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->''"Lemme tell you somethin': New York is the greatest fuckin' city in the world. My city. I was a kid in these streets, I started in a fuckin' gutter and I made my way to the top. This life ends in one of two ways. Dead, or in jail. I did both."''
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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the "Dapper Don" and "Teflon Don", and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and given a lengthy sentence. Additionally, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initially following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the [[SharpDressedMan "Dapper Don" Don"]] and [[KarmaHoudini "Teflon Don", Don"]], and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and given a lengthy sentence. Additionally, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initially following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life.
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It's not to be confused with the 1996 HBO movie of the same title, which starred Creator/ArmandAssante as Gotti and focused on the partnership between Gotti and Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.

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It's not to be confused with the [[Film/Gotti1996 1996 HBO movie of the same title, title]], which starred Creator/ArmandAssante as Gotti and focused on the partnership between Gotti and Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.
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* AsYouKnow: One memorable scene has a New York mobster telling Gotti (also a New York Mobster) what the five borough of New York are.

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* AsYouKnow: One memorable scene has a New York mobster telling Gotti (also a New York Mobster) what the five borough boroughs of New York are.
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** The movie implies that Gravanno flipped due to Gotti identifying him as acting boss. In fact, it was Gotti implicating Gravanno in several murders (including his brother-in-law) that led to Gravanno becoming an informant.
** Gotti is shown as the only defendant. In fact, his consigliere Frank "Loc" Locassio was also a defendant.
** Gravanno is shown to be thin. In reality, the former boxer was stocky.
** Gravanno is shown inducting John Jr. into the mafia. Usually it's the boss of the family (and this would be especially true in this case, since it's the boss's son being inducted). Also, the burning image is shown in a tray; in reality, an inductee holds the image in their hand and passes it between their hands, swearing to burn in hell if he broke Omerta (code of silence).

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: See the [[Analysis/{{Gotti}} Analysis page]] for the numerous inaccuracies.

