This film, written, directed, and starring John Turturro, also features Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Vanessa Paradis, and Liev Schrieber. Down-on-his-luck New Yorker Murray (Allen), whose used bookstore just closed, convinces his equally cash-strapped former employee Fioravante (Turturro) to moonlight as a gigolo after Murray's dermatologist (Stone) expresses interest in such a service. Together, they set up a successful "business" with Murray as the pimp, but things get complicated when Fioravante finds himself falling for Avigal (Paradis), a widowed Orthodox Jew -- much to the chargin of Dovi (Schrieber), a neighborhood patrolman who also has feelings for her. "Quirky" isn't a strong enough word for this film. Apart from being slightly ridiculous, the plot seems all over the place sometimes, with the different story lines diverging so much at times they don't feel like they belong in the same film. In terms of acting, Allen is great as usual, but everyone else borders on annoying; Paradis, meanwhile, is simply insufferable. Unfortunately, this was one of those films where I couldn't take anything from it, one where I constantly asked myself, "what's the point to all of this?". Fading Gigolo, for me, was a dud.
Should you see it: No
Grade: C-
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