Ben & Jen's "Gigli" Bad Reviews

E! Online ^ | 8/1/03 | Joal Ryan

[Lazamataz]

"Hopelessly misconceived exercise in celebrity self-worship."--New York Times

Even a blind pig finds an acorn every now and again.

[veronica]

Destined to join the ranks of "Heaven's Gate" and "Howard The Duck" it would appear. Should take this annoyingly ubiquitous couple down a notch or two. :)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Afleck was smart to date JLo. Now when people say "Look at that girl with the big ass", he can at least pretend that they're not talking about him.

[BenLurkin]

The slams from the left wing press are indeed surprising. The filmakers no doubt thought the "gay" theme would insulate them from any criticism and that the P.C. crowd would be too afraid of being labeled "homophobic".

BTW Jennifer Lopez is NOT attractive. She is fat and her face looks like something out of a Natural History Museum. IMO of course, I'm sure reasonable FReepers can (and may) disagree. 8^)

[Bluntpoint]

Also give the duo credit for winning over at least one major critic. In the Chicago Sun-Times, thumbmaster Roger Ebert

Ebert is a political whore. If Afflect had openingly campaigned for Bush as he did for Gore, Ebert would have totally panned this tripe of a film.

[white rose]

Afleck was smart to date JLo. Now when people say "Look at that girl with the big ass", he can at least pretend that they're not talking about him.

If this isn't the Line of the Day...

[Thebaddog]

Ditto. I thought that Ebert was only an idiot when he talked politics. It sure does look like he's a full time loon.

[Jalapeno]

The filmakers no doubt thought the "gay" theme would insulate them from any criticism and that the P.C. crowd would be too afraid of being labeled "homophobic".

On the contrary, it's because J Lo expereinces "conversion" because of Affleck it has received quite a bit of outcry.

But the film is assuredly horrible on it's own accord.

[Jalapeno]

Heh,

Let me restate that,

The film has recieved quite an outcry from the homosexual community because J Lo is 'converted' by Affleck in the film.

[Jalapeno]

LOL..what you said...

[Moonmad27]

As someone else pointed out elsewhere, Ebert bends over backwards in his review of Gigli to refer readers to other films by the couple to see their good work instead. What other review ever said "don't hate these actors - watch something good they've done again and keep loving them." The team of "Bennifer" must have powerful publicity people!

[randog]

BTW Jennifer Lopez is NOT attractive. She is fat and her face looks like something out of a Natural History Museum. IMO of course, I'm sure reasonable FReepers can (and may) disagree. 8^)

I would agree, but I'm also of the belief that you can walk through any shopping mall in any town in America on any given weekend and see 15 women that are better looking than any Hollywood starlet.

[Moonmad27]

Reading the Rotten Tomatoes reviews is a real hoot - I have never seen so many astonishingly bad reviews for one movie, and I'm sure the film deserves all that and more.

[Astronaut]

Normally I am not one to find pleasure in someone else's failure. However, in our culture that worships celebrities who barely have high school educations, I enjoy it when a pair of narcissists like Affleck & Lopez produce a bomb that even the liberal elite hates. Hollywood celebrities make me almost as sick as the sheeple who fawn on them and hang on their every idiotic pronouncement.

[B-Chan]

Jennifer Lopez is NOT attractive. She is fat...

Mrs. Affleck isn't what I'd call beautiful, although she does have an attractive rear end.But fat? How do you figure that? I'm darned if I can find an once on her.

If you find “J-Lo” to be fat, I'd hate to see what you'd call “skinny”. Is she plain? Yes, in my opinion. But she's not fat.

[jlogajan]

BTW Jennifer Lopez is NOT attractive. She is fat and her face looks like something out of a Natural History Museum.