The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.
- Awards
- 7 nominations
Spencer Rocco Lofranco
- John A.
- (as Spencer Lofranco)
Chris Kerson
- Willie Boy
- (as Christopher Kerson)
Jordan Trovillion
- Angel
- (as Jordan Travillion)
Donald John Volpenhein
- Paul Castellano
- (as Donald Volpenhein)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMany of John Travolta's personal cars appear in this film.
- GoofsA song by the artist Pitbull is playing in the background during one of the scenes. Not possible since the movie took place in 1985.
- Quotes
John Gotti: Listen to me, and listen to me good. You're never gonna see another guy like me, if you live to be 5,000.
- SoundtracksHeart of Glass
Written by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein
Performed by Blondie
Courtesy of Capitol Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Travolta puts up a frank performance in an uneven film.
Travolta really carries this movie, some frankly odd casting choices aside, it was well acted, and fairly competently directed. It does show it's limited budget at times where some scenes could have used a few extra takes, and some better editing.
Realistically this was a great turn for Travolta who made some fairly bold choices for the character. He could have played Gotti off as cold and "chilling" man who could turn on the charisma at will; but instead played him off fairly earnestly. Which matches fairly well the characterizations of the Mob boss I've read over the years which painted him as a man who was charming and sociable, yet could turn violent and back to charming within consecutive moments.
I think that people may have preferred to see a more chilling portrayal more akin to Depp's in Black Mass. Which while was a great performance, failed to show why Bulger was a folk hero to many in Boston.
In the end, Travolta may have played the role too "straight" which humanized Gotti. Which certainly tuned many people off to the movie.
In the end, the budget was to me the biggest impediment to the movie's overall success. It could have used a better supporting cast, and some better scene choices at times.
7/10 that could have easily become a 9/10 had the quality been higher.
On a side note, am I the only one who's happy to finally see Travolta's face settling after what I can only assume was extensive plastic surgery? He looked like he was wearing a mask for a couple of years there. He's back to looking human, and while he'll never pull off 40 again, he's looking good for the first time in years.
Realistically this was a great turn for Travolta who made some fairly bold choices for the character. He could have played Gotti off as cold and "chilling" man who could turn on the charisma at will; but instead played him off fairly earnestly. Which matches fairly well the characterizations of the Mob boss I've read over the years which painted him as a man who was charming and sociable, yet could turn violent and back to charming within consecutive moments.
I think that people may have preferred to see a more chilling portrayal more akin to Depp's in Black Mass. Which while was a great performance, failed to show why Bulger was a folk hero to many in Boston.
In the end, Travolta may have played the role too "straight" which humanized Gotti. Which certainly tuned many people off to the movie.
In the end, the budget was to me the biggest impediment to the movie's overall success. It could have used a better supporting cast, and some better scene choices at times.
7/10 that could have easily become a 9/10 had the quality been higher.
On a side note, am I the only one who's happy to finally see Travolta's face settling after what I can only assume was extensive plastic surgery? He looked like he was wearing a mask for a couple of years there. He's back to looking human, and while he'll never pull off 40 again, he's looking good for the first time in years.
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- Silvertip_M
- Jun 19, 2018
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- Language
- Also known as
- Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,343,227
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,719,902
- Jun 17, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $6,412,349
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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