
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.... (Full plot summary below)
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Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
Leave your thoughts about American Gigolo.
| TIME MagazineRichard SchickelSchrader's development of the frame-up story is mechanically melodramatic, and Gere, essentially a boring actor, doesn't help much either. He just cannot carry a picture, even when his passivity and gentleness well serve some aspects of his character, as they do here. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyStylish but emotionally hollow, Paul Schrader's morality tale of a callboy (played by Richard Gere), offers some visual pleasures, including Armani's slick wardrobe. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewIt all becomes something of an academic, if entertaining, exercise that fails to stir the emotions. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThe whole movie has a winning sadness about it; take away the story's sensational aspects and what you have is a study in loneliness. |
| VarietyVariety StaffSchrader's third outing as a director is betrayed by a curious, uncharacteristic evasiveness at its core. |
| Boston GlobeMichael BlowenRichard Gere, the highly touted actor critics invariably defend as a talent in search of a script, proves that his method acting can't propel him through a bad script. |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)John LuiThe journey from point A to point B might have been more direct, though given the film's lush visuals and many iconic New York settings, it would probably not have been as pretty. |
| Movie MomNell MinowTurn off the sound and just enjoy the visuals. |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara Shulgasser'80s thriller has lots of sex, violence, language. |
| User ReviewJohn CPaul Schrader's tribute to Bresson is a slick, gorgeous film that boasts some iconic imagery concoted by director Schrader, production deisgner Ferdinando Scarfiotti, and wardrobe by Armani, as well as a throbbing music score by Giorgio Moroder. |