People seem really impressed that Lady Gaga improvised the line, which begins every Catholic Prayer and substituted "House of Gucci" for "Holy Ghost". Would it be just as entertaining if Gaga used the opening to the Hebrew Amidah prayer? "My Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare the House of Gucci". Or would there be outrage at her anti-semitism? That alone was cause for me to vomit in my own mouth a little bit. Gaga's offensive improvisation is probably the most interesting and sick part of this movie. But set that aside because I watched this film and oh boy, Lady Gaga looked extremely out of place up against a stellar cast. She was like a D Girl pulled from the extra department and pretended to be on the same level as Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Al Pacino and even Jack Huston, who all nailed it. But I found Gaga completely out of place and more distracting than she was entertaining. I would have thought somebody more subdued like Natalie Portman or Keira Knightley could have pulled this role off better. But we get Gaga pushed down our throat and I gagged. Maybe there's some Divine Justice in the movie being almost completely snubbed by the Oscars. I give it 3 stars because everybody else was great, but Gaga wrecked what could have been a great film with her presence and improvisation.
Review of House of Gucci
