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The Godfather

1972 DVD Certificate 18.gif
  • Rated:
  • 80
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Chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo. Read more

Starring Marlon Brando, Richard Conte, James Caan, Richard Castellano
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Genres Drama

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  • Critics' reviews (2) of The Godfather

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  • 5 stars out of 5

    This crime drama and its 1974 sequel are among American cinema's finest achievements since the Second World War. The production problems are well documented — how Paramount wanted a quickie, how Francis Ford Coppola came cheap and how he turned the picture into an epic success, a box-office hit that was also an artistic triumph. His first masterstroke was casting Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton, four relative unknowns and one known risk; his next masterstroke was to keep cool under fire, like Michael Corleone himself, turning Mario Puzo's pulp novel into art and showing how capitalism and crime go hand in hand. It's thrilling, romantic, tense and scary — a five-course meal that leaves you hungry for more.

    • Radio Times
  • 4 stars out of 4

    A brilliantly-made film with all the fascination of a snake pit: a warm-hearted family saga except that the members are thieves and murderers. Cutting would help, but the duller conversational sections do heighten the cunningly judged moments of suspense

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 64 out of 74 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    a big yawn

    not 4 me give it a mis

      • A customer from rotherham
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  • 64 out of 74 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    a big yawn

    not 4 me give it a mis

      • A customer from rotherham
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58,750 Member ratings
  • 100
20,086
  • 90
10,406
  • 80
11,678
  • 70
6,456
  • 60
4,198
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2,242
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1,264
  • 30
908
  • 20
1,018
  • 10
494

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