Movie reviews: 'House of Gucci' knows how to keep its audience coming back for more
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This week, TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews six new movies: 'House of Gucci,' 'Encanto,' The Beatles: Get Back,' 'C'mon C'mon,' 'Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City,' and 'Bruised.'
“I want to see where this story goes,” says Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) in the early moments of “House of Gucci,” the new, dynastic family drama from director Ridley Scott now playing in theatres.
I don’t blame her. It is quite a story.
A Machiavellian mix of love, in-fighting, ambition, fake Guccis, and income tax fraud, “House of Gucci” is almost as outrageous as the accent Jared Leto adopts to play Paolo Gucci, the wannabe designer and, according to his Uncle Rodolfo Gucci (Jeremy Irons), “triumph of mediocrity,” who helped create Gucci's famous double “G” logo.
But is the inspired-by-a-true story movie as attention-grabbing as the designs that made Gucci a household name?
