I rented this movie after Sommersby because I was interested in seeing Richard Gere in another somewhat shady role. Ugh, this film was tedious. Another reviewer has written that it's like Showgirls without Verhoeven, just Eszterhas. That feels pretty accurate. Lauren Hutton seems to be a mouthpiece for Schrader's fantasy (I hope she got paid well). Gere's character sounds as snotty as Pamela Lee Anderson in VIP. Maybe that's a credit to Gere's range, but it's not fun to watch. Not long into the film, you start hunting around for anything to alleviate the tedium. I can only point to the soundtrack, which remixes Blondie's "Call Me" in a lot of slinky ways. So download the soundtrack, skip the movie.
Review of American Gigolo
