Not up to par with the first two, but still interesting because of Pacino.
The Godfather Part III (1990)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:35
Rotten:18
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In the third film of Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone family saga, 20 years have passed and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is in failing health and haunted by remorse over his brother Fredo's murder.... In the third film of Francis Ford Coppola's Corleone family saga, 20 years have passed and Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) is in failing health and haunted by remorse over his brother Fredo's murder. As part of his plan for legitimizing the family business, Michael contributes a large donation to the church and accepts an honor from the pope. His nephew, Vincent (Andy Garcia), becomes his protégé with the help of Connie (Talia Shire) while his own children, Anthony (Franc D'Ambrosio) and Mary (Sofia Coppola), remain free from a life of crime. After selling his casinos and laundering his money through the Vatican, Michael attempts to take over a European-owned company, International Immobiliare. However, former mob colleagues Don Altobello (Eli Wallach) and Joey Zasa (Joe Mantegna) force his return to the underworld, and Vincent's brash temper almost starts a mob war. In Sicily, Michael instructs Vincent to form an alliance with his enemy, Don Altobello. Many of the same cast from Coppola's first two films are back in this powerful sequel. New to the series is George Hamilton, surprisingly effective as Michael's financial advisor, B. J. Harrison. [More]
Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna, Eli Wallach
Starring: Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Joe Mantegna, Eli Wallach, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, Sofia Coppola, Rick Aviles
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Reviews for The Godfather Part III
Will always be compared less favorably to its siblings, and rightly so, but it's a pretty good movie in its own right ... warts and all.
Para muchos es el episodio menos afortunado de El Padrino, sin embargo es el capítulo final y en las manos de Puzo, Coppola y Pacino, el resultado no puede ser malo.
A discordant and unnecessary coda to an already completed and glorious symphony of films.
although not in the league with its predecessors, [it] is still an invigorating, deeply felt piece of work
Ultimately, the film is fine for ending the trilogy, but Part III is more of an appendix than an epilogue.
Though certainly one of 1990's better films, it is seriously flawed and doesn't hold a candle to the two earlier Godfather movies, considered in most critical corners to be among the best, if not the best, films of the 1970s.
It may be that Coppola was right to put off filing this last installment all these years; from the evidence here, he had nothing more to say.
The Godfather Part III is a good movie, with moments of rare power, but it is not a great one -- a reason why many fans of the series have voiced their disappointment.
The third film is no more flawed and probably in a league with the first two.
It is, I suspect, not even possible to understand this film without knowing the first two, and yet, knowing them, Part III works better than it should, evokes the same sense of wasted greatness, of misdirected genius.
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