House of Gucci (2021)

OMG, so many unlikable people. Then again, this is Ridley Scott, not a man to shy away from unpleasant people and it is a docudrama, so one needs to adhere, more or less, to what is known about the events of the day. The end result is a sweeping yet wildly imbalanced rendering of the celebrated Gucci fashion empire’s scandalous history, full of backstabbing, betrayal, greed, and even murder. While the movie is not the sum of its parts, there is a lot to celebrate here. The story itself is a spicy enough foundation that comes with sufficient amounts of flamboyance, one that sees Lady Gaga's charactger convert herself into an ambitiously avaricious character who consumes all those around her and spits them out. It also features an unrecognizable Jared Leto dialing yet another transformative role up to eleven, and contains plenty of solid performances portraying the troubled business that stems from what has become a troubled family. The Italian accents are insufferable (we were accidentally watching the dubbed Italian voice track and it was definitely an improvement) but all else is mostly well played acting of unlikable people.