The Godfather

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The wedding sequence... is a virtuoso stretch of filmmaking: Coppola brings his large cast onstage so artfully that we are drawn at once into the Godfather's world.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Overflowing with life, rich with all the grand emotions and vital juices of existence, up to and including blood. And its deaths, like that of Hotspur in "Henry IV, Part I," continue to shock no matter how often we've watched them coming. [16 Mar 1997, Calendar, p.7]Read the full review

The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites

One of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment. [16 Mar 1972]Read the full review

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