Deborah Ross

Worth seeing for Lady Gaga but little else: House of Gucci reviewed

The decision to have the all-star cast a-speak-a in Italian accents may not have been the wisest one

Paolo Gucci (Jared Leto), Jenny Gucci (Florence Andrews), Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga – the best thing in the film) and Aldo Gucci (Al Pacino, chewing the scenery) in House of Gucci 
issue 27 November 2021
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Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci has been much anticipated. The cast is stellar. It’s based on a luscious, true story (so juicy) featuring vicious family infighting and culminating in a murder. I was thinking Succession, but with luxury leather goods and the hiring of a hit man. It can’t miss, I was thinking.

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