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    Review: Lady Gaga brings down the 'House of Gucci' in Ridley Scott's lavish couture-clash drama

    by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times Nov 24, 2021 5 minutes

    Monarchies may fall and empires may crumble, but for the moment, epic family dynasties still reign with a vengeance on the screen. Those impatient to learn what awaits House Roy in "Succession" can tide themselves over in the meantime with "Dune," with its futuristic clash between the spice barons of House Atreides and House Harkonnen. Or perhaps they might warm themselves with the fiery antiroyalist screed of "Spencer," which tracks Princess Diana's desperate flight from the House of Windsor. And now along comes "House of Gucci," Ridley Scott's canny and engrossing movie about an Italian luxury brand and a family brought low by greed, fraud and vicious infighting, plus a notorious black widow played by a coldly electrifying Lady Gaga.

    We get a taste of that bitter end at the beginning. The movie opens on March 27, 1995, mere minutes before Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), the fashion

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