The Godfather, Part III (1990)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 18
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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 3
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After a break of more than 15 years, director Francis Ford Coppola and writer Mario Puzo returned to the well for this third and final story of the fictional Corleone crime family. Two decades have passed, and crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now divorced from his wife Kay (Diane Keaton), has nearly succeeded in keeping his promise that his family would one day be "completely legitimate." A philanthropist devoted to public service, Michael is in the news as the recipient of a special
Dec 25, 1990 Wide
May 24, 2005
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Al Pacino
Michael Corleone -
Diane Keaton
Kay Adams -
Talia Shire
Connie Corleone Rizzi -
Andy Garcia
Vincent Mancini -
Eli Wallach
Don Altobello -
Sofia Coppola
Mary Corleone -
Joe Mantegna
Joey Zaza -
George Hamilton
B.J. Barrison -
Bridget Fonda
Grace Hamilton -
Raf Vallone
Cardinal Lamberto -
Franc D'Ambrosio
Anthony Corleone -
Donal Donnelly
Archbishop Gilday -
Richard Bright
Al Neri -
Helmut Berger
Frederick Keinszig -
Don Novello
Dominic Abbandando -
John Savage
Andrew Hagan -
Franco Citti
Calo -
Mario Donatone
Mesca -
Vittorio Duse
Don Tommasino -
Enzo Robutti
Licio Lucchesi -
Michele Russo
Spara -
Al Martino
Johnny Fontane -
Robert Cicchini
Lou Penning -
Rogerio Miranda
Twin Bodyguard Armand -
John Abineri
Hamilton Banker -
Diane Agostini
Woman with Child at Str... -
Vito Antuofermo
Anthony "The Ant" Squig... -
Rick Aviles
Mark #1 -
Tere L. Baker
Teresa Hagen -
Francesco Paolo Bellante
Autista di Don Tommasin... -
Ida Bemardini
Woman in Cafe -
Nicky Blair
Nicky the Casino Host -
Michael Boccio
Father of Soccer Player -
Michael Bowen
Mark #2 -
Willie Brown
Party Politician -
Carmine Caridi
Albert Volpe -
Gregory Corso
Unruly Stockholder -
Mimmo Cuticchio
Puppet Narrator -
James D. Damiano
Man Playing Soccer -
Jessica Di Cicco
Child -
Joe Drago
Party Security -
Brian Freilino
Stockholder -
Maggie Goz
Cafe Woman No. 2 -
Anthony Guidera
Anthony the Bodyguard -
Brett Halsey
Douglas Michaelson -
Richard Honigman
Party Reporter -
Santo Indelicato
Guardie del Carpo -
David Hume Kennerly
Party Photographer -
Mickey Knox
Marty Parisi -
Luigi Laezza
Keinszig Killer -
Jeannie Linero
Lucy Mancini -
Marino Masé
Lupe -
Carlos Miranda
Twin Bodyguard Francesc... -
Jeanne Savarino Pesch
Francesca Corleone -
Beppe Pianiti
Keinszig Killer -
Paco Reconti
Gesu -
Remo Remotti
Camerlengo Cardinal/Car... -
Al Ruscio
Leo Cuneo -
Dado Ruspoli
Vanni -
Valeria Sabel
Sister Vincenza -
Geanne Savarino
Rosary and Anne Mane -
Janet Savarino-Smith
Kathryn Corleone -
Catherine Scorsese
Woman in Cafe -
Simonetta Stefanelli
Apollonia (uncredited) -
Frank Tarsia
Frankie the Bodyguard -
Gabriele Torrei
Enzo the Baker -
Robert Vento
Father John -
Don Costello
Frank Romano
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All Critics (56) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (19) | DVD (31)
The film is a slow fuse with a big bang -- one that echoes through every family whose own tragedy is an aching for things past and loved ones lost.
Top CriticThe movie, a heady thicket of political intrigue and double crosses, is slower, talkier, and more prosaic than the first two films, and its narrative seams sometimes show. And yet it's more than the sum of its mazelike convolutions.
The Godfather Part III matches its predecessors in narrative intensity, epic scope, socio-political analysis, physical beauty and deep feeling for its characters and milieu.
Represents a certain moral improvement over its predecessors by refusing to celebrate and condemn violence and duplicity in the same breath, or at least to the same degree.
The acting is merely passable, several characters are given nothing to do, and Michael's paranoid self-pity lends the film an absurd morality: Coppola expects us to sympathise with the semblance of virtue.
Most film sequels are strictly optional. The Godfather Part III is inevitable, and as such it's irresistible.
