Gia (1998)

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Gia Carangi, this is the name of America's first supermodel (considered to be) who was featured on the cover of VOGUE magazine was also a drug addict who ended up tragically when she acquired AIDS.This move is of a narrative style based for cable picture and revolves around this pretty girl portrayed by Angelina Jolie.Gia is a simple girl who had a troubled childhood with issues between her mom and dad and her drifting away from her brothers (what the movie tells us) and grew up to develop a punk like personality who lives in her own world and is quiet happy about it.Here the story takes a turn when some random events (which are not explained properly) makes her join the fashion industry and she eventually becomes a supermodel. Here the connection between her career as a model and her childhood seemed broken, so it confuses the viewer (believe me that is not what the viewer wants from this movie).The later story is well shown telling about the drug addiction of the model, her downfall and her ending tragically after acquiring AIDS. This was something that most of the stories about models have.Yes I would say that the story was great but story is not the only thing that makes a movie great it is the acting and I would have to say this that Angelina Jolie was flawless, I know that this movie is being talked mostly for Jolie being showed nude and the lesbian sex scene but this has got way more than that. Jolie displayed the right amount of emotions and she really made the viewer connect to the character. Linda Gia's lover portrayed by Elizabeth Mitchell very well supported the main character and showed a good chemistry with Jolie which provided weight to the relationship.The quality of video is not really good, so if you expect HD you'll be disappointed.I would say that this movie is worth spending 120 minutes of yours.-

Gia was unbelievably good. It's both haunting and inspirational. And in my opinion, it holds Angelina Jolie's best acting performance.I think the writer and the director stayed honest to everything they knew about Gia. They went all the way and smashed though many taboos including promiscuous sex, homosexuality and drugs. They didn't censor important details in order to play safe. And Jolie was so brave for taking this role. She completely absorbed the character so much so that you feel her baring her soul as you watch. The sheer honesty in the performance was magnificent. Mercedes Ruehl's acting was also impeccable. She didn't overdo anything but she was just as true to the character as Jolie was.Mature, daring, audacious. No sugar-coating, no romantic clichés. This is what a good movie looks like.

It's a shame Angelina Jolie's private life gets more publicity than her professional one because she truly is an excellent actress. She gives another compelling performance portraying model Gia Carangi in "Gia," a 1998 film produced by HBO.Gia Carangi was a dark, edgy, exotic model who stepped into a sea of blonds in the '70s and became a top model in great demand, paving the way for models like Cindy Crawford. Carangi drifted into the drug culture, and with the death of her mentor and agent, Wilhelmina Cooper in 1980, she turned to heroin. The situation only became worse when her friend, photographer Chris von Wagenheim died in a car accident, and Gia became more dependent on drugs. It got to the point where no one would book her. Scavullo, who loved her work, kindly let her do a magazine cover in 1982. She died in 1986, at the age of 26, from AIDS.The film distorts time somewhat and combines incidents. It also focuses on one relationship, with a makeup artist named Linda. Linda is Sandy Linter, whom Gia pursued, but it's not clear how much of a relationship they had. Gia apparently had sex with both sexes but is believed to be predominantly gay."Gia" is energized and made interesting by Angelina Jolie's multilayered portrayal of Gia as a childish, highly imaginative, sad young woman who loved deeply and couldn't cope with loss. Sections of Carangi's journals are read throughout and point up her strong inner life. Despite some of Gia's behavior, Jolie makes her both sympathetic and likable.Sad and thought-provoking, "Gia" is a very good film with wonderful performances by Jolie, Mercedes Ruhl, and Elizabeth Mitchell.

One of the best performances of Angelina Jolie's career, especially since this is her first really big role that brought her a lot of attention. Prior to this she did Hackers with Jonny Lee Miller, but that didn't do that much for her name value in Hollywood. Jolie totally draws your attention to her character like you normally don't see.The story follows model Gia Garangi from the late 1970's when she started her modeling career until the mid 1980's when she succumbed to AIDS. Along the way she got addicted to serious drugs such as cocaine and heroine. The story of Gia is truly not your usual run of the mill back story about a former supermodel.