Getting Gotti (Tango DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: C- Telefilm: C+
With GoodFellas and The Sopranos, Lorraine Bracco is undoubtedly identified forever
with the Gangster genre, yet even she can overdo it and Roger Young’s Getting Gotti (1994) is a howler “based
on true events” about how a female prosecutor she plays went after and nailed
the “Dapper Don” John Gotti.
Anthony
John Denison never looks like him or convinces us he is him, but the problems
only being there as this train wreck gets sillier and sillier. Diehard gangster fans will want to see this,
but anyone watching should expect nothing but unintentional laughs.
The 1.33
X 1 image is surprisingly soft from older analog transfers with detail issues,
motion blur and aliasing issues. The
Dolby Digital 2.0 is barely stereo and passable, more like a TV recording of
the time. Trailers are the only extras.
- Nicholas Sheffo
