Gia

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Gia

R

1998

2h 0m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway), a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs -- and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

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Akos Peterbencze

Vulnerable Man (Medium)

07/20/2023

Gia is a mediocre biopic with no explanation about why the fashion industry drives its models into burnout, eating disorders, and drug abuse. We get that it’s an artificial industry, but the movie doesn’t provide a detailed look into why that is.

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Brendan Lemon

The Advocate

05/19/2022

Quite watchable.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

01/05/2022

4/5

A film about a woman's meteoric rise to fame, made shortly before Jolie's own career went stratospheric, this is a widely overlooked production that shows the incredible breadth of the actor's talent.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

06/23/2005

3/5

Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

05/18/2005

4/5

Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

05/06/2005

3/5

Jolie gives a sensational performance in this tight, but tragic biopic

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Pauli G

@RT70052284 May 26

I was very surprised. I had forgotten how great Jolie is in this movie. It's a heart and gut wrenching story and view of a wild and specific bubble of time and how AIDS took the wild side from on the edge to over the edge.

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Meri S.

@mschroeder May 26

A sad story based on the true story of Gia, a fashion model. At times hard to watch the self destruction of someone who could’ve had it all. Acting was great.

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Sharang L

@Scribe187 May 22

Moves you beyond words. Jolie's best that I have seen.

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Ollie W

@RT90619198 Nov 21

She’s not that interesting. A silly model that did too many drugs.

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Nov 11

I mean its ok, it's a serviceable biopic that does the job.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 15

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Synopsis

Gia Carangi (Angelina Jolie) travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway), a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs -- and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

Director: Michael Cristofer
Producer: James D. Brubaker
Production Co: HBO Pictures
Rating: R, TV-MA (S|L|V)
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2016
Runtime: 2h 0m