Fresh
One of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed American films, a landmark work from one of Hollywood's top cinema eras.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
The Godfather Part II
The rise and fall of the Corleone empire.
1974 · 3h 22m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Overview
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Paramount release has everything going for it.
A.D. Murphy, Variety
Fresh
Francis Ford Coppola pulls it off in grand style.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The performances, Gordon Willis' memorably gloomy camerawork, the stately pace and the sheer scale of the story's sweep render everything engrossing and so, well, plausible that our ideas of organised crime in America will forever be marked by this movie.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
The stunning text of The Godfather is replaced in Part II with prologues, epilogues, footnotes, and good intentions.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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