13 Facts About Gigli

Gigli is a 2003 American romantic comedy crime film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Lainie Kazan.

Larry Gigli is a low-ranking Los Angeles mobster who is not nearly as tough as he likes to act.

Gigli successfully convinces the young man, Brian, to go off with him by promising to take him "to the Baywatch", apparently a reference to the television show of that name, which seems to be Brian's singular obsession.

Louis does not trust Gigli to get the job done right, so he hires a woman calling herself Ricki to take charge.

Gigli is attracted to Ricki, but he resents both Louis' lack of faith in him and having to take orders from a woman.

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Gigli is frustrated by Brian's insistence on going to "the Baywatch" and by the fact that Ricki is a lesbian.

Gigli is further annoyed when his mother immediately bonds with Ricki and they team up to needle him.

Gigli is about to kill Ricki and Gigli, but she talks him out of it.

Gigli convinces Ricki to take his car to escape to parts unknown; but at the last minute, she returns to pick him up, and they leave town together.

Original ending featured Gigli being killed, but after negative response to a test screening, the ending was re-shot and re-edited.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Bizarre and clumsily plotted, Gigli is a mess.

Joel Siegel of Good Morning America awarded the film with a "D" rating and stated in his review "To qualify as a historic failure, a film needs a measure of pretension and all Gigli ever wanted to be was a romantic comedy.

The Onion, a satirical newspaper, ran an article about the film, titled "Gigli focus groups demand new ending in which Affleck and Lopez die.