The Godfather
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Universal acclaim- based on 1007 Ratings
- Starring: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando
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- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Positive: 14 out of 14
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100Brando made Don Vito something we rarely see in movies: a tragicomic villain-hero, a vulnerable hood. The don is so close to a comic character -- the movie itself is so close to comedy -- that Brando's capacity to move us in the role is doubly impressive. At the end, it is the older Godfather's tenderness and sagacity we recall. [21 Mar 1997, Friday, p.A]
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100The wedding sequence... is a virtuoso stretch of filmmaking: Coppola brings his large cast onstage so artfully that we are drawn at once into the Godfather's world.
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100In scene after scene -- the long wedding sequence, John Marley's bloody discovery in his bed, Pacino nervously smoothing down his hair before a restaurant massacre, the godfather's collapse in a garden -- Coppola crafted an enduring, undisputed masterpiece. [21 Mar 1997, Daily Datebook, p.C3]
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80Overlong at about 175 minutes (played without intermission), and occasionally confusing. While never so placid as to be boring, it is never so gripping as be superior screen drama.
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Positive: 271 out of 309
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Mixed: 16 out of 309
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Negative: 22 out of 309
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10This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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RyanM.5Good movie, but a bit over-rated. I do not think it deserves a 100 score.
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