The Godfather, Part II (1974)
Average Rating: 9.3/10
Reviews Counted: 60
Fresh: 59 | Rotten: 1
Drawing on strong performances by Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola's continuation of Mario Puzo's Mafia saga set new standards for sequels that have yet to be matched or broken.
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
Drawing on strong performances by Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola's continuation of Mario Puzo's Mafia saga set new standards for sequels that have yet to be matched or broken.
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Francis Ford Coppola's legendary continuation and sequel to his landmark 1972 film, The Godfather, parallels the young Vito Corleone's rise with his son Michael's spiritual fall, deepening The Godfather's depiction of the dark side of the American dream. In the early 1900s, the child Vito flees his Sicilian village for America after the local Mafia kills his family. Vito (Robert De Niro) struggles to make a living, legally or illegally, for his wife and growing brood in Little Italy, killing the
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Cast
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Al Pacino
Michael Corleone -
Robert Duvall
Tom Hagen -
Diane Keaton
Kay Adams -
Robert De Niro
Vito Corleone -
John Cazale
Fredo Corleone -
Lee Strasberg
Hyman Roth -
Talia Shire
Connie -
Danny Aiello
Tony Rosato -
John Aprea
Young Tessio -
Carmen Argenziano
Michael's Buttonman #2 -
Oreste Baldini
Vito Andolini as a boy -
Kathleen Beller
Girl in "Senza Mamma" -
Richard Bright
Al Neri -
Carmine Caridi
Carmine Rosato -
Dominic Chianese
Johnny Ola -
Vincent Coppola
Street Vendor -
Mario Cotone
Don Tommasino -
Tom Dahlgren
Fred Corngeld -
Francesca De Sapio
Young Mama Corleone -
Troy Donahue
Merle Johnson -
Peter Donat
Questadt -
Michael Vincente Gazzo
Frankie Pentangeli -
Marianna Hill
Deanna Corleone -
Morgana King
Mama Corleone -
Bruno Kirby
Young Clemenza -
Gastone Moschin
Fanucci -
Ignazio Pappalardo
Mosca -
Tom Rosqui
Rocco Lampone -
Gianni Russo
Carlo -
Fay Spain
Marcia Roth -
Joe Spinell
Willie Cicci -
Harry Dean Stanton
FBI Man 1 -
Herkulis E. Strolia
Tahoe Band Leader -
Amerigo Tot
Michael's Bodyguard -
Leopoldo Trieste
Signor Roberto -
Abe Vigoda
Tessio -
Erica Yohn
Governess -
William Bowers
Senate Committee Chairm... -
James Caan
Sonny -
Roman Coppola
Young Sonny Corleone (u... -
Sofia Coppola
Child (uncredited) -
Roger Corman
Senator #2 -
Phil Feldman
Senator #1 -
G.D. Spradlin
Senator Pat Geary -
Joseph Della Sorte
Michael's Buttonman #1 -
Richard Watson
Custom Offical -
Maria Carta
Vito's Mother -
Nick Discenza
Bartender -
Carmine Foresta
Policeman -
Ezio Flagello
Impresario -
Frank Sivero
Genco -
Tere Livrano
Theresa Hagen -
James Gounaris
Anthony Corleone -
Giuseppe Sillato
Don Francesco -
David Baker
FBI Agent -
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All Critics (60) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (2) | DVD (33)
One of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed American films, a landmark work from one of Hollywood's top cinema eras.
Not once does Pacino overtly ask for the audience's sympathy, but through a disciplined, suggestive performance he dominates the film.
Top CriticThe Paramount release has everything going for it.
Francis Ford Coppola pulls it off in grand style.
The performances, Gordon Willis' memorably gloomy camerawork, the stately pace and the sheer scale of the story's sweep render everything engrossing and so, well, plausible that our ideas of organised crime in America will forever be marked by this movie.
The stunning text of The Godfather is replaced in Part II with prologues, epilogues, footnotes, and good intentions.
This film has an even broader scope than the original, but does not fail in its depiction of small, intimate moments and surprising emotional reveals.
It delves deeper into the Corleone mythology, past the romanticism, to deliver an epic and intelligent tragedy.
From start to finish, this is filmmaking at its most immortal.
A rare sequel that is even better than the original 1972 The Godfather, largely due to the superb performances by De Niro (as the young Brando character), Pacino, who here assumes the lead, and the rest of the ensemble.
Instead of sitting in the shadow of the original Godfather, the Godfather Part II added to to the epic and made it even greater.
Part II is brilliant, but not for kids.
Often ranked as the greatest movie sequel ever produced, The Godfather: Part II follows Al Pacino's Michael Corleone as he teams up with gangster Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) in an effort to expand his empire into the lucrative world of gambling.
Although it runs a bit long, The Godfather: Part II is still an excellent film.
While I'm sure profits were a big part of the conversation the Paramount suits had when deciding to green-light The Godfather Part II, but Coppola didn't go out and bastardize the franchise. Far from it.
Paramount gave Coppola more money and a freer hand in directing the sequel.... I guess they made him an offer he couldn't refuse. (Blu-ray Edition)
...an epic landscape of events and an exquisite tapestry of characterizations.
It's not Shakespearean, but it's tragic.
The greatest sequel ever made. Probably.
Shadows lurk throughout the movie, as they do over the Corleones' lives.
A mesmerizing sequel that explores the parallels in the life of father and son.
Audience Reviews for The Godfather, Part II
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- Hyman Roth: Smaller piece.
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- Michael Corleone: Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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- Michael Corleone: Keep them alive.
- Rocco Lampone: We'll try.
- Michael Corleone: Rocco! Alive!
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- Vito Corleone: [whispering in Italian] My father's name was Antonio Andolini, and this is for you!
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- Fredo Corleone: [ordering drinks in a Havana cafe] Uno... por favor... [to Michael] How do you say banana daiquiri?
- Michael Corleone: Banana daiquiri.
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- Sonny: Whatcha go to college? To get stupid? You're really stupid!
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Foreign Titles
- Der Pate II (DE)
- The Godfather: Part II (UK)
Other than the plots, THE GODFATHER PART II is very much similar to its predecessor. It reprises much of the subtleties that set the first film profoundly apart from any other crime drama: the quiet musical score (this time with intermixed pieces that sound even more Italian); the steady, easygoing pace; the cinematographic film-noir mood, with abundant silhouetting. If there is one aspect that does make this more interesting than the original, it certainly is the plot(s).