Fading Gigolo - C

Rated R, 97 minutes

Mildly entertaining but vulgar and eneven "Fading Gigolo"

Much like sex itself, the strange new comedy "Fading Gigolo" has some fun moments but in the end a vulgar mess of a movie. Directed, written by and starring John Turturro, it's about the oldest known profession - yes that profession - except from the male perspective and as many tricks as it tries to turn, it fails to really make a connection (or much sense for that matter). Fioravante (Turturro) decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray (Woody Allen). With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money, including two rich women (Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara) who fight over gets to use his services. "Fading Gigolo" has a handful of fun moments, mostly the chatty chemistry between Allen (how he managed to get Allen - who doesn't direct or write here - to do this is beyond me) and Turturro. Stone and Vergara are wasted, as is Liev Schreiber, but worst of all the movie is just preposterous when you think about it, though it seems people will do just about anything for money, including making a movie about Woody Allen as your pimp.

Wes's Grade:  C