{"id":371007,"date":"2021-11-23T03:34:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-of-gucci-is-oddly-dull-whenever-jared-leto-is-offscreen\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T03:34:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T00:34:14","slug":"house-of-gucci-is-oddly-dull-whenever-jared-leto-is-offscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-of-gucci-is-oddly-dull-whenever-jared-leto-is-offscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"#’House of Gucci’ is Oddly Dull Whenever Jared Leto is Offscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’House of Gucci’ is Oddly Dull Whenever Jared Leto is Offscreen<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

     <span class=\"mx-1\">Yes, we\u2019re serious.<\/span>\n<\/p><div id=\"\">\n\n\n\n                <figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media<\/a> \">\n            <img width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/house-of-gucci.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Driver and Gaga in House Of Gucci\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/house-of-gucci.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/house-of-gucci-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/>                                    <p>\n                    <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">United Artists<\/span>\n\n                        <\/figure>\n\n    <!-- START BYLINE -->\n    <div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n        By\u00a0Rob Hunter\u00a0\u00b7 Published on November 22nd, 2021 \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- END BYLINE -->\n\n    There are a handful of hard truths in the world, but surely one is that no one expects <strong>Jared Leto<\/strong> to be the highlight of a movie. Well, aside from Leto himself, obviously. That seems an especially assured guarantee for a film stacked with an epic cast of talents old and new and directed by a legendary filmmaker, and yet \u2014 Leto is far and away the best and most interesting element in <strong>Ridley Scott<\/strong>\u2018s <strong><em>House of Gucci<\/em><\/strong>.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
It\u2019s Italy in the 70s, a wild time where fashion and family reigns, and while Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga<\/strong>) aspires towards the former whenever possible she\u2019s already entrenched in the latter as a secretary at her father\u2019s transportation business. The winds of change arrive when she meets Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver<\/strong>) at a party and is almost as impressed by his martini-making skills as she is by his last name. Neither is in the other\u2019s league status-wise, but they instantly hit it off anyway. Maurizio is studying to become a lawyer and isn\u2019t that involved in his own family business \u2014 he\u2019s on the outs with his father (Jeremy Irons<\/strong>, who didn\u2019t get the memo that the film was going to be a mildly campy affair) who thinks Patrizia is only after money, but he\u2019s still friendly with his uncle (Al Pacino<\/strong>, who absolutely got the memo in trip<\/a>licate). Patrizia works both behind the scenes and in the open to change that by maneuvering Maurizio into a position of power within the house of Gucci, but the highs soon give way beneath the weight of lies, betrayal, and murder.<\/p>\n
Those already knowledgeable in the facts of the true story, along with those who pay attention in the opening minutes, know the general<\/a> direction where House of Gucci<\/em> is heading. You know who\u2019s going to be killed as well as who\u2019s responsible, but a film like this should still both engage and entertain despite that lack of surprise. That, in turn, becomes a surprise then as the film struggles to do either. At nearly 160-minutes, Scott\u2019s twenty-seventh film \u2014 and second this year alone \u2014 is a bit of a slog. Accents that range from the wobbly to the comical, a tone unsure if it wants pure camp or serious melodrama, and a story that can\u2019t reach beyond a simplistic theme<\/a> of \u201cmoney corrupts\u201d all conspire to make House of Gucci<\/em> a fairly uneventful ride.<\/p>\n
Thank the movie gods then for whatever the hell Jared Leto is doing here. Buried beneath some truly impressive makeup to portray Paolo, the flunkie son of Pacino\u2019s Aldo Gucci, Leto is Acting with a capital A at every possible moment. He wants you to know it, too, as his every hand gesture and vocal inflection reminds viewers that this is a performance that simply can\u2019t be contained beneath latex or deep scrutiny. Paolo is a sad sack who sees himself far more talented and important than he is, and Leto has seemingly been preparing for the role by going method over the past decade. It\u2019s impressive stuff, and he helps make Paolo the film\u2019s most \u2014 hell, only \u2014 sympathetic character.<\/p>\n
Well, barely sympathetic anyway as the Gucci family, whether by blood or marriage, is made up of wholly unlikable people putting themselves and their bank accounts before everyone and everything else. House of Gucci<\/em> taps into the Succession<\/em> vibe in some ways \u2014 they\u2019re all terrible people! \u2014 but where HBO\u2019s acclaimed show succeeds by telling their story with wit, humor, and sharp writing, Scott\u2019s film can\u2019t claim remotely the same. Writers Becky Johnston<\/strong> and Roberto Bentivegna<\/strong> set up the main couple\u2019s arcs rather sloppily making motivations and ideals unclear at times. Was Patrizia after his money from the very first moment? Probably, but maybe not. Was Maurizio always morally corrupt or did power turn him that way? Sure, whatever. Are Paulo\u2019s clothing designs pairing pastels and browns together really \u201ca triumph of mediocrity?\u201d I still wear cargo shorts on occasion, so I\u2019ll defer to the elder Gucci\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n
The collapse of a family dynasty due to corruption and greed is fascinating fodder on its face, but House of Gucci<\/em> seems content delivering the basics and then dressing it all up in a little bit of glitz and star power. Cinematographer Dariusz Wolski<\/strong> captures the former well enough with luxurious locales and opulent production design giving viewers a look into a lifestyle they\u2019ll never experience firsthand, but what to make of this cast. All have proven themselves elsewhere, and none are giving poor performances here, but what\u2019s the point of doing accents if they\u2019re going to be wildly inconsistent and all over the place? Pacino\u2019s doing outtakes from The Godfather: Part III<\/em> (1990) while Gaga feels moments away from quoting a Super Mario game<\/a>. Driver\u2019s taking it seriously, but he winds up underwhelming simply by comparison.<\/p>\n
Again, thankfully, Jared freaking Leto comes to the rescue by giving each and every word a pitch that rises and falls with dramatic abandonment. Every utterance becomes a questioning statement, every sentence an uncertain journey, and you can\u2019t help but perk up every time he starts whining. It\u2019s magic \u2014 perhaps accidental \u2014 and it\u2019s part of what makes Leto the film\u2019s undeniably unexpected highlight.<\/p>\n
A supporting cast rotates in and out of things as associates, partners, and psychics come to play in Gucci\u2019s dwindling ATM. Salma Hayek<\/strong> plays a fortune teller named Pina who befriends Patrizia(\u2018s bank account), and her presence is made slightly juicier with the knowledge that Hayek is actually married to Francois-Henri Pinault \u2014 the current CEO of the company that now owns Gucci. Jack Huston<\/strong> does some understated work as the family\u2019s attorney whose loyalty ultimately rests with, you guessed it, the money.<\/p>\n
For the little that House of Gucci<\/em> actually accomplishes, a shorter running time would have been beneficial. At this length, though, the goodwill that viewers will have coming into it and meeting its characters slowly drips away with each passing minute. The dramatic beats we want are missing, the ones we get are somewhat redundant. It\u2019s too dull to be fun and too silly to manage any weight. Ultimately, and said confidently without any sense of fashion whatsoever, the film is in desperate need of more pastels, more browns, and more Jared Leto.<\/p>\n
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\n            Rob Hunter has been writing for Film School Rejects since before you were born, which is weird seeing as he’s so damn young. He’s our Chief Film Critic and Associate Editor and lists ‘Broadcast News<\/a>’ as his favorite film of all time. Feel free to say hi if you see him on Twitter @FakeRobHunter<\/a>.        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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