with this juicy, delicious drama, Ridley Scott proves it's always in fashion to expose the ugliness in beautiful things; Lady GaGa demonstrates again that's she's a mesmerizing acting phenom
this true-crime saga of the Gucci family losing control of their own fashion empire could have been a full-blown camp classic were it not so frequently dull and tentative
Ridley Scott's film is a trashtacular watch that I wouldn't have missed for the world. But it fails to settle on a consistent tone -- overlong and undisciplined as it careens between high drama and opera buffa
Ridley Scott and an all-star ensemble stumble badly in an atrocious adaptation of a sensational fashion industry scandal; The script has a textbook feel with no surprises whatsoever; "House of Gucci" is an awful caricature of Italians
locked in a heated conversation with its own campiness from the moment it starts, "House of Gucci" leverages that underlying conflict into an operatic portrait of the tension between wealth and value
Lady GaGa steals the show in underwhelming melodrama; "House of Gucci" boasts strong performances and is hammy enough to be occasionally enjoyable, but falls flat in the overall effectiveness of its story
it's hard to take "House of Gucci" seriously, because it never seems to take itself seriously. Yet with such glee being had by those involved, it's an infectious, bizarro bit of fun
in "House of Gucci", Ridley Scott sees the material as a cautionary, globe-trotting tale of greed, no less, no more. The movie does the job without diving too far beneath any of its lovely surfaces
Adam Driver and Lady Gaga have legit chemistry together; But, "House of Gucci" feels coldly calculating when it should have been flush and warm with scandalous sensationalism
"House of Gucci" is enjoyable; In the end, this is Lady GaGa's film: her watchability suffuses the picture, an arrabbiata sauce of wit, scorn and style
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