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Gotti (2018)

Gotti poster
Directed by
Kevin Connolly
Genre
drama film, biographical film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
R
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 643 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This biographical crime film follows the life of New York City mobster John Gotti. It shows his rise and fall within organized crime.

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What happens

Gotti is a 2018 American biographical crime film about New York City mobster John Gotti, directed by Kevin Connolly and written by Lem Dobbs and Leo Rossi. It stars John Travolta as Gotti, alongside his real-life wife Kelly Preston as Gotti's wife Victoria in her penultimate film. The film was announced in 2010, but it languished in development for several years with numerous directors and actors, including Barry Levinson and Al Pacino. Principal photography finally began in July 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and concluded in Brooklyn, New York in February 2017. The film was originally set to be released in the United States on December 15, 2017, but Lionsgate, the slated distributor, sold the film back to its producers and studio, delaying its release. On March 12, 2018, its new release date was announced for June 15, 2018 by SunRider Productions and Vertical Entertainment, after premiering at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Gotti bombed at the box office, grossing just $6.4 million against a $10 million production budget, and was universally lambasted by critics, who criticized the writing, aesthetics and performances from most of the cast, although Travolta's performance and the film's use of makeup received some praise. It is one of the few films to hold an approval rating of 0% on the website Rotten Tomatoes. At the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated for six Razzies, including Worst Picture and Worst Actor for Travolta. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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