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Godfather, The (1972)

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All Time

of 190,013

4

1970's

of 10,575

1

1972

of 3,438

1
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,073
  
  1
  
  Crime of 1972
  
  of 51
  
  1
  
  Crime of the 1970's
  
  of 444
  
  1
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,943
  
  2
  
  Drama of 1972
  
  of 202
  
  1
  
  Drama of the 1970's
  
  of 1,855
  
  1

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Godfather, The (1972) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.8896

Avg Critic Score:3.9812

Godfather, The (1972) Movie Reviews

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The epic gangster film is family hardened and breathes fire into the belly of the contemporary gangster genre. It represents the best of what Hollywood can produce. ...read the complete Godfather movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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A film generally regarded to be among the greatest ever finally surfaces as a single DVD. Film fanatics wary of purchasing 2001’s The Godfather DVD Collection, which gathered all three cinematic instalments of the Corleone family’s rise and fall from...read the complete Godfather, The (1972) review at Exclaim! (--)

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DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

I remember watching one of those cable TV documentaries a few years back about gangsters and the narrator remarking that by the early seventies real-life Mafiosi had lost touch with any sense of pride in their dubious heritage. Then "The Godfather"...read the complete Godfather, The (1972) review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)

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