STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Al Pacino Robert De Niro Diane Keaton

Directors Francis Ford Coppola

Screenwriters Mario Puzo Francis Ford Coppola

Running Time 200 minutes

The Godfather Part II (18)

Plot
We follow Michael (Pacino) through the 1950s, as his would-be legitimate business gets into sleazy deals in Cuba and the US Senate, and he is forced to break the ultimate taboo by having his own brother murdered. Meanwhile, we see his father Vito (De Niro) as a young man, establishing the family via a street gang in turn-of-the-century New York.

Verdict
This is nothing short of magisterial.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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