The direction is excellent and Freed is to be congratulated on the production as a whole, as the story is presented in an original and enticing manner.
It has all the ingredients. It's a naughty but nice romp of the hyper-romantic naughty 90s of Paris-in-the-spring, in the Bois, in Maxim's, and in the boudoir. How can it miss?
Blithely sophisticated, would-be French naughtiness, sleek as a bolt of silk. [08 Jan 2004, p.N1]
80
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
It's easy to drift away from the story and become absorbed in Minnelli's impossibly delicate textures, but there is a little something here for everybody.
80
Village Voice
Village Voice
Gigi has more imaginative use of cinema than all our recent pseudo-realist movies put together.
Gigi is dressed to kill, but if all the French finery impresses the customers, it also smothers the story.
50
Time Out
Time Out
The combination of these two visual elitists is really too much - it's like a meal consisting of cheesecake, and one quickly longs for something solid and vulgar to weigh things down.