American Gigolo fingerprintStrong craft, striking style, no humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Standout performances
Standout cinematography
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
American Gigolo is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Everyday modern life, crime, and mystery
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and mystery.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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American Gigolo is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 63/100 (IMDb 6.3, Rotten Tomatoes 73%, and Metacritic 57). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: nudity, sexual content, and violence.
1 h 57 min
American Gigolo runs 1 h 57 min.
Yes. Critics average 65 and audiences 60 out of 100, so both groups see American Gigolo much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $5 million to make and earned $53 million worldwide, 10.5 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some German, Swedish, French. Produced in United States.
+62GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for American Gigolo in 76 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 19 storytelling tropes for American Gigolo, including Miss Kitty, Karma Houdini, Film Noir.
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