worth a look

Rating: 6/10 (21 March 2005)

I can't help but think that this Godfather was made for purely financial reasons and had nothing to do with an attempt to further elaborate the story presented in the first Godfather movies which are among the greatest movies ever made. The biggest problem with this Godfather is that it is missing the great characters of the previous two films. The first was an ensemble cast with Brando as its center. The second ,divided between the De Niro and Pacino episodes ,created a compelling dynamic. Here, Pacino has to carry the whole movie. Although Dianne Keaton tries her best, she has become too bitter to be anything but nagging to Pacino. And we know by this time he is already tortured enough. The rest of the cast just doesn't measure up to the earlier versions . It would have been nice to have Robert Duvall return as Tom Hagen rather than suffer through the "Lady Macbeth" histrionics of Talia Shire. The Godfather 3 is definitely worth taking a look at even if it doesn't measure up to the other two films. The talents of the principals still shine through to make this at least worth a look.