The Best Ever.

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2002)

This is the Quintessential movie. This is the film that has been chased by so many directors. This is the movie that acheives brilliance. This is the movie that has been spoofed more times than any other (except for Star Wars).
The Godfather is a movie about family, as so the saying goes.

It tells the story of the Corleone Family, a big Mafia family engrossed in a rapidly escalating gang war of the different families of New York. At the helm is Vito Corleone, the patriarch of the family. His sons, Fredo, Sonny and Michael. Sonny is deeply involved in the family business, and he's obviously the heir to the throne. Michael is the oddball. He's a war hero, and wants no part in the family business. But as events unfold, that changes.
The acting is superb. The writing is the best I've ever seen in any film. I've just recently seen this movie in its entirety, and it's everything I've heard. I love this movie, and I think that it changed the way we watch movies. I think anybody who's anybody has seen this movie, and they too put it up on their top ten list. For me, this is #1.
Final Rating: 10/10