House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control.

When it comes to filmmakers, Sir Ridley Scott stands as one of the all-time greats. Regarded as one of the greatest ever visual storytellers, each new project of his carries a magnificent visual style to the images that he brings to the screen, and he specialises in being able to focus on great, colossal dramas. And House of Gucci fits into his wheelhouse as a director perfectly. House of Gucci is a story of a very unhappy family, which spans from the last 1970s through the wild decadence of the 1980s and ends abruptly in the early 1990s. It’s operatic in scale and size and is a very deep examination of royalty and those who come to stand in their light, and there’s a whole lot of drama going on in this story.

As a cinematic experience, House of Gucci is absolutely luxurious to look upon. Scott and his team take audiences inside the fashion empire of this family who via the success of their brands and products have been raised to the status of Italian royalty. And the decadence of this film shows in every frame of film. The farmlands of Tuscany, the lakeshores of Lake Como and the sparkling marble of Florence sparkle in House of Gucci and there’s a real flair that goes with this film. Added into the fashion are sharp suits, flowing dresses, high-end handbags and plenty of those famed loafers, and you get sucked into the ambience of the visual presentation. With House of Gucci, Scott adopts an almost Renaissance Baroque style in capturing this world and let it be known that House of Gucci is one of the most gorgeous films you’ll watch all year.

Scott’s focus in House of Gucci centres on the gold-digging character of the infamous Patrizia Reggiani and Academy Award winner Lady Gaga plays her to devastating effect. Effortless in her portrayal of this narcissistic-sociopath, Gaga as Patrizia works her way into this ‘royal’ family and her ambitions and cunning knows no bounds. There’s nothing she won’t do to get closer to the source of the Gucci family’s power and money, and Gaga holds the attention of the audience with her stark and severe performance. Completely transformed, Gaga slips into the 1980s hair and wardrobe of Patrizia with ease and she’s a showstopper in this one. With a scintillating sex appeal and a leopard’s cunning, she’s a dangerous and evocative creature in House of Gucci and her performance is incredibly interesting to watch as this tragic and Shakespearian-like story unfolds before our eyes.

Playing off of Gaga is the always consummate performer Adam Driver and his performance as Patrizia’s husband and heir to the Gucci empire, Maurizio Gucci, confirms why he’s one of the best talents working today. Beginning as a very bookish and introverted lawyer, Maurizio soon falls under the spell of the enchanting Patrizia and quickly falls in love with her. But he’s utterly blind to the fact that she simply does not fit into his world and is in love with his last name more than him. Events conspire, jealousies rage and soon Maurizio becomes an altogether more ruthless man determined to take his families fashion empire to even grandeur heights and Driver brings an incredible focus to this film. Driver cuts a dashing figure as the elegant Maurizio and you see a change and growth in his personality and mannerisms as the character faces a forced sense of growth through the events of this film.

One of House of Gucci’s most interesting performances comes from Academy Award winner Jared Leto who once again disappears inside his character of the loud, brash and ludicrous Paolo Gucci. And he’s a bit of a showstopper here. As Paolo, Leto is an unmatched dreamer who can’t see into the fantasy of his dreams and he completely steals whatever scene he appears in. Leto truly stands out as Paolo and he brings his unhinged personality and seething resentment of the character into the picture and he’s a spanner that certainly creates a lot of chaos within the narrative.

With House of Gucci, Sir Ridley Scott presents a grand and operatic tragedy in the fashion of Bizet and it allows the filmmaker to look into ideas of royalty, power, ambition, greed and legacy. This picture is also a character study of its protagonist, Patrizia Reggiani as played by Lady Gaga, and she is completely transformative in her role. While she is prone to unfiltered jealousy and wants to covet all she has come into, Gaga presented a portrait of a very flawed human who is in over her head as much of the rest of the family. Gaga is not sympathetic in her portrayal of Patrizia, but instead shows a very human and flawed character and her performance is elevated by Scott’s direction and his analysis of a great dynasty brought low because of our basest human emotions.

House of Gucci is a lavish and operatic presentation of cinema at its grandest heights and audiences seeking a curious character study will be most intrigued by this production.

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Watch the brand new trailer for House of Gucci NOW:

Here’s the official synopsis:

House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control.

Noted visual genius Sir Ridley Scott brings his talented eye to the infamous story of Patrizia Reggiani and her involvement with the Gucci family in a sordid tale of wealth, opulence, excess and murder in House of Gucci and this film looks like an absolute whirlwind cinematic experience.

Set to the burning funk of Eurythmics’ ‘Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This’, Scott focuses his camera in on Academy Award winner Lady Gaga who steps into the role of Patrizia Reggiani, an eccentric and calculating young woman who married into the Gucci empire via her husband Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), and would do whatever was necessary to reach the top! Gaga gives Reggiani a cat-like elegance and cunning, and she completely owns the screen and thoroughly enchants the audience’s attention with her performance.

Driver also provides a key supporting role in the film as Patrizia’s husband, Maurizio Gucci, the heir to the Gucci fortune who finds a lavish new sense of power with his wife by his side. But also comes to see that there can only be one emperor sitting atop the Gucci empire and this brings him into direct contact with Gucci patriarch Aldo Gucci, who is played by Academy Award winner Al Pacino.

Scott has crafted a beautiful, elegant and lavish picture that pulls together the glamour and fashion of the 1970s and 1990s with effortless style. And fashionistas are going to be in awe and in love with the visuals that Scott brings to the screen with this picture.

Get ready to experience this glamourous and infamous story when House of Gucci arrives in cinemas on December 26.

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Watch the brand new trailer for House of Gucci below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. Spanning three decades of love, betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately murder, we see what a name means, what it’s worth, and how far a family will go for control.

Based on the best selling book by The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden, the all-new trailer for House fo Gucci presents a beautifully luxurious tale of operatic elegance and brutal betrayal as it chronicles the life and fortunes of Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and her whirlwind romance to businessman and heir to the Gucci fashion empire Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) which ultimately led to disaster and death.

Shot with Scott’s masterful eye for detail, the production design and costume design are absolutely beautiful to look upon and present a world of utter glamour and elegance and every fashionista is going to want to watch this amazing film. Telling his story over three decades, Scott draws upon the similar ideas that were present in his 2017 film All The Money in the World, and House of Gucci has themes of rampant excess and complicated human relationships at its centre, and with the focused performances from Gaga and Driver, I’m certain that audiences are going to be in for plenty of surprises with this new film.

As my favourite filmmaker of all time, I’m very intrigued to see what comes next with Scott’s House of Gucci and was in awe of this first look footage. Set to Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’, the trailer paints a picture of opulence at its most excessive and Academy Award Winner Lady Gaga completely owns the screen with her performance as Reggiani.

Brace yourself for a monumental tale of family, fashion, power, betrayal and murder with a superb cast and some very impressive visuals when House of Gucci arrives IN CINEMAS on November 25.

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