House of Gucci
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna
Starring Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino
Release Date November 24th, 2021
House of Gucci is a true crime story about the death of Gucci scion, Maurizio Gucci, played by Adam Driver. As a true crime story it’s not bad, as a serious drama about real people in a real life tragedy, House of Gucci is rather disastrous. Unable to distinguish whether he is making a real life crime drama or a campy satire of wealth and privilege, director Ridley Scott has made a strange and off-putting movie that is consistently at odds with itself, it’s intentions, and it’s actors who swing wildly from parody to serious intent.
House of Gucci picks up the story of Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) as she is working for her family trucking company. The immediate sense is that Reggiani has ambitions that exceed her family’s relatively modest fortune. At a party she may or may not have been invited to, Patrizia meets Maurizio Gucci, mistaking him for a bartender. In her defense, the future head of the House of Gucci was behind a bar and wearing a traditional tuxedo at what is purported to be a costume party.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
