It's a Schrader thriller that gets off to an interesting start, often elevated by a certain air of sophistication injected by Gere's presence as the gigolo in trouble, but its approach lacks pulse. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 7, 2024

A story removed from eroticism—a delightful irony for something about a gorgeous gigolo.

| Original Score: 9.5/10 | Jun 24, 2024

.... American Gigolo a film that was ahead of its time, still working quite well these days, a testament to good writing and direction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 19, 2024

Even as Paul Schrader revels in opulence, he stresses the moral turpitude beneath its surface.

| Jun 18, 2024

Stylish and deliberately alienating, the film took its lead from European arthouse rather than Hollywood.

| May 24, 2023

Schrader films the action with a glossy, gliding precision, orchestrating the complications and controlling the tempo while sustaining the lurid mood with the glow of neon color and with high design—of architecture, furnishings, and clothing.

| May 15, 2023

…strips back the glamour from Julian Kay’s designer lifestyle and lays bare some real drama…

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 10, 2023

If it had gone further and allowed the changes in the character of the protagonist to become fully fleshed, American Gigolo could have been quite remarkable. As it is, the film is merely worthwhile.

| May 24, 2022

American Gigolo is full of sophisticated contradictions. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 14, 2019

'80s thriller has lots of sex, violence, language.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2018

Richard Gere, the highly touted actor critics invariably defend as a talent in search of a script, proves that his method acting can't propel him through a bad script.

| Apr 28, 2018

The journey from point A to point B might have been more direct, though given the film's lush visuals and many iconic New York settings, it would probably not have been as pretty.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 8, 2017

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.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 30, 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...

| May 9, 2011

Schrader manages to underline the glamour of the protagonist's profession while at the same time illustrating its seedy underside.

| May 9, 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.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 9, 2011

Although the film rather loses its grip in the last two reels, this is, on the whole, an impressive piece of work.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 9, 2011

Schrader's third outing as a director is betrayed by a curious, uncharacteristic evasiveness at its core.

| Mar 26, 2009

Pure fantasy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 18, 2007