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Gia

Gia

Romance · Drama · TV Movie · 1998

Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

Movie details

Gia

“Too beautiful to die. Too wild to live.”

1998 Romance · Drama · TV Movie 2h 0m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

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Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Cristofer

Written by

Jay McInerney · Michael Cristofer

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

Gia

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell

Linda

Eric Michael Cole

Eric Michael Cole

T.J.

Kylie Travis

Kylie Travis

Stephanie

Louis Giambalvo

Louis Giambalvo

Joe Carangi

John Considine

John Considine

Bruce Cooper

Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen

Mike Mansfield

Court is in session

Put Gia on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.