The Godfather, Part II Reviews
One of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed American films, a landmark work from one of Hollywood's top cinema eras.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Combustible Celluloid
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.
AskMen.com
It delves deeper into the Corleone mythology, past the romanticism, to deliver an epic and intelligent tragedy.
Time Out Chicago
From start to finish, this is filmmaking at its most immortal.
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| Original Score: 5/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
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.
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| Original Score: A
Three Movie Buffs
Instead of sitting in the shadow of the original Godfather, the Godfather Part II added to to the epic and made it even greater.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Common Sense Media
Part II is brilliant, but not for kids.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Reel Film Reviews
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.
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| Original Score: 77/100
TIME Magazine
Top CriticNot once does Pacino overtly ask for the audience's sympathy, but through a disciplined, suggestive performance he dominates the film.
7M Pictures
Although it runs a bit long, The Godfather: Part II is still an excellent film.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Movie Views
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.
Movie Metropolis
...an epic landscape of events and an exquisite tapestry of characterizations.
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| Original Score: 10/10
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's not Shakespearean, but it's tragic.
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| Original Score: A
The Paramount release has everything going for it.
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
Shadows lurk throughout the movie, as they do over the Corleones' lives.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Francis Ford Coppola pulls it off in grand style.
Cinema Sight
A mesmerizing sequel that explores the parallels in the life of father and son.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Arizona Daily Star
A rare sequel to a great film that recaptures and expands upon the mastery of its predecessor.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Cinema em Cena
O segundo ato da obra máxima do Cinema.
| Original Score: 5/5
