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The Godfather Part III (1990)

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Reviews Counted:53

Fresh:35

Rotten:18

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In the third film of Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone family saga, 20 years have passed and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is in failing health and haunted by remorse over his brother Fredo's murder.... In the third film of Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone family saga, 20 years have passed and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is in failing health and haunted by remorse over his brother Fredo's murder. As part of his plan for legitimizing the family business, Michael contributes a large donation to the church and accepts an honor from the pope. His nephew, Vincent (Andy Garcia), becomes his protégé with the help of Connie (Talia Shire) while his own children, Anthony (Franc D'Ambrosio) and Mary (Sofia Coppola), remain free from a life of crime. After selling his casinos and laundering his money through the Vatican, Michael attempts to take over a European-owned company, International Immobiliare. However, former mob colleagues Don Altobello (Eli Wallach) and Joey Zasa (Joe Mantegna) force his return to the underworld, and Vincent's brash temper almost starts a mob war. In Sicily, Michael instructs Vincent to form an alliance with his enemy, Don Altobello. Many of the same cast from Coppola's first two films are back in this powerful sequel. New to the series is George Hamilton, surprisingly effective as Michael's financial advisor, B. J. Harrison. [More]

Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna, Eli Wallach

Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna, Eli Wallach, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, Sofia Coppola, Rick Aviles

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

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An epic without epic scope, a muted, strained, unnatural affair that never comes into dramatic focus.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/12/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Fans of the first two instalments are likely to find The Godfather Part III an unworthy heir to the tradition. First-time voters, meanwhile, will surely wonder what on earth all the fuss was all about.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/15/04
Barry McIlheney
Barry McIlheney
Empire Magazine

No review available.

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10/18/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

No review available.

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11/12/03
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Film Threat

Ultimately, the film is fine for ending the trilogy, but Part III is more of an appendix than an epilogue.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/09/01
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A huge letdown that sorely misses Robert Duvall.

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10/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

No review available.

comment 1 Comment
12/09/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

A discordant and unnecessary coda to an already completed and glorious symphony of films.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
11/01/01
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

[An] offer director Francis Ford Coppola should have refused.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Aims for metaphysical truth but ends up with little more than corpses on the ground.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/30/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

It may be that Coppola was right to put off filing this last installment all these years; from the evidence here, he had nothing more to say.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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To call this the weakest of the three movies is like calling Fredo the weakest of the three brothers. Duh.

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09/24/04
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Considering the way it inadvertently lampoons and nearly diminishes the earlier two films, this is nothing less than a travesty.

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02/07/08
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

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03/16/07
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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07/09/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Anyone with memories of The Godfather and its 1974 sequel will shudder at how Coppola reduces their powerful iconography to the level of a daytime soap.

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04/17/01
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC

No review available.

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Not a bad conclusion to the series. No where near as good as the first two films.

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05/30/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Not up to par with the first two, but still interesting because of Pacino.

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08/15/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
 
 
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