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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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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.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
10/08/08
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

While it's better than your average film in a lot of respects, it simply cannot hold up to the legacy of its predecessors.

Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
10/06/08
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

...didn't live up to expectations but turned out to be a pretty good movie in any case.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
09/17/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
02/07/08
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

The 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.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
12/12/07
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/12/07
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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An epic without epic scope, a muted, strained, unnatural affair that never comes into dramatic focus.

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12/12/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/12/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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No review available.

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12/09/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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.

Full Review Source: Projection Booth | comment Comment
10/25/07
Rob Humanick
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth

No review available.

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

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.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment 5 Comments
10/20/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

O terceiro ato da obra máxima do Cinema.

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07/28/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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

A huge letdown that sorely misses Robert Duvall.

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

I think if you can take a step back from the first two movies and if you can ignore the younger Ms. Coppola, this is still a more artful and ambitious movie than the industry standard.

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09/28/05
Dan Fienberg
Dan Fienberg
Zap2it.com

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06/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

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10/28/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
 
 
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