This performance was truly the one that showed what Jolie was capable of--true commitment to her character, and an absolute fearlessness that is rarely seen (Sally Kirkland in ANNA comes to mind). Her performance is captivating, as are the other performances in the film (most notably, Mercedes Ruehl, who should have been nominated for an Emmy for her role as Gia's mother). However, I think the film is important for its form as well; the editing is special, and the script tells the story in a truly unique way. This is a biopic of the highest caliber, and showed HBO's dedication to story and to artists in the late 90's. I also like the fact that the film doesn't turn into an anti-AIDS' docudrama; it's there, and it's dealt with on some level, but the story remains the story of Gina. Well worth seeing.

Although Gia Carangi's biography was good enough to make this movie, I felt as if Angelina Jolie wasn't good representation of Gia. The thing about Gia wasn't just physical beauty that got too emphasized in this movie, but Gia's eyes that showed her vulnerability. This movie lacks a real emotion, that pain which is crucial to make it really work. Angelina is beautiful and she's got some bad girl attitude that helped the movie but she lacks emotion and vulnerability. Mila Kunis showed more emotion playing young Gia than Angelina did. Also Gia's mother played by Mercedes Ruehl wasn't even close to Gia's real mother Kathleen, not only by appearance but by character as well. This movie should be called "Drug addict-supermodel", not "Gia". All it showed is that even beautiful girls get ruined by fashion world. It didn't show a real emotional suffering, real childhood traumas (which in Gia's case were sexual abuse and abandonment by her mother caused by divorce of her parents). It's like seeing somebody's present without really going in depth about their past that made them feeling hurt and abandoned.

Gia Carangi, this is the name of America's first supermodel (considered to be) who was featured on the cover of VOGUE magazine was also a drug addict who ended up tragically when she acquired AIDS.This move is of a narrative style based for cable picture and revolves around this pretty girl portrayed by Angelina Jolie.Gia is a simple girl who had a troubled childhood with issues between her mom and dad and her drifting away from her brothers (what the movie tells us) and grew up to develop a punk like personality who lives in her own world and is quiet happy about it.Here the story takes a turn when some random events (which are not explained properly) makes her join the fashion industry and she eventually becomes a supermodel. Here the connection between her career as a model and her childhood seemed broken, so it confuses the viewer (believe me that is not what the viewer wants from this movie).The later story is well shown telling about the drug addiction of the model, her downfall and her ending tragically after acquiring AIDS. This was something that most of the stories about models have.Yes I would say that the story was great but story is not the only thing that makes a movie great it is the acting and I would have to say this that Angelina Jolie was flawless, I know that this movie is being talked mostly for Jolie being showed nude and the lesbian sex scene but this has got way more than that. Jolie displayed the right amount of emotions and she really made the viewer connect to the character. Linda Gia's lover portrayed by Elizabeth Mitchell very well supported the main character and showed a good chemistry with Jolie which provided weight to the relationship.The quality of video is not really good, so if you expect HD you'll be disappointed.I would say that this movie is worth spending 120 minutes of yours.-

Gia was unbelievably good. It's both haunting and inspirational. And in my opinion, it holds Angelina Jolie's best acting performance.I think the writer and the director stayed honest to everything they knew about Gia. They went all the way and smashed though many taboos including promiscuous sex, homosexuality and drugs. They didn't censor important details in order to play safe. And Jolie was so brave for taking this role. She completely absorbed the character so much so that you feel her baring her soul as you watch. The sheer honesty in the performance was magnificent. Mercedes Ruehl's acting was also impeccable. She didn't overdo anything but she was just as true to the character as Jolie was.Mature, daring, audacious. No sugar-coating, no romantic clichés. This is what a good movie looks like.