- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Starring: Danny Arroyo, Jason Cutler, Olivia d'Abo, Elizabeth D'Onofrio ... see all
- Director: Dan Ireland
- Plot: Salma Hayek stars as a woman in love with an adult-film actor. Their relationship gets complicated when he is diagnosed as HIV-positive and an old acquaintance of his offers to... Read more
User Reviews
get the facts....
Aug 19, 2007
mspandza - yahoo.com
Aug 19, 2007mspandza - yahoo.com
Please identify the Actors correctly before presuming to offer critique. The film is great, but this site should at least get the playbill straight before offering up any kind of review........ Full review
I liked the premise, just wish it had played a little differently.
Jul 15, 2007
triple8 - imdb.com
Jul 15, 2007triple8 - imdb.com
SPOILERS:I sure didn't expect so many negative comments on this movie. Although I didn't love it myself, I wouldn't call it the worst movie ever made. I'd actually give it about a 6 which basically means I neither loved it... Full review
The terminal velocity of Gary* (*not a good film)
May 21, 2005
Merwyn Grote - imdb.com
May 21, 2005Merwyn Grote - imdb.com
How could a person who is supposedly totally deaf, with any degree of accuracy, lip sync to a record playing on a juke box? Why on earth would a person running a dance school feature a porn star as a... Full review
Mediocre Movie, Exxxtraordinary Mankisses!
Dec 18, 2004
- imdb.com
Dec 18, 2004- imdb.com
Let's just say, this movie was pretty boring when we weren't hunting for man kisses. It had its moments, there were some pretty sad/funny parts, but the highlights of the movie were (SPOILER ALERT!) the opening scene with Tommy Jane... Full review
Painfully Boring
Mar 19, 2003
vivesi-1 - imdb.com
Mar 19, 2003vivesi-1 - imdb.com
"The Velocity of Gary' is like our worst visit to the dentist, dragged out for what seems like centuries. The performances are overwrought, characters underdeveloped. The most wrenching and distasteful part is that, on paper, this was probably an interesting... Full review
NOOOOOOOOooooooo......
Jul 02, 2000
Dan Zelman - imdb.com
Jul 02, 2000Dan Zelman - imdb.com
The only character that showed any hope of developing into someone cool lasts about a half-hour, Salma Hayek is rarely off-screen for more than a few minutes, but it is STILL the most unwatchable movie ever made. It looks like... Full review
A Poor Job on a Good Idea
Jan 29, 2000
stand1950 - imdb.com
Jan 29, 2000stand1950 - imdb.com
I found this movie to be utterly unsatisfying because of its excursions away from the story, (which was unfocused to begin with) and the poor editing job. Some of the acting was passable, but I did not believe any of... Full review
Can someone explain the title?
Jan 01, 2000
shrine-2 - imdb.com
Jan 01, 2000shrine-2 - imdb.com
It's painful to watch competent actors slumming in this movie. You know they are reaching for something "cool" and knowing, when what they ultimately grab at is something infantile and delusional. This is probably the writer James Still's point: that... Full review
No Velocity - No Veracity
Nov 06, 1999
NJMoon - imdb.com
Nov 06, 1999NJMoon - imdb.com
"THE VELOCITY OF GARY" starts out promising and quite cinematic with hunky Thomas Jane as daylight cowboy Gary (not his real name) showering in one of New York's open hydrants. Montage of Gary (n.h.r.n) in every cinematographer's NY tribute from... Full review
One of the worst films of 1999
Jul 23, 1999
anonymous - imdb.com
Jul 23, 1999anonymous - imdb.com
The only thing keeping me in the theatre during this movie was the $8 I paid to see it. The plot is completely obscure. The acting is less than tolerable. Vampire/Porno/Love Triangle with AIDS...can't really think of a worse combo.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jul 30, 1999Chicago Sun-Times
their characters may seen bizarre....Vincent D'Onofrio stars as Valentino, a well-known porn actor whose worsening illness (never named) causes his two lovers to join in making them all a home..... ... Full Review
| Jul 30, 1999Chicago Sun-Times
I'm more intrigued by films like " Happiness " and " In the Company of Men .....their characters may seen bizarre....it's less interesting to see unconventional people express traditional values than to see conventional people express untraditional values.....Vincent D'Onofrio stars as Valentino, a well-known porn actor whose worsening illness (never named) causes his two lovers to join in making them all a home..... ... Full Review
Variety
Strewing far too much clutter around the central love story, the script's awkward development and failure to pin down its characters present a losing battle for the cast, none of whom make much of an impression.
Ireland and scripter James Still (adapting his own play) expend an inordinate amount of energy sketching the colorful nocturnal fauna at the 24-hour doughnut shop where Mary Carmen provides surly counter service.
... Full Review
Reel.com
Concluding on a curiously hetero and jarringly hopeful final note, The Velocity of Gary certainly has the best intentions.....But the film's main flaw is director Ireland's visual approach;....Velocity 's story becomes even more downbeat when Carmen discovers.... ... Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
As directed by Dan Ireland ("The Whole Wide World"), "The Velocity of Gary" has rough spots but rings emotionally true and paints a vivid picture of New York City's underbelly.
Capsule Review by Jeffrey M. Anderson Salma Hayek turns in a great performance as Mary Carmen in this movie based on a true story.
... Full Review
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