2018 · crime · drama · history
Gotti
Directed by Kevin Connolly1h 46m2018
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Our read: Gotti (2018) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
Watching Gotti tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Gotti feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want Travolta doing a baffling mob biopic ripe for ironic group viewing.”
Skip it tonight — Skip unless camp curiosity outweighs wanting a coherent crime drama.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Gotti, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →