Gigli (2003 Box Office Flop)

The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 features the year’s biggest flop, Martin Brest’s Gigli. Written and directed by Martin Brest and starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Lenny Venito, Al Pacino and Christopher Walken, Gigli was a massive critical and commercial failure that ended Brest’s career and is often considered one of the worst movies ever made.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gigli-2003), Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle (https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Gigli-not-even-good-for-a-giggle-Affleck-2598830.php), and Manohla Dargis in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-01-et-dargis1-story.html).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2003 installment, featuring the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, Gus Van Sant’s Elephant.