Girl, Interrupted (film)
2000
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88% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 82% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she...
- Drama, LGBTQ+
Biographical drama has strong drug use, language, and sex. Read Common Sense Media's Gia review, age rating, and parents guide.
Gia Marie Carangi (Angelina Jolie, Mila Kunis) was born in 1960 Philadelphia and grew up in a broken home. Her mother (Mercedes Ruehl) left her combative relationship with her father. She's volatile and carries a switchblade. At 17, she meets top modeling agent Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway).
May 31, 2020 · ‘Gia’ is a heartbreaking, intimate look into the short but passionate life of Carangi. Shot in a mock-documentary style and including passages from Gia’s diary, this film contains powerful messages about drug addiction, identity, and the brutal nature of the modelling industry.
Jan 28, 1998 · Uncompromisingly bleak, the artistically ambitious “Gia” is a “Boogie Nights” for the 1980s. The cautionary biopic, a mesmerizing tour de force for lead Angelina Jolie, achieves its goal ...
Gia: Directed by Michael Cristofer. With Angelina Jolie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Michael Cole, Kylie Travis. The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.
Mar 29, 2002 · Gia. HBO's most heavily hyped original movie since the similarly underwhelming The Josephine Baker Story, Gia tells the real-life story of Gia Carangi, a supermodel who embodied so many '80s ...
Gia received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 93% of 15 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.00/10. Kalamazoo Gazette commented: "Jolie gives it her all in a thoroughly uninhibited and highly effective portrait of a woman living from thrill to thrill."
Gia Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Akos Peterbencze Vulnerable Man (Medium) Gia is a mediocre biopic with no explanation about why the fashion industry...
On the performance level, Angelina Jolie turns in a star-making performance as Gia, playing the part with a conviction that reinforces the dead-end trajectory of the young supermodel's life.
