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Gia is a made-for-TV HBO film that stars Angelina Jolie as supermodel model Gia Carangi, who went from high school to the cover of British Vogue in less than two years. Carangi appeared on many more covers of Vogue (French, British, Italian, and American) and Cosmopolitan before dying of complications from AIDs (she was an IV heroin user) in 1986. Jolie comes by her talent honestly: she's the daughter of veteran actor Jon Voight, and her own training as a model serves her well here--she has the moves. Throughout, she's heartbreaking--as no doubt the real Carangi was--effective, and stunning. With good source material (Stephen Fried's A Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia), Jolie's stunning performance, and strong directing by Michael Cristofer, the movie goes beyond the merely sensational. The script was co-written by Cristofer and novelist Jay McInerney, whose Bright Lights, Big City covers similar territory. As a cautionary tale, Gia works. But to watch Jolie in her character's tragic self-destruction is utterly compelling. --NF Mendoza, Amazon.com
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As a big, big Angelina Jolie fan for many years, Gia was the one film I was still to see as it has not been shown on UK television and was never in cinemas. Before I saw it, I thought it was going to be your typical cheesey TV Movie that gets shown on Channel Five at 3.30pm. However, it blew me away and confirmed what a fantastic actress Angelina really is.It tells the story of tragic supermodel Gia Marie Carangi and her battles against drugs and later HIV. The part of Gia is a tough part to play but Jolie handles it so well - indeed I think only Angelina could have played this part (just as only she could play Lara Croft). As with all of her films, every time Jolie appears on screen she lights it up and is always a pleasure to watch. Her performance in Gia reduced me - a fully grown 6'3 man - to tears! It's a long film at two hours but it flies by. I have every other Jolie film on DVD and this is a worthy addition to the back catalogue. If you are a Jolie fan, I'm sure you're going to buy this anyway. However, if you are still to discover exactly what it is that makes people praise Jolie,snap this up at a bargain price. You won't regret it and you'll soon be an avid Angelina follower! ..
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I must admit here and now that I wasn't a huge fan of Angelina Jolie before I saw this movie. I had seen "The Bone Collector" and thought it good...but quite frankly I had turned my back on her other role choices such as Lara Croft. However the theme behind "Gia" caught my eye and I took a peek....I'm glad I did.
Jolie is quite simply brilliant in this movie. No one else could have played the role of the supermodel who epitomised the slogan, "Too beautiful to die, too wild to live". With her stunning looks, background in modelling and rebellious charm, the line between actress and character, reality and fiction is lost and forgotten in this movie....a symbol of good directing, a fantastic story line and above average casting.
The movie moves from when Gia was first discovered at the age of 17, along the route of cameras, relationships, drug abuse and her eventual death in 1986 attributed to H.I.V. A sample of a rare mainstream movie that places a lesbian relationship at the heart of it's storyline...and paints it in an acceptable, artistic and moving tone.
Acting credit must also be given to the likes of Kylie Travis, Mercedes Ruehl, Faye Dunaway, and Elizabeth Mitchell of recent BBC feature "Man and Boy" and "ER" fame. Mitchell plays alongside Jolie as Linda, her make-up artist and love interest. Ironically, for me, it is Mitchell who delivers the most powerful line of the movie, "....this or me?"; once delivered the lump in the throat developed and I was glad I had taken a peek at "Gia".
All in all an excellent movie that treats a very senstive subject with great respect. Through it you get a sense of Gia Curangi the person...something that the 1980's public and fashion industry failed to acknowledge.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I recently watched this and having not heard anything about the supermodel Gia Carangi was instantly blown away by Angelina Jolie's portrayal as Gia. You can see why Angelina won an Oscar a year later in her other great film Girl Interrupted. This sad and moving true story tries to explain why Gia did what she did. I won't spoil this for you but, this is not for the faint-hearted. I thought all the acting was great as was Faye Dunaway as Gia's Agent. Angelina's truly spellbinding in this film. Great film all round.
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Jolie's Gia a Gem
Her exploits with Billy Bob Thornton, her image as marriage wrecker in the split between Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston and her very public adoption of a United Nations league of... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mark Smit
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Entertaining biopic and Jolie suprised me by actually being rather good. Definately one step up from the made for tv tosh I imagined this was going to be. Read more
Published 6 months ago by cartoon
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I had heard a lot about this movie and I wasn't disappointed. Angelina Jolie's performance is superb. I don't think there is anyone who could have played it better. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Anna Wilkinson
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Even though I had never heard of this film I bought the dvd but it is, in fact, not a very interesting film. In this case its lack of fame was justified....
Published 8 months ago by jema
angelina jolie
Acting is superb from Angelina - must admit I had never heard of Gia before - but it was a very moiving performance. Worth watching for that.
Published 12 months ago by S. Holmes
Gia. The Review
Had missed the event about which the film revolves; however, thought Ms Jolie's performance,into whice she put herself body & soul was by far her best acting to date!
Published 12 months ago by James
Well worth watching
Really enjoyed this film which was very taste fully done, showing what really goes on behind the glamour of the modelling world
Published 14 months ago by Babs
Brilliant
Very good dvd and quick delivery.
Have seen this film before and although I am not a massive fan of Angelina her acting in this movie is brillaint. Read more
Have seen this film before and although I am not a massive fan of Angelina her acting in this movie is brillaint. Read more
Published 17 months ago by N Whalley
Stunning performance of a heartbreaking story
Gia may have been wonderfully beautiful, flawed, selfish, arrogant, tempestuous, fragile and very lost. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Clarissa
Jolie at her very best!
GIA, interestingly, is a contraction of ANGELINA so perhaps this movie was written just for its star.
And what a star she is. Read more
And what a star she is. Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by Justice Peace
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