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** Gotti was inducted by Paul Castellano in
the [[Analysis/{{Gotti}} Analysis page]] for late '70s, not by Carlo Gambino.
** On
the numerous inaccuracies.shooting of the kidnapper: They did pretend to be cops, but it wasn't Gotti who did the actual shooting. Another guy named Ralph Calougne (approximate spelling) did the shooting. Also, Angelo Ruggiero was present.
** Ruggiero is portrayed as an older gangster, average build, talks very little. In fact, Ruggiero was fat (his nickname was "Fat Ange"), a smoker, and was incredibly talkative (which earned him the derisive nickname "Quack Quack"). He was also around the same age as Gotti and would've been in his late 30s/early 40s when he first appears in 1979.
** When they should the graphic of the bosses, all are accurate except Langella. Gerry Langella was a member of the Columbo family; however, he wasn't the boss. The boss of the family at the time was Carmine "The Snake" Persico.
** On the RICO case: While it is true that Prosecutor Diane Giacalone wore a red dress and outed Willy Johnson as an informant, this happened during the trial, not the bail hearing.
** Also, it wasn't just Gotti and Johnson on trial; several other members of the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club were part of it, too, including Gotti's brother Gene and Ruggiero.
** The Trial took place ''after'' the Castellano hit.
** For some strange reason, they don't specify why Ruggiero was busted. It was drug trafficking. Also, Gotti's brother Gene was arrested as well and it was Ruggiero's inability to keep his mouth shut and tendency to gloat that sunk him.
** The part about him using his daughter's phone is true.
** Gotti's lawyer Bruce Cutler only appears briefly in the montage (he's the guy in fedora), even though he should've been present at Gotti's first few trials. Also, Gotti's last lawyer Albert Krieger also only appears in the montage (he's the old bald guy).
** Castellano was sitting in the back of the Lincoln when he was shot.
** The hit that ended up killing Frank Decicco was ordered by Vincent "The Chin" Gigante due to him and Castellano being tight. Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso supported the hit on Castellano and (along with Vic Amuso) only carried out the car bombing because they were ordered to by their boss Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corrallo.
** Decicco was killed during the first RICO trial.
** Ruggiero was excommunicated due to the tapes, not because he tried to have Casso killed.
** The scene where Casso tortures a guy is really downplayed. Casso actually shot the guy six times.
** Gotti being charged with assaulting a guy in the streets (along with the awesome headline "I forgotti") and the shooting of the carpenter union boss is not mentioned.
** The movie shows Gotti telling an underling that Gravanno was going to be acting boss. Gotti actually told Gravanno himself (he was recorded doing so).
** The movie implies that Gravanno flipped due to Gotti identifying him as acting boss. In fact, it was Gotti implicating Gravanno in several murders (including his brother-in-law) that led to Gravanno becoming an informant.
** Gotti is shown as the only defendant. In fact, his consigliere Frank "Loc" Locassio was also a defendant.
** Gravanno is shown to be thin. In reality, the former boxer was stocky.
** Gravanno is shown inducting John Jr. into the mafia. Usually it's the boss of the family (and this would be especially true in this case, since it's the boss's son being inducted). Also, the burning image is shown in a tray; in reality, an inductee holds the image in their hand and passes it between their hands, swearing to burn in hell if he broke Omerta (code of silence).
** The movie implies that Gravanno flipped due to Gotti identifying him as acting boss. In fact, it was Gotti implicating Gravanno in several murders (including his brother-in-law) that led to Gravanno becoming an informant.
** Gotti is shown as the only defendant. In fact, his consigliere Frank "Loc" Locassio was also a defendant.
** Gravanno is shown to be thin. In reality, the former boxer was stocky.
** Gravanno is shown inducting John Jr. into the mafia. Usually it's the boss of the family (and this would be especially true in this case, since it's the boss's son being inducted). Also, the burning image is shown in a tray; in reality, an inductee holds the image in their hand and passes it between their hands, swearing to burn in hell if he broke Omerta (code of silence).
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* AsYouKnow: One memorable scene has a New York mobster telling Gotti (also a New York Mobster) what the five borough of New York are.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The movie has a pretty huge cast. Which can get very hard to follow if one isn't comfortable with Italian names. It's not helped by the numerous time skips which mean that a character may look very different the next time they are seen after their introduction.
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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the "Dapper Don" and "Teflon Don", and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and given a lengthy sentence. As well, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initially following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the "Dapper Don" and "Teflon Don", and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and given a lengthy sentence. As well, Additionally, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initially following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life.
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* LighterAndSofter: The scene were "gaspipe" tortures a guy did happen. However they really downplayed what he did. Casso in fact shot the guy 6 times, where in the film he shoots him once.

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* LighterAndSofter: The scene were "gaspipe" where "Gaspipe" tortures a guy did happen. However However, they really downplayed what he did. In fact, Casso in fact shot the guy 6 six times, where in the film he shoots him once.



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: See analysis page for the numerous inaccuracies

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* LighterAndSofter: Believe or not, they really downplayed the scene were "gaspipe" tortures a guy to find out who put a hit on him. Casso in fact shot the guy 6 times, where in the film he shoots him once.

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* LighterAndSofter: Believe or not, they really downplayed the The scene were "gaspipe" tortures a guy to find out who put a hit on him.did happen. However they really downplayed what he did. Casso in fact shot the guy 6 times, where in the film he shoots him once.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall / NoFourthWall: The regular story-line of Gotti and Gotti Jr.'s lives gets interrupted by Gotti appearing in a meta-character sense, in which he even comments on his own death.
* ClusterFBomb: The dialogue has all the profanity that you would expect from a stereotypical mob movie, and zero percent of the wit.

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* BasedOnATrueStory
BasedOnATrueStory: The films chronicles the real-life story of mob boss John Gotti.
* BreakingTheFourthWall / NoFourthWall: BreakingTheFourthWall: The regular story-line of Gotti and Gotti Jr.'s lives gets interrupted by Gotti appearing in a meta-character sense, in which he even comments on his own death.
* ClusterFBomb: The dialogue has all the profanity that you would expect from a stereotypical mob movie, and zero percent of the wit.movie.



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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the "Dapper Don" and "Teflon Don", and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and given a lengthy sentence. As well, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initally following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life. The movie was directed by Creator/KevinConnolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/StacyKeach, Creator/SpencerRoccoLofranco, and Creator/KellyPreston.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the "Dapper Don" and "Teflon Don", and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and given a lengthy sentence. As well, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initally initially following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life. life.

