
Murray, the bankrupt owner of a bookstore, is forced to close his family business. His dermatologist, Dr. Parker, dreams of having a threesome and would pay a thousand dollars to have one with her friend Selima. Murray then proposes to his friend Fioravante that they start a male prostitution business, with Murray acting as the pimp. However, when Fioravante meets a Hasidic Jewish woman, Avigal, who is the widow of a rabbi, they fall in love with each other. But a Jewish neig... (Full plot summary below)
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Murray, the bankrupt owner of a bookstore, is forced to close his family business. His dermatologist, Dr. Parker, dreams of having a threesome and would pay a thousand dollars to have one with her friend Selima. Murray then proposes to his friend Fioravante that they start a male prostitution business, with Murray acting as the pimp. However, when Fioravante meets a Hasidic Jewish woman, Avigal, who is the widow of a rabbi, they fall in love with each other. But a Jewish neighborhood patrolman, Dovi, is in love with Avigal too, and might make life difficult for Fioravante and Murray.
Leave your thoughts about Fading Gigolo.
| CinemalogueTodd Jorgenson... an uneven effort that contains some big laughs even as it struggles to find a consistent tone. |
| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickWhile Fading Gigolo has potential, the delivery makes it a wholly frustrating watch. |
| Detroit NewsTom Long"Fading Gigolo" may be far from perfect, but it's near impossible to dislike. |
| Orange County RegisterMichael SragowThis tall-tale New York comedy about a florist and a book dealer who become a prostitute and a pimp is so wispy that it's hit or miss and overlong at 90 minutes. |
| indieWireEric KohnIntentionally or not, however, Fading Gigolo actually functions as something of a statement on Allen's persona—onscreen and off—as it has been understood in the public eye. And the resulting conclusion, like the movie, is a decidedly mixed bag. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA charming, funny and oddball drama about a gentle, quiet, and sensitive florist who knows how to give women pleasure. |
| Screen InternationalDan FainaruTurturro takes full credits as the author but Allen's touch is visible throughout, whether it is in sending up Brooklyn's Hassidic community, shooting one-liners by the dozen or in the soundtrack, which seems directly inspired by his films. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereAn amusing, well-cast fractured fairy tale for adults and ode to the magic of New York City. |
| NewcityRay PrideIts strange flavor lingers, which is why I'd recommend it to those patient enough to contemplate such an earnest, cracked project for its flagrant, fragrant failure. |
| NPRBob MondelloTurturro's direction owes a little something to Spike Lee, and a lot to Allen, who reportedly had a hand in helping refine the script — certainly his own lines sound as if he's simply riffing in character. Together they succeed in keeping the mood light, even as the filmmaker is gently tugging the plot in other directions — to look at loneliness, and longing, and heartbreak. |