The Godfather Reviews
Common Sense Media
The classic tale of a Mafia family. Not for kids.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Top CriticThe story by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola is a brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia entirely on its own terms.
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| Original Score: 4/4
We come to The Godfather like Kay Adams -- outsiders uncertain in our expectations - but it doesn't take long for us to be captivated by this intricate, violent world.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Three Movie Buffs
How do you write a review about the greatest movie ever made?
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| Original Score: 4/4
Arizona Daily Star
Not only the best of crime film, but all that is possible with cinematic achievement.
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| Original Score: 4/4
eFilmCritic.com
What more needs to be said? It's a grade-A, bona-fide Classic with a capital C.
| Original Score: 5/5
Matt's Movie Reviews
A defining film in the history of cinema, The Godfather introduced a legendary filmmaker and several acting greats in the telling of an Italian American dynasty undone by the tragic circumstances of their criminal exploits.
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| Original Score: 5/5
ColeSmithey.com
Like a favored method of Mafia influence, "The Godfather" is an offer no audience can refuse.
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| Original Score: A+
Combustible Celluloid
Like Citizen Kane, The Godfather doesn't age.
In its blending of new depth with an old genre, it becomes that rarity, a mass entertainment that is also great movie art.
The biggest achievement here is the establishment of mood and time.
With The Godfather, Coppola got everything right, balancing art with commerce -- and turning a big-studio project into something deeply personal and resonant.
An everyday story of Mafia folk, incorporating a severed horse's head in the bed and a number of heartwarming family occasions, as well as pointers on how not to behave in your local trattoria.
Nick's Flick Picks
Is it really possible that this bears repeating? The Godfather is extraordinary.
| Original Score: 5/5
Flick Filosopher
Over The Godfather's three-hour running time, the story of Michael's transformation from a 'civilian' in a mob family into its hard-nosed general never flags.
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| Original Score: 9/10
culturevulture.net
All of the filmic arts - design, cinematography, editing, music - come together to forge what is, by any measure, one of the great movies of all time.
SPLICEDWire
The performances Coppola got out of these young actors are extraordinary. We understand their every glance, their every thought...
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| Original Score: 4/4
Apollo Guide
Heartbreakingly paradoxical: exquisite filmmaking, tragic self-annhiliation.
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| Original Score: 95/100
