Lady Gaga Shines in the Curiously Drab House of Gucci

At the end of House of Gucci (in theaters November 24), we see a title card explaining the fate of Patrizia Reggiani (aka Patrizia Gucci) when she was put on trial for the murder of her ex-husband, Mauricio, heir to the Gucci fashion empire. These brief sentences suggest a sensational criminal trial for a crime born of longstanding fury—which, curiously enough, we see little of in the actual film. Much of those flashy story beats have been excised in favor of talk about company shares and father/son anguish. Which is emblematic of a movie at war with itself, caught between… Read Full Article