a feeling of "déjà vu".

Rating: 6/10 (14 June 2002)

I have nothing special to reproach this film with because it is quite entertaining but not as vibrant as the previous ones. Everything is built so that we remember the previous parts of the Godfather and the real pleasure is only to find again people we have already seen. Some of the scenes, especially the one at the Italian feast with the procession which really reminds us with Vito's story is too close to the one previously seen. When you saw the three parts quite closely in time you really have a feeling of `déjà vu' which suppresses the suspense. Things here seems too superficial and put together only to answer all the questions we could have had in the previous films : how it was possible to act like that with Fredo, how Michael was feeling with his first wife and then with Kay. But, any of us could have made nearly the same answers and while in part II things seemed a bit too hard, here things seem a bit too nice  with respect to people feeling. For me, the only good part of the film is the enigma around the Vatican, which is inspired by a real life fact. The film gives its own interpretation of it and it is rather pleasant. Michael's daughter is a bit empty and the relationship between Michael and his children sounds more or less queer.