andreakaralic-24952 Although Gia Carangi's biography was good enough to make this movie, I felt as if Angelina Jolie wasn't good representation of Gia. The thing about Gia wasn't just physical beauty that got too emphasized in this movie, but Gia's eyes that showed her vulnerability. This movie lacks a real emotion, that pain which is crucial to make it really work. Angelina is beautiful and she's got some bad girl attitude that helped the movie but she lacks emotion and vulnerability. Mila Kunis showed more emotion playing young Gia than Angelina did. Also Gia's mother played by Mercedes Ruehl wasn't even close to Gia's real mother Kathleen, not only by appearance but by character as well. This movie should be called "Drug addict-supermodel", not "Gia". All it showed is that even beautiful girls get ruined by fashion world. It didn't show a real emotional suffering, real childhood traumas (which in Gia's case were sexual abuse and abandonment by her mother caused by divorce of her parents). It's like seeing somebody's present without really going in depth about their past that made them feeling hurt and abandoned.

Dalbert Pringle FYI - Gia Carangi (Who!?... Never heard of her) was not (as this movie states) America's first "Supermodel".To be honest (until this depressing and annoyingly-bad movie came out), I had never, ever heard of Gia Carangi. But I'd certainly heard of Jerry Hall, Christie Brinkley, Cybill Shepherd, and Lauren Hutton, who were all recognized "Supermodels" long before this bimbo snorted her first line of cocaine.If this badly-conceived bio-movie was really supposed to be an accurate depiction of what Gia Carangi was actually like in real-life, then I'd say that she was, without a doubt, just pure white-trash, and an absolutely terrible role-model for lesbian-wannabes, as well.And if I am to take Angelina Jolie's grate-on-your-nerves portrayal of Gia at face value, then, let's face it, this high-strung crybaby was already seriously unhinged long before her downward spiral into the hell of drug addiction took place.And speaking about Angelina's f-n lousy performance as Gia - Jolie (wearing one awful-looking wig after another) was such an incompetent, scenery-chewing amateur throughout (pulling knives on people, etc.) that her character depiction made me hate Gia's guts.I also hated all of the women in Gia's life. This, of course, included her mother, Kathleen, her mentor, Wilhelmina Cooper, and especially her lesbian lover, Linda (this particular on/off relationship was nothing but a hideous, little soap opera of non-stop bitching & bickering).And, with that said - I am absolutely fed-up from hearing people heap praise and admiration upon Angelina Jolie for her performance as Gia. If you ask me, it was one of the most empty-headed, insincere, and unconvincing portrayals I've ever seen.And I swear that I'll never, ever again watch another movie that stars the likes of Angelina Jolie. Never! (Bah! Who needs her?)

Kelli Jones I am currently watching the movie Gia. This model had a hard life, especially when she entered the fashion world, however falling into the life of drugs, etc. was her choice. They are trying to make it into a sad movie, but I have no sympathy for people who choose to go down the drug path in life. People have choices, and she created her own fate. This obviously happened a long time ago being that it is a 1980's movie. There are a lot of famous people whether in the fashion world or not that don't do drugs just because they know it is stupid. It was sad to hear about her mentor dying, and how her mom remembers her tough life, as well as her female friend.

kayden eryan The film feels flat from start to finish. Slow boring dragged out storyline. The film starts off with the tone that sleeping around and promiscuity are cool and this women, Gia was OK to do this!? Her behavior is condoned. Nice message! This film is basically another excuse for Hollywood to show soft porn. The lesbian scenes are just.. there to satisfy the male audiences bottomless pit of lust(or so the writer-producers seem to imply in so many films!)Why was this women even made out as a heroine, if this is a correct portrayal, then she was promiscuous, obnoxious, foul mouthed and selfish. Angelina plays that well ,per usual! Oh and great advertising for the smoking industry Angelina! I'm sure people who suffer from cancer will commend you-NOT! The whole film seems full of a bunch of vile shallow creatures. The story is actually empty and void of any soul. Angelina overacts everything. You can't really connect with her. Bits of her neediness seep through, that's the only characterization you get. The romance is bland with no chemistry Angelina Jolie couldn't carry the ' bad girl model attitude'real model . You simply have to look at Canadian supermodels Yasmeen Ghauri and UK's Naomi Campbell to see what real 'sexual power and model attitude' is about. The last 20 mins off the film are a bit interesting and give the film some depth and meaning. we can connect a bit more with gia, but it's a bit late on in the film! Best thing about the film is Eric Michael Cole's beautiful backside shot .Also, for being brave and considerate enough to show two hot guys kissing for once!