The new Gotti film, what a load of s****. As someone who is interested in this s*** I was looking forward to it, especially as I love JT and thought he could pull it off. But it was some kind of performance that I can only describe as a cross between his Shapiro character from the OJ vs The People series and Don Carleone from the God Father.
I know the real Gotti is long since dead, but there is enough footage of him to tie down his mannerisms, the way he talked and how he carried himself. It seems to me he just went into it with his own idea of Gotti and went from there, that or he just turned up for the payday because it was a poor performance. Not s**** acting as such, just a poor version of the person he was playing.
Gotti was relaxed, full of smiles, charm and nowhere near as clear speaking in terms of his vocabulary, this was like an ultra tense, uptight, posh and sage Gotti. Overacting? This performance wouldn’t have looked out of place on a stage, obviously not as Gotti.
Such a shame because it could have been an epic portrayal of the man and although it was clearly a story of a father and son relationship and some bull s*** about honour and integrity, it was all over the place throughout.
It tried to be slick and fast paced with the music, but it blew over every aspect of him as a character, his family and his whole life as a member of the mafia so quickly that it didn’t touch his story at all in any detail given it no depth at all. As for the guy that played his son, he was more wooden than an elm tree and the guy that played Sammy the Bull whose part probably counted all of 5 minutes or so, he looked nowt like him. How hard can it be

The whole father and son dialogue was such bull s*** as well, Gotti is on record being anything but a wise and loving father figure and his son was considered a joke and an embarrassment to him and others.
I was so looking forward to it as well, glad I watched it online on some stream thing and not paid for it.
What was JT’s last good film btw?
Was good to see him without his hair transplant mind and he’s still one handsome b******.