Gia Review
Get ready for a brutal ride.
Gia, the HBO biopic about Gia Carangi, the first supermodel to create the carnivorous fashion world as we know it today, is a flawed masterpiece.
Angelina Jolie gives one of her earliest and best performances.
We won’t be seeing too many more in this future tabloid queen’s career.
Elizabeth Mitchell had her breakthrough in Gia before crowning her career as one of the main characters in LOST.
Both actresses deliver convincing performances.
How did a poor girl from Philadelphia make it to the top of the fashion world?
One word.
Attitude.
The fashion world knows no mercy.
Boring
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Played out.
Too fat.
Dumb.
Agents want meat.
Sirloin steak.
Gia delivered and became a manipulative junkie who flamed out at age 26.
The first major celebrity to die of AIDS.
The showcased genre is the memoir.
It’s got tempting slices of lesbian romance filled with generous helpings of dark comedy.
But this mix never melds.
The viewer is forced to watch a glorified documentary that can’t decide which direction to take.
The story mess is punctuated with powerful acting scenes, however.
Check them out.
You won’t be wasting your time.
