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GIGLI 
Released by Columbia Home Entertainment.

So what is it with Gigli, it’s got two very hot stars in the shape of Ben Afleck and Jennifer Lopez, direction from Scent of a Woman’s Martin Brest, cameo appearances from Christopher Walken and Al Pacino and a $20 million dollar marketing campaign, yet it’s about as appetising as week old leftovers.

Very loud and pretty offensive ( Brest is under the impression that if you give a character four expletives to say per sentence it makes the dialogue more interesting) Gigli struggles under the weight of its own expectations.  The plot is outwardly interesting, that of a pair of mismatched assassins (Benifer) brought together to kidnap the autistic brother of a federal prosecutor who is out to get Al Pacino’s crime lord but the movie (apparently changed significantly thanks to too many test screenings) seems terribly disjointed. Affleck plays the title role of Gigli (rhymes with really) whilst Lopez is the lesbian Ricki, of course Gigli spends most of the movie trying to persuade Ricki to sleep with him.   Brest never seems sure whether he wants his movie to be straight mob flick or romcom and Gigli ends up being neither.

Having said all that the movie is fitfully amusing in parts and also has the benefit of an extended Jennifer Lopez workout sequence.

Only extras are trailers for other movies.