The Godfather (1972)
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Reviews Counted: 59 Fresh: 59 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 9.1/10
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 55 mins
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 family patriarch balancing a love of his family with an... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Albert S. Ruddy
Composer: Nino Rota
Screenwriter: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Albert S. Ruddy
Composer: Nino Rota
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...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.
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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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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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