Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

belleanddan I just finished watching this movie and felt like I could immediately relate to Gia. The feeling of being 'unloved' at her age is something I could immediately relate to, being that I was kicked out of my house at 17 and, like her, had to learn to make it on my own. Being thrown into the harsh realities of an industry as cutthroat as the fashion world would have been a lot to deal with, and drugs were an easy escape; it could have happened to anyone in her shoes. This is one of those movies that will really touch you, and Angelie Jolie did an amazing job of bringing Gia's spirit to life. This was the best performance I've ever seen from her, surprisingly from what was just an HBO movie. This is a film that really deserved a theatrical release and could have been much bigger than it was; but I still appreciate HBO for bringing the movie to life.If you have any interest in fashion, a touching love story, or just want to see an amazing performance by Angelie Jolie this is definitely a movie worth watching that you won't forget.

Dalbert Pringle FYI - Gia Carangi (Who!?... Never heard of her) was not (as this movie states) America's first "Supermodel".To be honest (until this depressing and annoyingly-bad movie came out), I had never, ever heard of Gia Carangi. But I'd certainly heard of Jerry Hall, Christie Brinkley, Cybill Shepherd, and Lauren Hutton, who were all recognized "Supermodels" long before this bimbo snorted her first line of cocaine.If this badly-conceived bio-movie was really supposed to be an accurate depiction of what Gia Carangi was actually like in real-life, then I'd say that she was, without a doubt, just pure white-trash, and an absolutely terrible role-model for lesbian-wannabes, as well.And if I am to take Angelina Jolie's grate-on-your-nerves portrayal of Gia at face value, then, let's face it, this high-strung crybaby was already seriously unhinged long before her downward spiral into the hell of drug addiction took place.And speaking about Angelina's f-n lousy performance as Gia - Jolie (wearing one awful-looking wig after another) was such an incompetent, scenery-chewing amateur throughout (pulling knives on people, etc.) that her character depiction made me hate Gia's guts.I also hated all of the women in Gia's life. This, of course, included her mother, Kathleen, her mentor, Wilhelmina Cooper, and especially her lesbian lover, Linda (this particular on/off relationship was nothing but a hideous, little soap opera of non-stop bitching & bickering).And, with that said - I am absolutely fed-up from hearing people heap praise and admiration upon Angelina Jolie for her performance as Gia. If you ask me, it was one of the most empty-headed, insincere, and unconvincing portrayals I've ever seen.And I swear that I'll never, ever again watch another movie that stars the likes of Angelina Jolie. Never! (Bah! Who needs her?)

Haretroi65 I bought the DVD The self-destruction of Gia. It interviews her mother friends other models and the main photographer who took her pictures. It's sad how we judge people on their looks. I've been living with HIV going on 28 yrs and to look at me you would never know. But people only see the outside and don't look any further. The make up artist said her skin was so flawless that she didn't even need makeup. You can see real pictures of her on the internet. They only wanted her for her looks.When you only want what's on the outside then that's all you'll get. There's more to people than what's on the outside. Because the truth of matter is every one get's old. My parent's have been married 54 yrs but they see each other as when they met.

Kelli Jones I am currently watching the movie Gia. This model had a hard life, especially when she entered the fashion world, however falling into the life of drugs, etc. was her choice. They are trying to make it into a sad movie, but I have no sympathy for people who choose to go down the drug path in life. People have choices, and she created her own fate. This obviously happened a long time ago being that it is a 1980's movie. There are a lot of famous people whether in the fashion world or not that don't do drugs just because they know it is stupid. It was sad to hear about her mentor dying, and how her mom remembers her tough life, as well as her female friend.