Ridley Scott started his career in the perfect fashion (see what I did there) he has undoubtedly made some of the best movies ever, but apart from The Martian he has not made a good movie since 2001. He is on a giant losing streak, so is the house of Gucci a return to form? No………….. No, it is not
The worst thing about the movie is the casting. Most of the cast is not Italian at all. If you make a movie about Italians in Italy doing stuff they should at the very least speak Italian. I am sick and tired of this trope where you have the actors talk with an accent and then we all just pretend it’s another language. All because Americans can’t/won’t read subtitles.
Adam Driver is doing his best and I find him and Jeremy Irons to be the best part of the film.
Lady Gaga had success in A star is born and now everyone is under the assumption that she is a good actress, but she is not. She is so out of her debt in this film it’s incredible. She plays a Femme fatale role and she doesn’t have what it takes, she falls flat and is not convincing at all. The scene where Jeremy Irons takes his son in his hands with tears in his eyes showcases more acting chops in one scene than Lady Gaga had in the whole film.
Al Pacino is also in the film, he does nothing. Whether he plays Aldo Gucci or Jimmy Hoffa he does the same thing. He might be a legend in Hollywood, by don’t have to like the acting.
Jared Leto plays Paolo Gucci and he isn’t convincing either. Why would you take a good-looking man and dress him up as an ugly one, why not just cast another actor that looks the part as well? The character of Paulo is also terribly written, with a joke about eating shit and chocolate being so unfunny I almost walked out of the film.
Normally I would never talk so much about the casting and the actors, but there is nothing else to this movie worth talking about. It is just a bit of mediocrity and blandness.
The story is not interesting and did not need to be told, it is also overly long clocking in at almost 3 hours. There is foreshadowing so thick it almost hits you in the face.
Would not recommend it at all, stay clear.