Gia (1998)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 126 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Michael Cristofer
Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell and Eric Michael Cole
IMDb score:
6,9 (54.370)
Releasedate: 31 January 1998
Gia plot
"Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live."
Based on true events. Gia (Angelina Jolie) is one of America's first supermodels. The story chronicles her life from her teenage years until her death in 1986, when she died of AIDS, as one of the first women in the United States. Her whole turbulent life, the glamour, the drugs and her relationships, comes to pass.
Actors and actresses
Gia Carangi
Linda
T.J.
Stephanie - Model
Joe Carangi
Bruce Cooper
Mike Mansfield
Francesco
Kathleen Carangi
Wilhelmina Cooper
Reviews & comments
Ajax&Filmfreak
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- 3376 messages
- 3741 votes
A movie I will not soon forget.....
Not that the movie is so unbelievably good.
But the story is very realistic, dramatic and bleak.
A story about superficial beauty, emptiness, abandonment and loneliness, the usefulness and negative side of drugs and about illness.
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Niné.K
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- 18 messages
- 26 votes
Angelina Jolie's best work in my opinion. The whole movie is incredibly impressive. Some scenes come in so hard. You have to deal with every character and the rawness of the film makes it intense, which is good for such a tragic story. First seen a few years ago, and now a few days ago. I can say I liked him even better.
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Mme.
Gia can especially score on the fact of the story, which turns out to be remarkably intense. I certainly didn't expect Jolie in these kinds of roles, although the more daring scenes with her only towards the final really come into play. Unless you count her nude scenes as daring, of course.
Jolie in the lead role doesn't really manage to carry the game as far as I'm concerned, especially since she seems to have a hard time disconnecting from her overall persona. This may be a former role of hers, but that doesn't change the fact that it is difficult to take her really seriously. The acting is not really brilliant. At least not strong enough to gain empathy from my side.
The tone is strong, certainly towards the second half, but that does not alter the fact that the directing itself is a bit shaky. Letting the story lead a bit too easily and leaving a somewhat bare impression. There is still too little atmosphere and the hard tone is mainly due to some hard and heavy progression of the plot. I have a lot of respect for the story and the weighting of it, but I'm afraid that little else will stay with me from the film.
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