AND AGAIN A GIGOLO MOVIE… Fading Gigolo is just entertainment and – as usual – completely unrealistic. Just like almost all Hollywood Gigolo movies. And books by the way.Yes.. the classic Gigolo image sells LOL and it's an entertaining movie. But in the real world professional gigolos do a completely different and very, very difficult job in offering ladies and couples the attention they need. It's hard work, mentally and physically, and only 1 out of 1.000 men are suitable for this very demanding gigolo job. And you won't believe the things they experience... Far more sensational and touching than we can watch in all gigolo movies till now. Hollywood producers wake up! What's wrong with you??As leading gigolo agency we have recently been consulted for some European gigolo movies and shows. And the only realistic aspect in 'Fading Gigolo' are the generally good looking female clients. Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, John Turturro, Sofia Vergara, thanks for the promotion... Looking for more information about the real gigolo world? Have a look at our website www.gigolo-escort.co.uk and read the many authentic and anonymus reviews from our clients.

If you have seen trailers or advertising for this film, they may have almost exclusively focused on Woody Allen just like it was for me. However, the main player behind "Fading Gigolo" ("Suddenly Gigolo") is John Turturro. He directed it, he wrote it and he plays the central character Fioravante. It sure takes a lot of guts to write a character described by women as a top stud between the sheets and then cast yourself for that role. I knew him mostly from his performance on the TV show "Monk", which brought him an Emmy as the title character's brother. Of course he was also in "Barton Fink" and many more. Apart from Allen and Turturro, Vanessa Paradis (mostly known for her longtime relationship with Johnny Depp) plays the female main role. Supporting players are Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family"), Liev Schreiber ("Ray Donovan") and Sharon Stone ("Casino"), the two ladies being actually typecast for roles that do not look too different than some of their work in the past.The best part of the film was probably Allen playing a pimp. He brought the comedic highlights of the movie while Paradis was responsible for the dramatic highlights. Turturro I am not so sure what to think of his performance. I felt it was a bit empty and for the most of the film, he was just there and I wasn't really impacted by his actions. Just like he directed it, I felt all the interesting things in this film had not too much to do with him. If you are nice, you could say, he was quietly convincing. Anyway back to Allen, if some more people had actually seen this film, he may have even been in consideration for a Supporting Actor nomination at the Oscars. But he doesn't care anyway, so it's fine I guess. There was one scene where his character makes a quote about competition, which was pretty funny given Allen's long history of absence at award ceremonies.One of the most interesting things here is how all the women admired the name Fioravante as he must be some great Italian lover and the one he actually likes doesn't even know his name. The ending I am not sure what to think of or if I liked it. Obviously, Paradis' character only saw him as a helper to her grief and all of a sudden, she was ready to marry Schreiber's character? It came all out of nowhere and felt pretty weird to me. I don't need a happy end, but if it is unhappy, it has to be at least somewhat credible and I did not think it was. At least they avoided the usual drama when she finds out what he actually does. And the very final scene, with the other lady was pretty insignificant too. It felt only included to make the viewer leave the theater with a smile, but it did not fit at all in relation to everything what happened before. Paradis and Turturro seemed to have good chemistry, so I would have preferred a happy ending in this case I think.One real highlight where the dialogs between Fioravante and his pimp. Well, actually it was mostly the pimp talking all the time. I also liked the music (including Dean Martin's "Sway"), but as a whole I would really only recommend this one to Woody Allen completionists.

If the parts played by Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara featured instead, say, Kathy Bates and Imelda Staunton, then there might be some way of taking this film seriously. As it is, no way! We're expected to believe that Stone and Vergara would a) need to pay some guy to have a threesome with them, b) that Stone, playing a Dermatologist, would arrange such a tryst through an elderly client, c) that they'd settle on John Turturro as their ideal man, d) they'd pay him $1000 apiece. If it's not already obvious from that set-up, Fading Gigolo is pretty much a Turturro homage to Woody Allen. Beyond being set in a world where sexy women chase after nebbish guys, the humour, the tone, even the soundtrack is all typical Woody. So it's hardly surprising that Woody is there as the pimp, virtually performing an homage to himself. It's all beyond strange.

The worlds oldest profession is never a dull subject and such is the case in fading gigalo. Very often when I go to talk with a friend or associate about this film I get shot down with "I don't like Woody Allen and "his" movies" and I get that(you don't like dry comedy that doesn't overwhelm but what needs to be understood is that this film is merely costarring Woody Allen as an enjoyable,humorously scheming accidental pimp in this film with John Turtorro handling the writing and direction excellent costars by the eternally seductive Sharon Stone and Sultry Sofia Vergara made this one interesting and fun for me especially Liev Schrieber as an overprotective neighborhood watch that gives sentimental and comedic value to the already comedic duo Of Turtorro and Allen.