It is a performances centric movie

Great Film overall

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Gossip (2000): Dir: Davis Guggenheim / Cast: James Marsden, Lena Headey, Joshua Jackson, Kate Hudson, Norman Reedus: The film is about a forest fire of words. The students presented here compare gossip to entertainment and media. During a party Derek witnesses Bo and Naomi having sex. Remembering a past rumour Naomi spread involving Cathy, she seeks revenge. With Naomi's past coming into visualization rumour spreads that Bo raped her. When Bo is arrested Cathy does some investigating. Derek argues whether they can arrest you based on what people believe? Well directed by Davis Guggenheim with numerous plot twists but the conclusion is too contrived. The outcome is flawed due to plausibility where everything would depend on union. James Marsden plays a real heat seeker bent on deception and popularity that can unravel at any moment. Lena Headey plays the guilt ridden gossip who seeks answers. Kate Hudson is featured as a gossip target who becomes the greater victim. Joshua Jackson becomes another victim when his reputation is on the line after being arrested. Norman Reedus plays Marsden's and Headey's roommate with an eye for the arts. Viewers will likely engage in its mystery and twists and turns but the conclusion could have been handled with greater credibility. The flood gates of gossip are easier to open than to close. Score: 8 / 10

Stylish thriller surrounding three college friends and roommates who deliberately start a false rumour for a class project on gossip and how fast it spreads. Their rumour quickly takes on a life of its own, mutating into a tale of rape and resulting in the arrest of a classmate and potential murder.This wasn't a great movie but it wasn't as bad as I expected either considering I'd never heard of it before. Interesting if (believable) plot and a decent amount of mystery/suspense. It is also kinda predictable though including the twist ending.What makes this the most fun is the amount of (now) familiar faces involved and I'll admit I only watched it because I saw Norman Reedus' name attached. (Gah, he is super good looking here) but we also get James Marsden, Lena Headley, Joshua Jackson, Kate Hudson and several other supporting roles. 6/26/14

I thought this movie was a bit difficult to follow, and I was mystified by the ending-could someone please explain it to me? Thanks. I was able to follow it up to then-maybe I'll look up the plot on Wikipedia. Maybe then I'll understand it. Some college students, as part of a class experiment/project, decide to spread a rumor about some classmates, only to learn that the said classmates have really done what they said what they were doing, and the girl turns up dead, and everything starts going to hell in a handbasket. Or something like that-it's that kind of movie with that type of plot and formula. It had a good cast with good characters, it just wasn't executed well. Better execution would have helped, ya hear that writers???!!!! ** out of ****

"Gossip" is a glossy, college-bound thriller with an attractive cast and a fast-moving script.The beautiful Lena Headey is very watchable as the female lead, Cathy Jones.The rest of the cast is also strong and it contains some familiar faces - James Marsden, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Eric Bogosian and Edward James Olmos. With this smörgåsbord of talent, it's not surprising that this is an entertaining suspense-ride.I'd never heard of "Gossip" until I watched it (for me, "Gossip" was a blind-buy at the DVD bargain bin where it was practically being given away). It's not cinema-hit material but it does make a good evening's viewing at home.7 stars.