In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Nominated for 7 Oscars. 6 wins & 23 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The acting is merely passable, several characters are given nothing to do, and Michael's paranoid self-pity lends the film an absurd morality: Coppola expects us to sympathise with the semblance of virtue.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Represents a certain moral improvement over its predecessors by refusing to celebrate and condemn violence and duplicity in the same breath, or at least to the same degree.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Dec 2007
fresh:
The Godfather Part III matches its predecessors in narrative intensity, epic scope, socio-political analysis, physical beauty and deep feeling for its characters and milieu.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
12 Dec 2007
fresh:
The movie, a heady thicket of political intrigue and double crosses, is slower, talkier, and more prosaic than the first two films, and its narrative seams sometimes show. And yet it's more than the sum of its mazelike convolutions.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Dec 2007
fresh:
The film is a slow fuse with a big bang -- one that echoes through every family whose own tragedy is an aching for things past and loved ones lost.