One of the top movies

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2013)

A bit over-glorified as far as "crime families" are concerned, nevertheless, acting is top, cinematography is top, and it does have characteristics that made it part of modern Western culture. This movie has no flaws, even as far as its "message" is concerned.
I do believe though that it's incomplete without "part II" (part III was an appendix). I'm a Mediterranean and I can understand "why this and why that", and an American can understand the "why's" by watching Part II, then watch Part I again. There are many shades of gray in the personalities of immigrants, especially the most ambitious of them. In the eyes of an American, Part I is a crime movie, but with Part II it also becomes a cultural movie, and the main focus switches from "crime" to something more cultural - integration and part of American history, through the story of an Italian family.
Highly recommended to people who would read a book again, and would see a movie again.