No. Answering the question, "How accurate is House of Gucci?" cinematographer Dariusz Wolski stated that the movie is not a highly factual docudrama. Rather, it's more akin to a "kitschy, funny, tragic tragedy, like a high-end soap opera." It explores Patrizia Reggiani's marriage into the family, which ultimately led to ex-husband Maurizio Gucci's murder. -Esquire

Yes. The House of Gucci true story confirms that Rodolfo Gucci (Jeremy Irons in the film) wasn't a fan of his son's wife. Rodolfo didn't attend their wedding and he called Patrizia "a social climber who has nothing in mind but money." He later came around somewhat and reconciled with his son.

Yes. After Maurizio Gucci's father Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons) died in 1983, it's true that Maurizio (Adam Driver) battled his Uncle Aldo (Al Pacino) over the fate of the company. He saw his uncle and cousins as obstacles and wanted them out of the way. As his father's heir and the majority shareholder, Maurizio had a different vision for the company. It was a vision that would eventually put the company in dire straits and prompt Maurizio to sell off his shares. Such an action was against his father's wishes, as he had wanted the company to remain in the family. In 1988, Maurizio sold 47.8 percent of his 50 percent stake in the company to Bahrain-based investment group Investcorp (owner of Tiffany & Co.).

With Gucci's earnings in the red from 1991 to 1993, partly because Maurizio sunk exuberant amounts of money into the company's headquarters in Milan and Florence, he ended up selling off the remainder of his shares to Investcorp for $170 million in 1993. It marked the end of the family's ties to the company.

Patrizia Reggiani had been born poor in Vignola, a city in northern Italy. She never knew her father. Her family came into money when she was 12. It was then that her mother married a wealthy entrepreneur named Ferdinando Reggiani. While Patrizia was married to Maurizio, she became an active socialite, befriending Jackie Kennedy Onassis when she and Maurizio were living in New York. Patrizia was drawn to the wealth and fame the family business had to offer. She was famously quoted as saying, "I would rather weep in a Rolls-Royce than be happy on a bicycle." Like in the movie, she often butted heads with Maurizio over his decisions regarding the company.

Yes. After Maurizio Gucci started dating Paola Franchi (portrayed by Camille Cottin in the movie), an artist and interior designer, Patrizia became jealous of the younger woman and tensions between Maurizio and his ex-wife escalated. Paola said that Patrizia threatened Maurizio and stalked them. In researching how true House of Gucci is, we learned that on several occasions, Patrizia had told friends that she wanted her ex-husband dead. In 2016, Paola told The Guardian, "I begged him to hire a bodyguard, but he refused. He didn’t believe Patrizia would go through with her threat because of their girls."

A struggling pizzeria owner named Orazio Cicala was hired to pull off the hit. Cicala was in need of cash to pay off various debts. He in turn hired a former mechanic named Benedetto Ceraulo to be the triggerman. Ceraulo shot Maurizio Gucci four times on March 27, 1995 while Maurizio was walking to work in Milan. Maurizio was at the steps going up to his office when Ceraulo pulled the trigger. Maurizio, 46, died at the scene. Patrizia Reggiani paid the hitmen $415,000 via her friend Giuseppina 'Pina' Auriemma, a psychic to the rich. Pina is portrayed by Salma Hayek in the movie. While answering the question, "How true is House of Gucci?" we learned that on the day of Maurizio Gucci's murder, Patrizia jotted down a single word in her diary, "paradeisos," the Greek word for paradise. -AP

Yes. The day after having her ex-husband murdered, Patrizia served Paola Franchi with an eviction notice from the luxury apartment she had shared with Maurizio, which was located in Corso Venezia, Milan. The notice had been written not even three hours after Maurizio Gucci's murder. The unit was still owned by the Gucci family. Paola had been living there with Maurizio for approximately five years (Esquire). After Paola was evicted, Patrizia moved in with her daughters and stayed there for two years until her arrest in 1997.

Following a murder trial that was heavily covered by the media, Patrizia Reggiani was convicted in November 1998 and sentenced to 29 years in prison. She served roughly 18 years and was released on good behavior in October 2016. -The New York Times

While in prison in the year 2000, Patrizia tried to argue that a 1992 surgery she had to remove a brain tumor had affected her personality, thus making her capable of having her ex-husband murdered. A Milan appeals court upheld her conviction but reduced her sentence from 29 to 26 years. That same year, she attempted suicide by hanging herself with a prison bedsheet, but she was discovered in time by guards. Her mental state while in prison improved in 2005 when the prison made an exception and allowed her to keep her pet ferret in her cell.

Gucci's president and CEO Marco Bizzarri said that the company cooperated with the filmmakers and granted them complete access to Gucci's archives for wardrobe and props. However, while researching the House of Gucci true story, we learned that some of the family members expressed disappointment over their lack of involvement in the production, claiming that the filmmakers were "stealing the identity of a family to make a profit." -Associated Press

No. While Patrizia praised the casting of Lady Gaga as her in the film, admitting that the singer resembles her, she was bothered by the fact that Lady Gaga never wanted to meet with her. "I am rather annoyed at the fact that Lady Gaga is playing me in the new Ridley Scott film without having had the consideration and sensibility to come and meet me," she said. It troubled Patrizia that she wasn't asked to be part of the project and she pointed out that she wasn't going to receive "a cent from the film." She said that her annoyance with Lady Gaga wasn't about money. "It's about common sense and respect," she said. "I say this with all the sympathy and appreciation that I have for her." -Tatler.com

Lady Gaga told Good Morning America, "I did all the research on who she was as a person, but I didn't wanna meet her, because I could tell very quickly that this woman wanted to be glorified for this murder, and she wanted to be remembered as this criminal. I didn't want to collude with something I don't believe in. She did have her husband murdered."

Patrizia, 72, lives in Milan and can be seen around town, at times with her pet parrot (blue and yellow macaw) resting on her shoulder. She reportedly works for the jewelry brand Bozart (Tatler.com). She still uses the surname Gucci, openly referring to herself as "Patrizia Reggiani Gucci."