Fresh
The Godfather is overflowing with life, rich with all the grand emotions and vital juices of existence, up to and including blood.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The Godfather
An offer you can't refuse.
1972 · 2h 55m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Overview
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Director and cast
- Francis Ford Coppola Director
- Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone
- Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
- James Caan as Santino 'Sonny' Corleone
- Richard S. Castellano as Pete Clemenza
- Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen
- Sterling Hayden as Capt. Mark McCluskey
- Diane Keaton Cast
- Talia Shire Cast
- Richard Conte Cast
- Gianni Russo Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
To permit us a glimpse at The Mob, with all of its ethnic insularity, is like giving a chronic gambler a chance to wander above the false mirrors that overlook every casino.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Brando's triumph and fascination is less that of an actor of parts than of a star galaxy of myths.
Andrew Sarris, Village Voice
Fresh
Traces the arc of this doomed idealism with a beauty that is still fresh.
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
Brando made Don Vito something we rarely see in movies: a tragicomic villain-hero, a vulnerable hood.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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