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Rating:  - BEST MOVIE EVER!
I am a huge mob fan (and being from BKLYN, know a bit about the real mob) and an even bigger John Gotti fan. Gotti is one of the best mob movies ever made. Although it is not 100% accurate (to say the least), it is an amazing movie with amazing actors. Many actors from current TV shows like the Sopranos & other movies make an appearance on this movie. IF YOU LIKE MOB MOVIES, THEN YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE.
"Five, Ten years from now...they're gonna miss John Gotti."
Rating: - YES
THEY NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER GOTTI MOVIE...A REAL GOTTI MOVIE..I MEAN THIS WAS AIIGHT N ERR THANG BUT ITS NOT A "REAL" GOTTI MOVIE UFEELME?.....I STILL LOVE IT THOUGH CUZ ITS THA BEST LIL MOVIE ABOUT HIM ESP BETTER THAN "GETTING GOTTI" WHICH IZ HELLA HELLA GAY
IT MAKES U THINK
MAKES U THINK ABOUT THA PPL IN UR LIFE
Rating:  - Big words like 'parameters' and 'subversive' a staple of mob lexicon
This HBO flick is highly recommended for overall quotable value, good laughs, some good acting, and some good laughs.
Was this film written by a Gotti family member? I don't know where to begin. Suffice to say that the film is not nearly the sum of its parts. There are some good scenes, some good acting by Assante as Gotti (why hasn't Assante been in other mob flicks or even on The Sopranos?). Anthony Quinn, who needs subtitles, is not bad as Neil Dellacroce, who dies of that mysterious movie illness where the character gets old and coughs a lot before checking out. And of course, we have any number of Wiseguy Acting Guild members, such as Sopranos actors Frank Vincent, Vincent Pastore, Tony Sirico, and Dominic Chianese. William Forsythe looks nothing like Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, and they make him the number one vilain in another of Forsythe's 'evil' roles.
Gotti is portrayed as a gangster, yes, but also as some kind of pre-capitalist who spews wisdom about the 'parameters' of La Cosa Nostra, about 'the rules', and importantly, about members of his administration who are 'talking subversive'. He is not pleased with Gravano due to his underboss' greed and to the unacceptable amount of legit money being made. What kind of gangsters are making this much legit money? Gotti rants about libertarian values, rails against the hypocrisy of the government and about white collar crime, and even goes so far as to correct one of his underlings' racial epithets (always loved that one) before he himself launches a few.
As a realistic portrayal of Gotti, it's horrible, there's too much fiction, too many factual errors, utter nonsense being uttered by the characters, etc, etc. But there's just a tremendous amount of quotable material, some great scenes, the requisite mob hits (apparently Paul Castellano was shot 50 times in slow motion) and a fantastic Assante hamming it up. In 1998 a TV movie called Witness To The Mob appeared---an adaptation of Gravano's book 'Underboss'. It's the perfect companion to this movie. While Gravano is pure evil in this movie, in Witness, Gravano moralizes and Gotti is the man at fault. And of course, some of the very same actors appear in both movies, only to die differently (Frank Vincent is shot in the head in this film before being blown up in a car bomb in Witness, his acting range fully explored).
Just can't recommend this one enough. The writers must have been under contract from the mob or perhaps under threat from the mob, but the absurdity is part of the charm.
Rating: - Excellent
For those who enjoy "mob movies" (as I do), this is one of the best. Armand Assante turns in an outstanding performance in the title role, supported by a superb cast, including Anthony Quinn as Gambino family underboss Aniello Dellacroce, Gotti's mob mentor. It is well-scripted, beautifully acted, and highly entertaining. Don't miss it!
Rating: - GREAT MOVIE
AS A FAN OF ARMAND ASSANTE, I THOUGHT HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE MOVIE. AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HE WENT TO THE FAMILY OR JOHN GOTTI HIMSELF AND ASKED QUESTIONS, BEFORE TAKING THE ROLE. I DO AGREE, THAT THE ACTOR CAST AS SAMMY "THE RAT" WAS MISCASTED.. I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF SAMMY AND HE IS ALOT SHORTER THEN JOHN ...IMO, IT'S TOO BAD, THAT THIS WASN'T A "MAJOR FILM" FOR THEATERS...AND OSCAR AWARD POSSIBLE....I AM ALSO A FAN OF THE "GODFATHER" MOVIES...IN FACT, I LIKE ALOT OF "MOB" TYPE STORIES.
RAYANNE L. NEELY
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