A teenage girl (Angelina Jolie) moves from Philadelphia to New York City to pursue a modeling career. Her rise to the top of the modeling world is meteoric. But the price she pays is devastating. Directed by playwright turned director Michael Cristofer (THE SHADOW BOX). The tragic true story of Gia Carangi, often referred to as one of the very first "supermodels", her rise to fame in the fashion world and her descent into drugs and death from AIDS. Very well done for what it is, it's an unpleasant tale and often difficult to sit through. This was Angelina Jolie's breakthrough role and she's fantastic and the reason to see the film. In the hands of a lesser actress, this could have been yet another cautionary tale about the dangers of excess and drugs but Jolie's layered performance let's us see the innocent under the glamour, the hurt puppy looking for affection. With Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, Mila Kunis, Elizabeth Mitchell, John Considine and Eric Michael Cole.
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