House of Gucci

House of Gucci

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

  • Released: 2021-11-24
  • Runtime: 158 minutes
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Thrillers
  • Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Al Pacino, Jack Huston, Reeve Carney, Mãdãlina Ghenea, Camille Cottin, Youssef Kerkour, Florence Andrews, Mia McGovern Zaini, Vincent Riotta, Eva Moore, Mehdi Nebbou, Andrea Piedimonte Bodini, Edouard Philipponnat, Bianca Nappi, Gianpiero Pumo, Livio Beshir, Miloud Mourad Benamara, Mario Opinato, Luca Chikovani, Andrea Bruschi, Dante Alba, Alexia Murray, Johanna Santos, Gaetano Bruno, Vincenzo Tanassi, Mauro Lamantia, Nicole Bani Sarkute, Clelia Rossi Marcelli, Pietro Ragusa, Alessandro Pess, Al Mariotti, Daniele Monterosi, Eric Alexander, Philippe Boa
  • Director: Ridley Scott
 Comments
  • lars_c_larsen - 10 March 2024
    A modern classic
    I have no particular interest in the fashion industry, but when I watched the trailer for this the first time, I knew this was a gem.

    The casting is obviously top-shelf. I did know about Stefani Germanotta's acting abilities before watching the movie, so I was a bit worried if she could match the rest. But she did not disappoint! What a performance. Adam Driver is also excellent in this role and his styling is perfect for the movie.

    Al Pacino hasn't always been my favorite flavor - often too loud and has had a tendency to overact, imo. He is much more subtle in this one and it really becomes him. It actually enhances the power of his performance. He has only one "loud" scene but that one is well warranted and is a powerful one.

    The many impressive locations lend themselves well to the grandeur of this film.

    Highly recommended.
  • lisawilkes-89143 - 24 December 2023
    AWFUL !!
    This is absolutely awful.

    I thought I was going to watch a good true life film about the Gucci family and the downfall of the brand. Instead it was like a comedy in parts and kept switching scenes which didn't gel together.

    The fake Italian accents are dreadful and the English actors sometimes revert back to an English accent.

    Keep an eye on the red wine they drink - it looks like diluted Ribena!!

    Why produce a film with English / American actors using dreadful Italian accents and then in parts such as greetings of hello or goodbye they speak in Italian !! What's the point of that.

    Acting is very poor, and if I were any member of the Gucci family I would he horrified to see my family portrayed in this way.

    It could have been so good because the actual facts of this story are film worthy, and not making a mockery of the House of Gucci.

    Don't bother watching!
  • norbert-plan-618-715813 - 18 August 2023
    A strange disaster
    Ridley Scott tells us a story about the Gucci family. A story that centers on the Gucci son, played by Adam Driver (always in suspension, for a character who's not very clever and out of touch with reality), who doesn't have much talent (none at all, if we consider the film as a whole). But he has to manage the brand created by his father (Jeremy Irons) and uncle (Al Pacino), as well as his cousin (Jared Leto, unrecognizable, but playing perhaps the only human character). He's about to marry an ambitious lover (Lady Gaga, functional performance). But things soon turn to family and financial drama.

    We're disappointed, because the film is mawkish: it lacks cruelty, blood, viscera, sex, gore or graphic violence. These are things Ridley Scott regularly uses in his films, but which are absent here. And which would have been interesting in a world of luxury: blood splattered on beautiful marble, shoes or suit fabric, would have been plastically interesting.

    Ridley Scott is probably trying to be faithful to the environment he's recreating (luxury, Italy, costumes and sets). The technical credits are impeccable: actors, costumes, sets, make-up, photography, all are very well done. But it looks like a project yet to be finalized... To be seen as a luxury TV movie within luxury, bland (the luxury, and the film) and unambitious. Ridley Scott has been tempted by beautiful sets on several occasions. But the film lacks tone, much like the character played by Adam Driver, bland and limp to the point of catalepsy.
  • sergiobentim - 6 November 2022
    Some people should do what they know
    Jared Leto is great: unrecognizable! That's an actor that really impersonates the character. Adam Driver, as always, too exaggerated, forced, not natural, constantly reminding us he is an actor representing somebody and not a real person. Not for a second he acts naturally. About that other person in the movie, she is not even an actress, and it doesn't matter how hard she tries. I really don't understand what was she doing there. She should be singing, or doing anything else, but please, refrain from acting. One of the most terrible performances I've seen in my life. I really regret wasting my time watching this.
  • ryanpersaud-59415 - 19 September 2022
    Too Fun to Be Bad, Too Messy to Be Great. It's Gucci Good.
    The Good: House of Gucci is a sprawling, multi decade crime/drama epic following the rise and (maybe) fall of Gucci, both the iconic global brand and the family whose name will live on forever because of it. It's an inherently interesting story and very engaging; if I could sum it up, I'd say this movie is too big to be either bad or good. In its almost 3 hour runtime, there's enough of both elements, but I'd say it's fun enough to lean towards "good" for me.

