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Rating: Null/10 (9 October 1999)

This was pretty good for what it was, and did well at the box office(66M in 1990-91). I liked the performances for the most part, enjoyed the bow to John Gotti(Joey Zasa?) and the cinematic skill Coppola used throughout.

His kid can't act.
Pacino was good, so was Mrs. Rocky(sorry) and Garcia. I can't say that I was impressed with the last half hour though-just WHO killed the Pope, the Italian Mob or Pacino? The dead guy hanging from the bridge, who did him? Why? And where did Garcia go to at the end?
Roger Ebert made the observation that many of these scenes were shot from afar, and bore the looks of being over-dubbed in post production: i.e. even Coppola didn't really know 'til afterwards, flipping a coin, more like.
But I think they got it right more than wrong, and it is worth watching.
*** outta ****