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Coppola’s approach tends to be humanistic, ethnic, and almost grotesquely nostalgic.
Full reviewFrancis Ford Coppola’s mafia masterpiece stars Marlon Brando in an Oscar-winning performance as the aging patriarch of an organised crime dynasty handing control of the empire to his reluctant son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). When a rival gang wants to impede on the Corleone’s territory, family duties will shape Michael into the leader that is demanded of him. Co-stars James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Sterling Hayden and Richard S. Castellano. In addition to Brando's Oscar for Best Actor, The Godfather's other big wins at the 1973 Academy Awards included Best Picture and Best Screenplay.
Coppola’s approach tends to be humanistic, ethnic, and almost grotesquely nostalgic.
Full reviewThe Godfather keeps so much in front of us all the time that we’re never bored...
Full reviewBrando is perhaps a little too obviously giving a performance, but within those limits he is good.
Full reviewFrancis Ford Coppola has made one of the most brutal and moving chronicles of American life ever designed within the limits of popular entertainment.
Full reviewA brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia entirely on its own terms.
Full reviewIt could be argued that Francis Ford Coppola's film of Mario Puzo's bestseller, at once an art movie and a commercial blockbuster, marked the dawn of the age of the mega-movie.
Full reviewThe Godfather is available to stream in Australia now on Stan and Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Foxtel and Binge and Prime Video Store and Paramount+.
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