Julian (Richard Gere), a gigolo, commands high prices for his services, living a lavish if emotionally unattached lifestyle. His life is turned upside down when his client is found dead, and he is accused of the murder...
6 March 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 September 1922, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
20 May 1921, Plymouth, England, UK
9 January 1936, Dallas, Texas, USA
14 December 1916, New York, USA
22 December 1936, New York City, New York, USA
15 July 1932, Copenhagen, Denmark
October 19, 1924 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1 December 1924, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
25 December 1919, New York City, New York, USA
3 March 1936, Albany, New York, USA
7 February 1958, La Jolla, California, USA
6 October 1922, California, USA
15 June 1918, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
May 09, 2011
The story becomes increasingly implausible as its thriller elements kick in, but the moving last shot achieves a sense of spiritual transcendence and grace rare in American movies.June 24, 2006
It all becomes something of an academic, if entertaining, exercise that fails to stir the emotions.October 23, 2004
The whole movie has a winning sadness about it; take away the story's sensational aspects and what you have is a study in loneliness.May 09, 2011
Schrader's development of the frame-up story is mechanically melodramatic, and Gere, essentially a boring actor, doesn't help much either. He just cannot carry a picture, even when his passivity and gentleness well serve some aspects of his character...June 30, 2011
Stylish but emotionally hollow, Paul Schrader's morality tale of a callboy (played by Richard Gere), offers some visual pleasures, including Armani's slick wardrobe.October 02, 2004
Turn off the sound and just enjoy the visuals.July 09, 2004
Slick, empty and far from sensualMay 24, 2008
Pure fantasy.May 09, 2011
Although the film rather loses its grip in the last two reels, this is, on the whole, an impressive piece of work.January 29, 2004
American Gigolo explores the flashy career of a male hustler.March 26, 2009
Schrader's third outing as a director is betrayed by a curious, uncharacteristic evasiveness at its core.May 09, 2011
Schrader manages to underline the glamour of the protagonist's profession while at the same time illustrating its seedy underside.