Fading Gigolo (2013)
7/10
Woody Allen fans will love this since it does have a very Woody feel to it. I did really enjoy it more then I was expecting to
7 August 2014
"If a man can't get a woman out of his guts, his heart, it means something." Fioravante (Turturro) is best friends with Murray (Allen). Murray tells him he is not doing well financially but has a plan to make more money they they thought possible. What starts off as a way to make some fast cash for the both of them becomes dangerous physically, mentally and emotionally for everyone involved. I have never been a big Woody Allen fan but I have found myself liking the last few of his movies. While this isn't a Woody Allen movie per-se it has the definite feel of one and he is actually very funny in this and I did enjoy it. John Turturro wrote and directed this but gave the best parts to everyone else. Allen steals the movie but Liev Schreiber does a pretty good job as well. On its face the idea of the movie is about being a Gigolo but really that is not what the movie is about. This is about so much more then that and the main aspects of the movie are love and finding yourself. Overall, Woody Allen fans will love this since it does have a very Woody feel to it. I did really enjoy it more then I was expecting to. I give this a high B.
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