Very Cool!!!

Great Film overall

As Good As It Gets

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Look I like Woody (I know he did not direct this but...), and he has so many films that not all will appeal to everyone. He is very hit and miss of course.....but are we seriously supposed to believe that these beautiful wealthy women would pay this ugly lurch to sleep with them? Not only pay him but pay him in the THOUSANDS?! The type of money that male politicians spend on prime escorts? Not only would a female not pay this lanky noodle-necked fool for sex, but I think there may even be some women who wouldn't sleep with him if HE was the one paying.Also WHY does the Jewish/Zionist industry (98% of Hollywood) feel the need to shove their ridiculous religion in our face at every turn? I get that they are in a 'Jewish' neighbourhood but seriously. It is unbearable. And male 'Jew' figures in Hollywood have a tendency to "shoot up" in their films. Woody Allen does it, Jerry Seinfeld and Costanza did it and so on.....these are some incredibly unattractive characters who just stroll around their made up worlds and score any and every beautiful female who crosses their path and make them fall head over heels for them. Please man.... get real.I just could not get past these issues with this specific film. Otherwise it could have been an OK film.

Now if you want your movies to start very quickly, this one is for you. We get a very clear picture of the Woody Allen character. And somewhat of the Turturro character, but not enough.We're then launched into the scenario that a somewhat regular guy in his 50s can readily become a successful gigolo.Uhm---no.We don't have a sense of him. He's very methodical at being a florist. And he had a troubled past. And then Sharon Stone, of all women, fawn over him for no reason. I think I would have bought it if it was some sort of Chauncy the Gardener meets American Gigolo thing. But all I got was essentially an ego piece from Turturro about a kind of boring character who is very good at wooing women, but for no good reason. He was kind of quiet and creepy if you asked me.Mmmmm---kay?Then this character falls in love with the widow---for no good reason. We don't know if this is a breakthrough for this character or not. He's a lonely, weird guy. I'd actually think he'd fall for the first women he slept with. I'd miss it. Not worth the time.

Fading Gigolo actually has much more about Hasidic Jews than I expected, and a touching core plot about a widow's emotional awakening thanks to the not always being in the stuffy world of Hasidics. But when it's the Woodman and Turturro or most anyone else on screen like his adopted black kids (lol) - and of course there's the whole running gag of beautiful women like Sharon Stone and Sofia Vegara paying to have sex, including a three way, with Vito from Do the Right thing as a middle aged man - it's exceedingly amiable.Occasionally it's very funny (and I was chuckling and or tittering through much) and in a couple of scenes Allen shows he's a good actor (which, you know, you always expect him to be wisecracking woody and he is but a couple of times he shows that he can reveal restraint, thinking on his feet, other things), but watch him in certain scenes, like when he comes to a realization with a woman character. His mind is working as is his emotions, and it clicks in a way we haven't seen with him in... Deconstructing Harry maybe? It's a good little New York City movie that is better than it has any right to be based on its silly but intrinsically amusing premise, and for a fair chunk of the run time it does take seriously the constructive world of Hasidics in Brooklyn and what happens when Liev Schreiber gets jealous and has to face his own complex emotions.

Review: I really enjoyed this movie! The storyline is great and I liked the whole, Woody Allen as a pimp, concept. It's very well written by John Turturro, who also directed the movie, and the cast was a great choice. I couldn't help laughing all the way through the film and it's hard not to admire Sofia Vergara's assets. Anyway, with that aside, the performances by the cast was believable and great to watch. When Vanessa Paradis gets emotional, you can't help but feel for her character who eventually comes out of her shell with the help of the gigolo's services. Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara also benefit from the gigolo's expertise, but he eventually loses a taste for his profession after falling for Paradis's character. It's the type of movie that I would recommend to people who like light entertainment and who have a warped sense of humour. Enjoyable! Round-Up: I liked Woody Allen in this movie. His style of acting really worked with Turturro's script, although he does babble in a couple of scenes. The black family that Allen lives with, was a great touch to the movie and the ending cracked me up. I think that you can tell that I enjoyed this movie but like most independent that don't get a big distribution, I doubt that it will get a massive audience. I always rate actors who can write and direct themselves so my respect goes to John Turturro who should be happy with the outcome.Budget: $30million Worldwide Gross: $13.3million (Terrible!)I recommend this movie to people who are into there romantic comedies about a gigolo whose pimped out by Woody Allen. 7/10