Gigli

PREMISE Lopez's Ricki finds unlikely romance with a fellow Mob functionary — unlikely because (1) she's a lesbian, and (2) they spend most of their time babysitting a mentally retarded hostage.

LEADING MAN Ben Affleck, who fell for Lopez off-camera as well, sparking two years of worldwide tabloid frenzy

OVERBEARING FATHER FIGURE Embattled Mob boss Al Pacino

HER CHARACTER'S ANCESTRY Unspecified; making her a lesbian was apparently exotic enough

MEMORABLE MOMENT Lopez's vagina monologue, in which she sings the praises of the female sex organ while all but displaying hers to Affleck in a suggestive yoga workout

WHAT EW SAID Its status as a legendary flop aside, Gigli is a ''watchable bad movie'' that features ''Ben and J. Lo nitpicking at each other like Tony and Stephanie in a summer-stock production of Saturday Night Fever.''

J. LO'S GRADE B-

THE MOVIE C+

Read the EW Review

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