Forbes reports on the box office performance of Gigli, August 2003.
- Marlow Stern at The Daily Beast takes a look back at Gigli‘s release, August 2013.
- Stephen M. Silverman at People Magazine reports on the studio pulling advertising for Gigli in response to its opening weekend, August 2003.
- Brent Lang at The Wrap reports on how the studio lied about the budget of Gigli to downplay the humiliation of its performance, September 2011.
- Manohla Dargis reviews Gigli for The Los Angeles Times, August 2003.
- A.O. Scott reviews Gigli for The New York Times, August 2003.
- Paul Clinton at CNN offers a review of Gigli, January 2004.
- Dan Collins at CBS News offers a snapshot of contemporary reviews of Gigli, August 2003.
- Laura M. Holson at The New York Times reports on the trimming of Jennifer Lopez from Jersey Girl after the release of Gigli, August 2003.
- Gordon MacMillan at Campaign Live reports on the cutting of Jennifer Lopez from media around Jersey Girl after the release of Gigli, October 2003.
- Today reports on the challenges of marketting Jersey Girl in a post-Gigli world, March 2004.
- Jason Bailey at Flavourwire takes a look back to Madonna and Sean Penn’s famous flop, Shanghai Surprise, August 2016.
- Ben Affleck talks to Details Magazine about working on Gigli, December 2010.
- Ben Affleck talks to The Daily Mail about whether some of the backlash to Gigli was unjustified, December 2016.
- Ben Affleck tells Playboy that he learned to direct on Gigli, via Vulture, December 2013.
- Jennifer Lopez discusses her Oscar snub for Hustlers with Oprah Winfrey, via Variety, March 2020.
- Jon Caramanica at The New York Times reports on the infamous “Imagine” video from Gal Gadot, March 2020.
- Ain’t It Cool News publishes an early review of Gigli, September 2002.
- Ain’t It Cool News publishes another early review of Gigli, March 2003.
- Kyle Buchanan at The New York Times on the Academy’s failure to nominate Jennifer Lopez for Hustlers, January 2020.
- Whitney Medworth at Superbowl Nation on how Justin Timberlake threw Janet Jackson under the bus to launch his solo career, February 2018.
- Michael Dequina at The Movie Report offers a glimpse at the original version of Gigli, August 2003.
- Jack Mathews at The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports on how the movie’s sexual politics shifted in the edit, July 2003.
- Jack Mathews at The Tampa Bay Times on how the final cut of Gigli plays down Ricki’s lesbianism, July 2003.
- David Edelstein at Slate on the awkward sexual politics of Gigli, August 2003.
- Shannon Keating at BuzzFeed News takes a look back at Chasing Amy, April 2017.
- Amanda Rodriguez at BtchFlicks on Gigli, Chasing Amy and the male fantasy of turning lesbians straight, March 2013.
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