The movie was directed by Creator/KevinConnolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/StacyKeach, Creator/SpencerRoccoLofranco, and Creator/KellyPreston.
Creator/KellyPreston. Travolta plays the title character. Lofranco plays Gotti Jr.



* BreakingTheForthWall / NoForthWall: The regular story-line of Gotti and Gotti Jr.'s lives gets interrupted by Gotti appearing in a meta-character sense, in which he even comments on his own death.

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* BreakingTheForthWall BreakingTheFourthWall / NoForthWall: NoFourthWall: The regular story-line of Gotti and Gotti Jr.'s lives gets interrupted by Gotti appearing in a meta-character sense, in which he even comments on his own death.death.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Gotti states that every bit of time he lives through his cancer is a moment that he keeps pissing off the U.S. government by staying around.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/StacyKeach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.

Not to be confused with the 1996 HBO movie of the same title, which starred Armand Assante as Gotti.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of prominent organized crime figure John Gotti, known as the "Dapper Don" who rose and "Teflon Don", and detailing his bloody rise to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and Family]]. As shown in the film, he became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. given a lengthy sentence. As well, the movie depicts John Gotti Jr. initally following his father's footsteps but later breaking away from the criminal life. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly Creator/KevinConnolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/StacyKeach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Creator/SpencerRoccoLofranco, and Kelly Preston.

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Gotti and focused on the partnership between Gotti and Sammy "The Bull" Gravano.



* AnachronicOrder: The movie jumps back and forth in time, with little rhyme or reason.

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* AnachronicOrder: The movie jumps back and forth in time, with little rhyme or reason.reason as to order.



* FramingDevice: Two of them! In addition to the PosthumousNarration described below, the story is also framed by a conversation between Gotti and his son shortly before his death of cancer in 2002.

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* BreakingTheForthWall / NoForthWall: The regular story-line of Gotti and Gotti Jr.'s lives gets interrupted by Gotti appearing in a meta-character sense, in which he even comments on his own death.
* FramingDevice: Two of them! In addition to the PosthumousNarration described above and below, the story is also framed by a conversation between Gotti and his son shortly before his death of cancer in 2002.



* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The movie has been criticized for its oddly pro-Gotti stance, praising him for never cutting a deal with the FBI and heavily implying the government was unfairly targeting him and (especially) his son

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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The movie has been criticized for its oddly pro-Gotti stance, praising him for never cutting a deal with the FBI and heavily implying the government was unfairly targeting him and (especially) his sonson.
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The movie, a long-time passion project for Travolta, became noteworthy for being one of the few movies to achieve a [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gotti_2018 rare 0℅ rating on Rotten Tomatoes]] and also became infamous after the movie's marketing department [[DearNegativeReader directly attacked the critics]] saying that instead of listening to "trolls behind a keyboard" moviegoers should listen to average people, pointing to the movie's [[http://www.businessinsider.com/gotti-positive-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-raises-suspicions-2018-6 suspiciously high user score]] in contrast to the critical goose-egg.
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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/StaceyKeach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Creator/StaceyKeach, Creator/StacyKeach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.
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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Stacey Keach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.

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''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Stacey Keach, Creator/StaceyKeach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.

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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The movie has been criticized for its oddly pro-Gotti stance, praising him for never cutting a deal with the FBI and heavily implying the government was unfairly targeting him and (especially) his son.

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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The movie has been criticized for its oddly pro-Gotti stance, praising him for never cutting a deal with the FBI and heavily implying the government was unfairly targeting him and (especially) his son.son
* RandomEventsPlot: A lot of scenes tend to happen with very little to connect them.
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'''Gotti''' ''Gotti'' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Stacey Keach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.



* PlayingGertrude / DawsonCasting: Spencer Rocco Lofranco is a youthful-looking 26-year-old who plays John Gotti Jr. as a teenager through middle age, with little attempt at all made to age him to cover the decades-long timeline.

