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Travolta performs Gotti, pictured in 1990, at numerous factors in his life and profession
John Travolta's troubled biopic of New York crime boss John Gotti has lastly reached cinemas, and the critics have just one factor to say: fuhgeddaboudit.
One reviewer referred to as it the "worst mob movie of all time", whereas one other mentioned it was "a dismal mess".
The evaluations are so damning that Gotti has achieved the uncommon distinction of getting a zero% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
Two earlier Travolta moviesStaying Alive and Look Who's Talking Noware amongst these to have the identical rating.
Stacy Keach and Travolta's spouse, Kelly Preston, even have roles in Gotti, which has but to have a UK launch date.
Numerous different actors, amongst them Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Lindsay Lohan, had been additionally connected to the film throughout its seven-year gestation.
Directed by former Entourage star Kevin Connolly, the film charts John Gotti's rise from mob enforcer to go of the Gambino crime household.
Known as each "The Dapper Don" and "The Teflon Don", Gotti was ultimately convicted of homicide and extortion and died in jail in 2002.
Speaking at this 12 months's Cannes Film Festival, Travolta admitted making the film had been "a challenge" regardless of his attachment to the challenge.
"You put my name with the Gotti name and it reeks of a story that should be told," he instructed reporters. "But Hollywood may be odd.
"There was a lot of stress in getting Gotti made," he continued. "But I knew if we did it well, we could pull it off."
The Hollywood Reporter begs to vary, describing the film as "poorly written, devoid of tension, ridiculous in spots and just plain dull in others."
As acknowledged by Rolling Stone, the film sees its star "trying earnestly to act his way through a ton of lousy make-up and an even heavier slab of bad screenwriting."
Yet Entertainment Weekly is kinder to the Pulp Fiction actor, saying he "somehow manages to summon a ferocious and committed performance while everything else around him falls to pieces."
Other movies to obtain a zero% ranking from Rotten Tomatoes embrace Jaws: The Revenge, Return to the Blue Lagoon and Adam Sandler's The Ridiculous 6.
The Emoji Movie additionally obtained a zero% ranking from the evaluations aggregator website when it got here out final 12 months, although that has since risen to eight%.
Rotten Tomatoes makes use of critics' evaluations to present movies a rating on its "Tomatometer". Films rated 60% or larger are thought-about "fresh", whereas these with a rating under 60% are deemed "rotten".
The website additionally provides movies an "audience score" based mostly on the share of customers who've rated them three.5 stars or larger.
Gotti at present has a 79% viewers rating, due to a solitary viewers member who gave it 5 stars.
The two scores typically reveal important disparities, with some films scoring far larger with audiences than they do with criticsand vice versa.
| Film title | Tomatometer rating | Audience rating | Percentage distinction |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boondock Saints | 20% | 91% | 71% |
| Step Up | 19% | 83% | 64% |
| Without a Paddle | 14% | 68% | 54% |
| Spy Kids | 93% | 46% | 47% |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 91% | 46% | 45% |
| Hail, Caesar! | 85% | 44% | 41% |
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