GREAT AND A CLASSIC. BUT PERHAPS OVER-RATED?

Rating: 1/10 (21 May 2001)

The Godfather is a great movie and, in a series of three, the quality didn't diminish. The second installment won the Oscar for best picture, and it deserved it. However for those who read the book first, it is all familiar territory. Marlon Brando has only been better in "On the Waterfront" and Al Pacino has never been better, that is saying something. The film is perfect, almost. The book is better than the film and rarely get's mentioned. Emotion is there, but an age old stereotype get's enforced along the way. Everything else is perfect and earns the honour of being a true classic. The problem with the first installment, the second one was somehow better.