
The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs... (Full plot summary below)
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The Godfather "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of the Corleone mafia family in New York. He is at the event of his daughter's wedding. Michael, Vito's youngest son and a decorated WW II Marine is also present at the wedding. Michael seems to be uninterested in being a part of the family business. Vito is a powerful man, and is kind to all those who give him respect but is ruthless against those who do not. But when a powerful and treacherous rival wants to sell drugs and needs the Don's influence for the same, Vito refuses to do it. What follows is a clash between Vito's fading old values and the new ways which may cause Michael to do the thing he was most reluctant in doing and wage a mob war against all the other mafia families which could tear the Corleone family apart.
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| Film Written MagazineShay CaseyIt engulfs us in the lives of a lot of despicable people, but it fails to repulse us. |
| Village VoiceAndrew SarrisBrando's triumph and fascination is less that of an actor of parts than of a star galaxy of myths. |
| L.A. WeeklyF.X. FeeneyTraces the arc of this doomed idealism with a beauty that is still fresh. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonBrando made Don Vito something we rarely see in movies: a tragicomic villain-hero, a vulnerable hood. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouRumsey TaylorThe Godfather films remain so powerful, so ubiquitous, because in the Corleones we see the American Dream -- and in turn, ourselves. |
| MovieCrypt.comKevin A. RansonWith all due respect to this 1972 classic, Vizzini was right: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh Larsen...a metaphor for creating and protecting your own business in this country - only with the added glamour of guns. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThere are volumes that could be written -- and have been -- about the movie's uniformly powerful performances; its precedent-setting editing by William Reynolds and Peter Zinner; Nino Rota's haunting score; and Dean Tavoularis's evocative set design. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonLike Citizen Kane, The Godfather doesn't age. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewAn everyday story of Mafia folk, incorporating a severed horse's head in the bed and a number of heartwarming family occasions, as well as pointers on how not to behave in your local trattoria. |