The Godfather (1972)

• Year: 1972
• Released: 24 Mar 1972
• Country: United States
• Adwords: Won 3 Oscars. 31 wins & 30 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Godfather
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-godfather
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 2160p
• Language: English, Italian, Latin
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Runtime: 175 min
• Writer: Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
• Director: Francis Ford Coppola
• Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan
• Keywords: based on novel or book, revenge, loss of loved one, gangster, 1940s,

	9.2/10
	100/100
	97% – Critics
	98% – Audience

The Godfather Storyline

The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding with his wife Carmela. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.

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The Godfather Movie Reviews

#2 on IMDb’s Top 100, a multi-Oscar-winner and over 1500 reviews…what more can I say about the movie?!

Up until today, I haven’t bothered to review “The Godfather”. After all, everyone pretty much knows it’s one of the greatest films ever made. It’s #2 on IMDb’s Top 100. It won the Best Picture Oscar. And, there are nearly 1600 reviews on IMDb. So what’s one more review?! Well, after completing 14,000 reviews (because I am nuts), I guess it’s time I got around to reviewing a film I should have reviewed a long time ago. So, here goes….the film is perfect and only a dope wouldn’t watch it. Unfortunately, IMDb requires me to say more to meet it’s 10 line minimum for reviews. So, I’ll point out that you do NOT need to like gangster films to enjoy this film. Yes, it’s violent and nasty in spots–but it’s also brilliantly written and produced from start to finish and deserves the accolades it’s received.

My advice is that instead of just watching “The Godfather” and “The Godfather: Part II”, see the combined version they created for television–with additional scenes that made it a very rich experience.

I’m finding it hard to describe how amazing this movie was

There is very little that I can add to the reviews on here, that have explained what is so wonderful about The Godfather so well. I have seen many amazing movies, as well as some clunkers, but The Godfather was beyond amazing. There are so many images, details and scenes that I seriously cannot get out of my head since watching it for the first time just nine hours ago. The Godfather is so incredibly well-made and acted that it stands out among the rest of those other amazing films I’ve seen, so much so I couldn’t think of a single flaw, and I am struggling to think of a good enough reason to why I didn’t see this film before now.

True, The Godfather is a little slow-moving and the plot takes a while to unfold, but neither of these are flaws as such. The slow pacing added to the elegiac quality The Godfather has, and as for the plot what is special about this plot is that it is very unpredictable because you have next to no idea where it is next going to take you. Being 18, I was worried whether I was old enough to appreciate this film or even understand it, but luckily I understood it perfectly, and I can well and truly appreciate it for the masterpiece it is considered to be.

The Godfather for one thing looks stunning. I strongly disagree with the previous reviewer who said the cinematography was horrid, for me the cinematography was one of the best assets of the film. In some scenes you have cinematography and lighting that is quite dark and mysterious, and then in scenes such as the wedding it is evergreen, autumnal and very picturesque. It is not just the cinematography that makes The Godfather look stunning, the costumes are beautifully tailored, the houses are gorgeous and majestic to look at and even the cars were immaculate.

Then there is the score by Nina Rota. One word, outstanding! I have heard many wonderful scores in my lifetime, but after hearing this score few stick in the memory as much as the score for The Godfather. This score is both beautiful as seen with the main theme, and haunting in the way it sticks in your head after watching the film itself. Other outstanding assets are the masterly direction from Francis Ford Coppola, and the brilliantly written screenplay that is intelligent, thought-provoking and darkly humorous. As for the violence, some of it is shocking and intense especially in the climax which was enough to almost make your heart either beat twice as fast or stop, and I almost covered my eyes when the producer found the horse’s head in his bed, but underneath that this family is somewhat loyal and honourable come to think of it.

The acting is absolutely fantastic, bringing to life characters that are rich and complex, perhaps unlikeable at first but as you get to know them you warm to them. And I have to say, The Godfather is one of those rarities where no actor gives a weak performance. In particular, Marlon Brando is brilliant as Don Vito, very heavily disguised yet stately. Every word of dialogue, every subtle hand gesture and every facial expression was brilliantly judged. Al Pacino’s casting was admittedly risky, but he still did a truly wonderful job carrying the film, while James Caan is dignified and loyal, Diane Keaton beautiful and alluring and Robert Duvall nicely understated.

In conclusion, absolutely amazing, and I can see completely why it is considered one of the 10 greatest movies ever made, it is that good. In fact my 15-year old brother loved it so much, he wants to see it again. 10/10, though this film is too good for that rating. Bethany Cox

The Don And His Sons

My nephew who is all of 17 told me in no uncertain terms that movie making with him starts with The Godfather. He doesn’t believe anything made before it is of any great merit. For him The Godfather is like The Birth of a Nation.

All three of The Godfather films can bear viewing over and over again. Mario Puzo created such compelling characters and Francis Ford Coppola brought them to life so vividly that you just get sucked in permanently. Like that other mammoth novel about a period, Gone With the Wind, Mario Puzo was like Margaret Mitchell in that there was no way he could top himself after the book was published.

Anyone steeped in organized crime history will know a lot about who is being alluded to in all of the Godfather films. Case in point, Alex Rocco who plays the minor character of Moe Green who takes it upon himself to slap Fredo Corleone around. He’s also got a cash flow problem at the casino he’s running. One would have to have been living on another planet to not know he was referring to Bugsy Siegal.

The Godfather story begins at the end of World War II where Marlon Brando rules the roost as Vito Corleone head of one of the large crime families. Two sons, James Caan (Sonny) and John Cazale (Fredo) are in the business and the third Al Pacino (Michael) has just come back from the war a decorated hero. The occasion is the gathering of the clan and friends for daughter Talia Shire (Connie) to Gianni Rizzi (Carlo Russo). All the characters are marvelously introduced and the plot situations laid out beautifully.

Marlon Brando who apparently decided that what George C. Scott did was so good in refusing the Oscar for Patton decided to do him one better and send up a bogus Indian princess to tell why. Despite that bit of cheek Brando certainly deserved an Oscar for his performance. Don Vito is compelling as criminal and family man. Brando might have been lucky though in that Al Pacino who really is the main character in all three Godfather films was nominated in the Supporting Actor category.

In fact Pacino was nominated with James Caan and Robert Duvall who plays Tom Heggen the family lawyer/consigliere and Brando’s adopted son. That three way tie guaranteed the Oscar for Joel Grey in Cabaret with Eddie Albert being nominated for The Heartbreak Kid as the fifth. They’re all great, but Pacino should have been in The Best Actor category.

Singer Al Martino plays Johnny Fontaine who if you didn’t know that this was Frank Sinatra again you’d have to have been living on another planet. In fact the identification is made complete by the fact that Martino sings I Have But One Heart at the Corleone wedding which was an early Sinatra hit. Sinatra was not happy with The Godfather and broke off relations with Martino and with Richard Conte who plays Don Barzini one of the other Mafia Dons. Part of the underside of the Sinatra legend is worked into the plot as well.

The images and dialog of The Godfather have entered into our popular culture. The horse’s head in John Marley’s bed, the cryptic gangster dialog of speaking of an “offer he can’t refuse”, or “Lucabrazzi sleeps with the fishes” is all stuff we remember forever after seeing the film.

The key scene I think in The Godfather is between the retired Brando and Pacino who has taken over the crime family. Brando isn’t happy about the road he took for success, but it’s what was available to him. He hoped that Pacino could have stayed out of the family business and had a clean life. It wasn’t to be, but maybe the next generation. I think it’s beautifully played.

In fact it’s all beautifully played.