The Godfather

Movie • 1972

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Roger Ebert

During the entire film, this lifelong professional criminal does nothing of which we can really disapprove.

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Roger Ebert

Coppola has found a style and a visual look for all this material so 'The Godfather' becomes something of a rarity: a really good movie squeezed from a bestseller.

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The New Yorker

"Francis Ford Coppola, who directed the film, and wrote the script with Puzo, has stayed very close to the book’s greased-lightning sensationalism and yet has made a movie with the spaciousness and strength that popular novels such as Dickens’ used to have."

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America Magazine

With The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola, at 33 years of age, has become a major new talent among American directors.

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The Hollywood Reporter

Brando, with the first part that he would really sink his teeth into in years, emerges as the hero of this production.

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The Guardian

Marlon Brando is as hypnotic as a cobra playing ageing gangster patriarch Vito Corleone, his cottonwool jowl-padding giving something extra to that unmistakable adenoidal wheeze.

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Variety

the film has a lot of terrific mood, one great performance by Pacino, an excellent character segue by Brando, and a strong supporting cast.

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IMDb

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.

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