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* PlayingGertrude / DawsonCasting: PlayingGertrude: Spencer Rocco Lofranco is a youthful-looking 26-year-old who plays John Gotti Jr. as from a teenager through middle age, with little attempt at all made to age him to cover the decades-long timeline.
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* PolishTheTurd: The movie's Twitter account used pull quotes from reviews for ads which described Kelly Preston as having a "thankless role" and that Travolta [[DamnedByFaintPraise "Somehow manages to summon a ferocious and committed performance"]]

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The movie, a long-time passion project for Travolta, became noteworthy for being one of the few movies to achieve the [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gotti_2018 rare 0℅ rating on Rottentomatoes]] and also became infamous after the movie's marketing department [[DearNegativeReader directly attacked the critics]] saying that instead of listening to "trolls behind a keyboard" moviegoers should listen to average people, pointing to the movie's [[http://www.businessinsider.com/gotti-positive-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-raises-suspicions-2018-6 suspiciously high user score]] in contrast to the critical goose-egg.

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The movie, a long-time passion project for Travolta, became noteworthy for being one of the few movies to achieve the a [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gotti_2018 rare 0℅ rating on Rottentomatoes]] Rotten Tomatoes]] and also became infamous after the movie's marketing department [[DearNegativeReader directly attacked the critics]] saying that instead of listening to "trolls behind a keyboard" moviegoers should listen to average people, pointing to the movie's [[http://www.businessinsider.com/gotti-positive-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-raises-suspicions-2018-6 suspiciously high user score]] in contrast to the critical goose-egg.



* DearNegativeReader: The movie's infamous anti-critic ad campaign
* DevelopmentHell: The movie was first announced in 2010.
* UsefulNotes/TheMafia: Depicts Gotti's rise to the top of the Gambino crime syndicate and head of the Five Families.
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* PolishTheTurd: The movie's Twitter account used pull quotes from reviews for ads which described Kelly Preston as having a "thankless role" and that Travolta [[DamnedByFaintPraiss "Somehow manages to summon a ferocious and committed performance"]]

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* PolishTheTurd: The movie's Twitter account used pull quotes from reviews for ads which described Kelly Preston as having a "thankless role" and that Travolta [[DamnedByFaintPraiss [[DamnedByFaintPraise "Somehow manages to summon a ferocious and committed performance"]]
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'''Gotti''' is a 2018 biographical crime movie telling the story of John Gotti, the "Dapper Don" who rose to power as head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia Gambino Crime Family]] and became famous for his flamboyant lifestyle and for repeatedly escaping prosecution until 1992, when he was finally convicted and sentenced to prison. The movie was directed by Kevin Connolly and stars Creator/JohnTravolta, Stacey Keach, Spencer Rocco Lofranco, and Kelly Preston.

The movie, a long-time passion project for Travolta, became noteworthy for being one of the few movies to achieve the [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gotti_2018 rare 0℅ rating on Rottentomatoes]] and also became infamous after the movie's marketing department [[DearNegativeReader directly attacked the critics]] saying that instead of listening to "trolls behind a keyboard" moviegoers should listen to average people, pointing to the movie's [[http://www.businessinsider.com/gotti-positive-rotten-tomatoes-audience-score-raises-suspicions-2018-6 suspiciously high user score]] in contrast to the critical goose-egg.

Not to be confused with the 1996 HBO movie of the same title, which starred Armand Assante as Gotti.

!!Tropes Related to Gotti include
* AnachronicOrder: The movie jumps back and forth in time, with little rhyme or reason.
* BasedOnATrueStory
* DearNegativeReader: The movie's infamous anti-critic ad campaign
* DevelopmentHell: The movie was first announced in 2010.
* UsefulNotes/TheMafia: Depicts Gotti's rise to the top of the Gambino crime syndicate and head of the Five Families.
* FramingDevice: Two of them! In addition to the PosthumousNarration described below, the story is also framed by a conversation between Gotti and his son shortly before his death of cancer in 2002.
* PolishTheTurd: The movie's Twitter account used pull quotes from reviews for ads which described Kelly Preston as having a "thankless role" and that Travolta [[DamnedByFaintPraiss "Somehow manages to summon a ferocious and committed performance"]]
* PosthumousNarration: The movie is bookended by shots of Gotti [[BreakingTheFourthWall talking directly to the audience]] from beyond the grave.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The movie has been criticized for its oddly pro-Gotti stance, praising him for never cutting a deal with the FBI and heavily implying the government was unfairly targeting him and (especially) his son.

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