As convicted schemer Patrizia Reggiani intones over the prologue to Ridley Scott’s erratic House of Gucci (★★☆☆☆), the famous family name was both a gift and a curse.So are the cast’s Italian accents, truly a spectacle unto themselves.
In Lady Gaga’s vivid portrayal of Italy’s notorious “Black Widow,” Patrizia sounds as likely to hail from eastern Europe as from near Milan, where, in 1978, she meets Gucci heir, Maurizio Gucci, played by Adam Driver with a light Continental sing-song.
Jeremy Irons tries a few different approaches to the Tuscan accent of Maurizio’s irascible father, Rodolfo Gucci, from not using one, to inexplicably dropping “Uh, how do you say?” into a conversation where Italian Rodolfo struggles to come up with the right.
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