With the themes of family and loyalty, this film is a must see for any movie fan.
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10/08/08
The Godfather (1972)
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Reviews Counted: 61
Fresh: 61
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 9/10
Consensus: One of Hollywood’s greatest critical and commercial successes, The Godfather gets everything right; not only did the movie transcend expectations, it established new benchmarks for American cinema.
Theatrical Release: Mar 24, 1972 Wide
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Puzo (who co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola), THE GODFATHER tells an epic tale of Mafia life in America during the 1940s and 1950s. Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is the... [More]
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Reviews for The Godfather
Coppola offers a rich and layered look at family and does so with an incredible cast and a meticulous amount of detail.
10/06/08
Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic, The Godfather, is to gangster films what Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments was to super spectaculars.
09/17/08
...it's the stellar cast's career-best work that ultimately assures the viewer's interest even through the film's less-than-enthralling stretches.
07/31/08
...a metaphor for creating and protecting your own business in this country - only with the added glamour of guns.
02/07/08
A multi-generational epic that never leaves the audience less than enthralled, this is the godfather of all gangster films.
01/29/08
There are volumes that could be written -- and have been -- about the movie's uniformly powerful performances; its precedent-setting editing by William Reynolds and Peter Zinner; Nino Rota's haunting score; and Dean Tavoularis's evocative set design.
01/29/08
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Top Critic Not only one of the greatest mob films of all time, The Godfather is also one of the greatest overall pictures ever.
12/02/06
An everyday story of Mafia folk, incorporating a severed horse's head in the bed and a number of heartwarming family occasions, as well as pointers on how not to behave in your local trattoria.
02/09/06
Not only the best of crime film, but all that is possible with cinematic achievement.
04/21/05
It could be argued that Francis Ford Coppola's film of Mario Puzo's bestseller, at once an art movie and a commercial blockbuster, marked the dawn of the age of the mega-movie.
09/15/04
One of those sublimely rare movies in which every element–casting, acting, directing, script, cinematography, score–comes together.
08/25/04
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