Gigi

No.... This won Best Picture in the same year that 'Vertigo' only got noms for Art Direction and Sound?!! No-no-no. NO!

Creepy pedo narrator leads to an even creepier plot.

Clueless mediocrity. It may be a lighthearted musical but that doesn't take away from the fact that it is completely genuine in its deplorable borderline creepy message. It's sometimes fun in a campy, 'I can't believe they thought that was a good idea' way, but it's unaware of that fact and so most of it isn't very fun at all. The songs aren't bad but they're not particularly good either, fluff that would be nice in a better overall film, but far from enough to save this wreck.

9 Oscars for a misogynistic musical with totally forgettable music?? Oh I remember the opening title: Thank Heaven for Little Girls sung by a creepy pedophile old man...

The least camera movement in any musical ever. And the plot is creepy.

To quote a song from the movie: "It's a bore!" Everything in Gigi had already been done better in Lerner & Loewe's stage version of My Fair Lady, and was again upstaged in the movie version of that musical. Aside from "I Remember it Well" the songs are pretty terrible. Chevalier's narrator character is notably creepy with pedophile vibes and the whole thing stinks of misogyny. About the only nice qualities are the costumes, set designs, and Leslie Caron being cute. Bottom 5 Best Picture winner.

Three or four great numbers and a cast that promised slightly more than it delivered in my opinion. Charming and true to the period but lacking pace in the middle - a gentle comedy and mild romance. One for a wet afternoon.

There must have been a time when this flick was utterly charming, but that must have been a VERY long time ago. It does look great--I'll give you that. But the whole plot, peppered with a bunch of forgettable songs, is just so very creaky, embarrassing, and downright weird. And, yes, creepy ("The elderly Maurice Chevalier singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" may give one pause."--Pauline Kael). Did everyone drink champagne ALL the time (at the ice skating rink!) in the Paris of 1900?

In serious contention for the title of "worst Best Picture winner." I enjoyed the set design and Andre Previn's orchestrations. Apart from that, the whole movie was a nostalgic ode to early 20th-century misogyny. As for the songs, it feels like Lerner and Loewe were basically just attempting to replicate the successes of "My Fair Lady" with different lyrics.... Except that instead of being tongue-in-cheek and satirical, "Gigi" plays it all painfully straight.

In Paris c. 1900, terminally bored Gaston (Louis Jourdan) finds himself falling in love with Gigi (Leslie Caron), a sprightly young girl whose family is training her to be a courtesan. Colorful Lerner & Loewe musical adaptation of Colette's novella, heavily honored by the Academy at the time, but 60 years on it seems hampered by the meandering story, dated premise, and lack of great numbers. Decent acting and gorgeous settings keep it fairly afloat, but it's one of the slightest Oscar winner

Sweet, charming and kind of conventional musical that won nine Oscars, including Best Picture. Far from a masterpiece, but still a good exemple of the genre at its peak in the 50s.

Weird plot and probably one of the worst best picture oscar winners in history. I mean 9 oscars? Really? The 50s were messed up in hollywood, no doubt about that.

Pastel vision of turn-of-the-century Paris and a lot of similarities to My Fair Lady, but the creepy undertones of Gigi training to be a mistress and the creepy narrator with "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" make this, at best, a dated paternalistic view. Good acting by all. Fav scene: Gaston freaking out over not getting Gigi.

Pretty lame, strangely creepy, certainly not a deserving Oscar winner too, but that's beside the point. Forgettable songs turned into boring numbers. It does become slightly more interesting if you think of Gigi as Lolita and Gaston as Humbert Humbert.

The acting was really great, it was just too boring for me, even the music was not all that appealing to me. Also, the story-line is not to my like-ing. I understand it won all kinds of awards at the oscars, winning in each and every nominated event, it was just not my kind of movie to watch.

Morally shady in many ways with rather bad talk-singing. Scenes at Maxim's were great, though.

A trilha soa bem água-com-açúcar; os números carecem de coreografia (inexiste dança propriamente dita). Pecados que, no contexto do gênero, não hão de ser tidos como uma tempestade num copo d'água. Vale só pelo desbunde visual proporcionado pela cenografia ultraluxuosa, colorida e texturizada com o ápice do bom gosto por Cecil Beaton. A avalanche de nove Oscars adquire, em retrospecto, ares de exagero.

Meh, lame! It has 9 OSCARS. I understand the costume thing but rest of it was dull and even annoying. No charm at all.

It seems the world has become less capable of appreciating the virtues of this beautiful, wonderful movie.

Even if we disregard the creepy concept and the absolutely bizarre first song introducing us to this world and its people, this is still woeful entertainment. I found so little to care about during this film that not even the lush art direction and costumes could hold my attention for too long. Oh no, the impossibly rich man struggles to love a courtesan-in-training! The drama is boundless! Not even the music is memorable.

The costumes, settings, and vibrant color are lovely. The rest is inane.

Maybe weaker Minnelli (I certainly think so), but even lesser Minnelli is better than most movies. I love how, even though there is less dancing than in something like Brigadoon or The Band Wagon, VM still is keenly aware of his actor's little gestures and body movements. There is also such innocence to this that it's hard to not appreciate it.

I'm not a big guy for musicals, but this one I thought was delightful. I don't get the low scores people seem to give this movie.

A strange mashup seemingly combining My Fair Lady and Lolita. There's a lecherous old man who sings a lot, a dashing and rich bachelor who rarely makes up his mind, and a too-young Audrey Hepburn-like waif. There were a few funny parts -- including a few on attempted suicide -- but it no longer has that innocence that it espouses; it's just plain creepy (although the sets and costumes were beautiful).

It doesn't hold up as well as other Minnelli musicals (or My Fair Lady, which it's quite similar to). But it does have Maurice Chevalier, delightful once again as a character both charming and pervy (few things are creepier than "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"). Nothing else really stands out, but it's all done well enough. Caron is cute, the sets and costumes are serviceable, and if few of the songs are very memorable, at least none of them are obnoxious. Plus: no boring ballet sequence.

Beautifully photographed, and the music is charming. However, certain aspects of the story don't hold up all that well to modern sensibilities (blatant sexism and ephebophilia being the least of the plot's problems). Yes, I realize the movie takes place at the turn of the century, but I couldn't help feeling creeped out.

gigi is a slight character, but caron makes her more than that. the romance is believable, as are the characters missteps along the way. lavish production design, wellshot to showcase sets, locales, costumes. catchy music fits each moment of the story and mood of the characters with clever lyrics. all in all a really feel good movie.

Frolicking and light-hearted musical comedy, set in Paris to lavish sets and colors.

Pretty, but not remotely charming.