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.
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10/06/08
The Godfather Part II (1974)
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Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 51
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 9.3/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The sequel to THE GODFATHER tells the story of both a young Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro), newly arrived in America, and his son Michael (Al Pacino), forty years later, running the family empire. On the streets of Hell's Kitchen in 1917 New... [More]
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Reviews for The Godfather Part II
...an epic landscape of events and an exquisite tapestry of characterizations.
09/17/08
Top Critic Shadows lurk throughout the movie, as they do over the Corleones' lives.
02/07/08
Top Critic A mesmerizing sequel that explores the parallels in the life of father and son.
12/13/06
A rare sequel to a great film that recaptures and expands upon the mastery of its predecessor.
11/12/06
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.
06/24/06
Could this somehow be even better than "The Godfather"? Decide for yourself while I go watch both movies.
04/03/05
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