American Gigolo (1980)

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"11.11 Richard Gere on hölmistyneempi kuin koskaan. No joo. Elokuvan alku onnistuu pitämään hyvin otteessaan ja tuo väistämättömästi mieleen vanhat filmnoirit. Puolen välin jälkeen mielenkiinto herpaantuu ja elokuvasta ei saa oikein otetta. Alkupuolisko on kuitenkin sen verran hyvää elokuvaa, että lätkäistään sille sitten puolet täysistä pisteistäkin."

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“After wachting ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’, I thought it was time to see Richard Gere’s other 80’s classic. Even though I didn’t really like ‘An Officer…’, I could see its appeal but I had a even more hard time enjoying this other flick though. Why Roger Ebert loved this movie so much and even put it on his top 10 best movies released in 1980? It is beyond me… I can understand that for many women to see Richard Gere portraying a gigolo is a real wet dream but except for some full frontal nudity, I thought the whole thing was pretty chaste though. Above all, I thought the tone was pretty terrible. I mean, it is never really fluffy like ‘Pretty Woman’, never really sleazy like ‘9 ½ weeks’ or thrillingly dark like ‘Klute’. Indeed, the flick never really knows ” read more

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