Movie · 2021 · Drama, Crime, History · 2h 38m · R · English
Curator score: 2.0/10 (689.5K ratings)
A legacy worth killing for.
Overview
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.
Ratings
Curator score: 2.0/10
IMDb: 6.6/10
Letterboxd: 2.94/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 61%
Metacritic: 59
TMDB: 6.6/10
Director
Ridley Scott
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Studios, Scott Free Productions
Cast
Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Jack Huston, Salma Hayek Pinault, Alexia Murray, Vincent Riotta, Gaetano Bruno, Camille Cottin, Youssef Kerkour, Reeve Carney, Florence Andrews, Mehdi Nebbou, Miloud Mourad Benamara, Andrea Piedimonte Bodini, Vincenzo Tanassi, Mauro Lamantia, Nicole Bani Sarkute
Curator Review
Verdict
A glossy, campy crime melodrama with strong star turns and plenty of tabloid allure, but it’s uneven in tone and often plays like a high-fashion soap opera rather than a sharp tragedy. If you enjoy exaggerated performances, family power struggles, and a movie that is more entertaining in pieces than as a whole, it delivers. If you want a tightly controlled biographical crime drama, it may feel overlong and self-conscious.
Best for
Viewers who like campy prestige melodrama
Fans of fashion-world excess and family dynasties
People who enjoy big, theatrical performances
Audiences open to a knowingly absurd true-crime story
Skip if
You want a serious, restrained biopic
You dislike uneven accents and broad acting choices
You prefer lean, propulsive crime storytelling
You’re looking for emotional depth over spectacle
Overview
House of Gucci is less a sleek true-crime thriller than a grand, overdecorated soap opera about money, vanity, and the rot inside a luxury dynasty. Ridley Scott stages the rise and collapse of the Gucci family with a glossy eye for surfaces, but the movie’s real pleasure is in its excess: the costumes, the gossip, the betrayals, and the sense that everyone is performing for the room and for history at once.
Worth noting
The cast commits hard, sometimes in ways that feel intentionally heightened and sometimes in ways that simply feel unbalanced. Lady Gaga gives the film its most forceful center, while Adam Driver keeps it grounded enough to make the chaos legible. Around them, the movie swings between satire, tragedy, and parody, which makes it fascinating in stretches even when it loses control of its own tone.
Bottom line
As a piece of entertainment, it’s easier to admire than to love. The pacing sags, the emotional beats can feel blunt, and the film often seems more interested in style and scandal than in psychology. Still, for viewers who enjoy decadent crime stories with a camp edge, it has enough swagger, absurdity, and visual polish to be worth the ride.
Top Letterboxd reviews
kyle (1.5★) · 8511 likes
IM FREEEEEE!!!!!!!! LONGEST EXPERIENCE OF MY FUCKING LIFE
nora (2.5★) · 5844 likes
i am simply thinking about:1) al pacino’s entrance in the film is that he is looking at a tabloid photo of adam driver and lady gaga and he says, “whaaaat is thiiIIiissss”2) a character alive, saying a thing, cut to IMMEDIATELY, that character dead in casket alskdks it made me laugh3) lady gaga really hamming it up sucking on a spoon she used to stir her coffee
so silly, somehow adam driver is the least unhinged person… more
Cole Duffy (3★) · 5176 likes
He cooka da meatball, she murda da husband!
Dylan (4★) · 4858 likes
Does a film really need to be good? Is Lady Gaga doing crime not enough?
2013 · Crime, Drama, Comedy · 3h · R · Curator 7.9/10 (5.7M ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, AMC+, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Shares the same appetite for excess, performance, and the intoxicating chaos of wealth.