    HOG is an inherently interesting story with enough machinations, backstabbing, personal and organizational drama, and twists n' turns to keep me invested. However, its the bonkers performances that make this movie standout. Some are just standard - Adam Driver and Al Pacino spring to mind - nothing amazing, but not bad. I liked them well enough in their roles.

    But then you have Lady Gaga. I can't determine whether this is a "good performance" (in that, she barely sounds Italian at times and hams it up A LOT) but I can say she completely embodies her role. She becomes Patrizia Reggiani/Gucci, her accent and tendencies so familiar by the end of the movie, I legitimately forgot she was Lady Gaga. And she has so much energy and pathos; she brings a lot to the movie and is acting her heart out. Generally speaking, I'd say Gaga gives the sort of performance you expect from music superstar-turned-actor: big, flashy, ridiculous, but a lot of fun.

    And then there's Jared Leto. Kudos to the make up team, but his performance is so bad, I became convinced he was in on the joke. He's ridiculous, (a cartoon character really) given some truly unintentionally hilarious lines, and seems to devolve into a parody by the end of the film. Again, I can't say whether he's "good" or "bad," but I'd be lying if I said I didn't perk up every time he was on screen.

    The locations and glitzy, glamorous nature of the film takes me back to the adult oriented, star studded epics of yesteryear. It's nice to know that most of HOG was filmed in Italy (despite most of the actors seemingly giving up on Italian accents by the end - at least that's what it felt like).

    The Bad: As mentioned before, there is a lot of bad here too. The movie sort of loses steam by the third act and only really attains the energy and exuberance it had earlier when Gaga is back on screen. It's obvious when she's not there for extended periods of time how much the film relies on her, despite the story being fascinating by itself.

    There are also a lot of weird technical/filmic choices; sometimes the movie looks great, sometimes it looks like a TV movie. Sometimes the blocking of the characters are just confusing and amateurish, despite the director (Ridley Scott) being one of the most prolific in Hollywood. The editing is atrocious sometimes; there are so many unnecessary cuts. Oh, and the music...my God. It's as if someone just looked up "most popular songs of 70s/80s" on Spotify and decided to choose the most on the nose song they possibly could.

    But, the most glaring issue with HOG is its length. I can count several scenes off the top of my head that just didn't need to be there. (And no, I'm not including the insane sex scene towards the beginning, it's very necessary to contrast how Patrizia and Mauricio were to make how they end up that much more tragic) These scenes and edits add to the length of a film that could've have trimmed at least 20 minutes off. Truthfully, I didn't watch the whole thing in one go and maybe that biases me towards liking it, but whatever. It's on Prime now anyway. I'd totally suggest treating HOG like a TV show and watching it in chunks.

    The Ugly: HOG is a pretty fun ride and I'd definitely recommend it to most people. However, I have to call out the use of the Italian language in this film. I completely get that the movie needs to be in English. But if we're going to pretend everyone in Italy (and I guess, the world) speaks English, we CANNOT have Italian exist as a language in the movie.

    You can't have Lady Gaga speak Italian at Mass or to a maid and then have her speak English to everyone else, who are also supposed to be Italian! It implies that Italian exists as a language, but everyone in Italy speaks...English with an Italian accent?

    Come to think of it, taking a shot every time someone actually speaks Italian (which really isn't often) would be an excellent drinking game.
  • tedina-96875 - 24 August 2022
    why?
    Why do Italian characters, living in Italy, being around their Italian family needed to have an accent?!?!?!

    If it needs to be authentic then have the characters speak in Italian and add English subtitles. If it is not going to be original language, we also don't need accents as the characters speak their native language in the story, right?!

    They must have invested a lot of time and hard work into developping an Italian accent but it just made the whole way too long and boring story even worse.