The third (and final) chapter of Coppola's epic crima saga is the weakest in terms of narrative and acting, but it still has artistic merits.
The third and final Godfather saga; not for kids.
This hits have gotten bigger, and the violence has gotten bloodier. It's less of an examination of family and more of a character piece for Michael.
While it's better than your average film in a lot of respects, it simply cannot hold up to the legacy of its predecessors.
...the movie has a polished grandeur about it that is hard to deny, especially in the closing moments. (Blu-ray Edition)
...didn't live up to expectations but turned out to be a pretty good movie in any case.
Considering the way it inadvertently lampoons and nearly diminishes the earlier two films, this is nothing less than a travesty.
An epic without epic scope, a muted, strained, unnatural affair that never comes into dramatic focus.
Indeed the disappointment many of its detractors assert it to be - in the same way that some of Orson Welles' subsequent works can be called disappointments when compared to Citizen Kane.
Very few have stepped up to bat to defend The Godfather Part III (1990), which I consider a masterpiece and the equal of Parts I and II.
O terceiro ato da obra máxima do Cinema.
Audience Reviews for The Godfather, Part III
Super Reviewer
As the third and final film in the series, THE GODFATHER PART III closes the story of Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and his attempts to improve his Sicilian Mafia empire, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As what director Francis Ford Coppola claims is the "epilogue" to a two-part series, the film is pretty disoriented. Not until the final half an hour in this near-three-hour does this feel like a true epilogue. The majority of the film seems like a continuation on the story presented in the first two films, not a conclusion. It also feels like an introduction of newer, younger characters, as if a method to transition the film into an updated saga. Again, The Godfather: The Next Generation.
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Super Reviewer
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- Michael Corleone: I made confession, Connie. I confessed my sins.
- Connie Corleone Rizzi: Why Michael, that's not like you. You don't have to confess your sins to a stranger.
- Michael Corleone: It was the man. A good man. A true priest. He changed things.
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- Michael Corleone: Thunder can't hurt! Harmless noise! Bullshit! Deceitful little fuck! Altobello! You fuck!
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- Calo: The Corleone's left drugs, so New York is weak, and Palermo is strong.
- Don Tommasino: Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.
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- Michael Corleone: Politics and crime. They're the same thing?
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- Michael Corleone: Kay. I never expected you.
- Kay Adams: No, I know, I know. But I'm here.
- Michael Corleone: I'm glad.
- Kay Adams: You know? This is the first time I've seen you look so helpless.
- Michael Corleone: Eh -- not so bad really. I feel, I'm getting, wiser now.
- Kay Adams: Yeah?
- Michael Corleone: Oh yeah.
- Kay Adams: The sicker you get the wiser you get huh?
- Michael Corleone: When I'm dead, I'm gonna be really smart.
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- Frederick Keinszig: Everything will be out in the open if Corleone dies.
- Archbishop Gilday: Play for time, Keinszig. A habit born of, a long contemplation of eternity.
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Foreign Titles
- Der Pate III (DE)
- The Godfather: Part III (UK)
And yes, while I agree that this is the weakest of the trilogy, it's not a bad movie, and not nearly as awful as everyone regards it as being. Do I wish it were better? Of course. Do I understand why this didn't match the others? Maybe. I mean, so much time passed between films that maybe it was inevitable that they'd hit a pot hole and stumble eventually. Saying that it sucks because third films have a reputation of being isn't a good excuse. I'm just happy that we finally got a conclusion, and that, despite the flaws, it wasn't worse.
The plot mixes together an aging and bitter Michael reflecting on his life, trying to finally go legitimate in the face of an oncoming mob war with fictionalized portrayals of the death of Pope John Paul I and the Vatican Banking Scandal of the early 80s. To call this ambitious is a major understatement. I do like that it tried to weave in real events, especially ones that are so fascinating. The soap operaish elements are good to, but also where the problems are, mainly the oft-mentioned casting of Coppola's daughter Sofia (before she became a director) as Michael's daughter, and the rather underwhelming way things pan out. I do think the ending is rather fitting given the big picture, though.
Sofia herself admits she's a terrible actress, and was only there because Winona Ryder was unavailable. The character, I think, was supposed to be awkward, and that Coppola's performance just happened to be so wooden and uninspired because her dad and Puzo were in a rut and couldn't think of a way to do it better. At least Keaton and Pacino elevate things. It's also good seeing Garcia appear in an interesting call back to the first film.
The production values, cinematography, etc are top notch. This is a grand epic on a grand scale. Yeah, the writing (in some areas) is troubled, but I applaud the ambitiousness. The film has problems, but I refuse to call it a bad film, because, in all honesty, it really could have been far worse.