VividSimon Simply Perfect

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

lavatch In the commentary track of the DVD of "Gemini," the writer-director-editor of this modest film is articulate about his goals, and he has some filmmaking skills. But his film was sluggish in the pacing and included too many clichés in the thriller genre.The film fails to capture the glitzy and high-pressure experience of being a Hollywood star. As an audience, we were never sucked in to the major drama of a personal assistant to a big star, whose murder leads the assistant to try to do the job of the incompetent police detective and prove her own innocence by solving the crime on her own.In the overall concept, the filmmaker had the obligation to provide a satisfactory resolution. In this case, it was not enough to merely identify who committed the murder and leave the audience hanging on the details. An explanation of what actually occurred at the crime scene was needed. In this regard, "Gemini" left the audience disappointed, especially in the subplot about an apparently obsessed fan who speaks in only one scene.It was also not credible that the bubbly personal assistant, who is so incompetent with a fire arm that the gun accidentally discharges while she is holding it, would suddenly turn into a skilled private detective. The most ludicrous scene was when she was hiding in a hotel room closet eavesdropping on a would-be suspect. It was not even credible that she could have driven a motorcycle as skillfully as the stunt performer did in the film. There was a wide range of suspects in this murder saga, and then the filmmaker pulled the rug out from under the audience with a plot device that seemed like a gimmick at the outset. This was a manipulative film that failed one essential test of Screenwriting 101: we need to care about the characters and get an explanation of the crime that was at the center of the drama.

adonis98-743-186503 A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity. Gemini is kind of interesting but also very serious, slow and quite boring to the point where someone will forget it eventually pretty sooner than later. (0/10)

amir-214-229865 Bad acting, story line. Waste of time.,one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Who the heck films a movie like that ?

Dave McClain "Gemini" (R, 1:33) is a mystery thriller that explores the down-side of celebrity and does so in a darkly comedic and insightful way, packaging it all in a semi-serious who-dun-it. The movie is directed and written by Aaron Katz ("Land Ho!", "Cold Weather", "Quiet City") and stars Zoë Kravitz as a Hollywood starlet, Lola Kirke as her personal assistant and John Cho as a detective investigating a murder.Heather Anderson (Kravitz) is a movie star, but she doesn't seem very happy about it. She has decided that she doesn't feel like doing a movie about which she is about to have a meeting in a restaurant. She sends Jill (Kirke), her assistant and best friend, to tell the producer the news. After the producer storms off, Heather comes in and sits down, where she is approached by a young woman who insists on joining the two women in their booth and asking Heather very personal questions. In the midst of all this, Jill fields a phone call from another actor who is very angry with Heather about something (threatening Heather) - and the women have to deal with a paparazzo who's so persistent, they know him by name.When they finally leave the restaurant, Heather wants to stop by Jill's place and asks to borrow Jill's gun so she'll feel safer. The women then call over another female friend and they just hang out at Jill's place. Jill gets drunk, so Heather has to drive herself home (with Jill in tow) and Jill asks to sleep on Heather's couch. The motion-activated lighting then comes on outside. Jill thinks it was just an animal that set off the light, but Heather's worried and Jill ends up sleeping in Heather's bed. And now... the stage is set.The next morning Jill gets up early to go tell another producer that Heather isn't going to do the required reshoots on a film she completed. Before she leaves Heather's house, Jill takes her gun back out of Heather's purse, thinks about taking it back home, but decides to put it back... and then it goes off. Heather comes running, but isn't upset about the damage to her house; she's just glad Jill isn't hurt. When Jill gets back, she has to call the police to report the lifeless body on the floor. Detective Ahn (Cho) starts questioning Jill as if she's responsible. When Jill finds out she's about to be arrested for Heather's murder, she runs off and, on her own, starts investigating the people who might want Heather dead."Gemini" is an interesting, but silly mystery. At times, it's unintentionally humorous, with more than its share of plot holes, but it's fun to try figuring out the truth, with so many possible suspects and scenarios. The relationship between Heather and Jill feels authentic, but the rest of the supporting characters... don't. Most of the acting is merely passable and the characters that the actors play... do things that don't make sense. Wasted potential. "C+"