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The Godfather Part III (1990)
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The Godfather Part III overview

After a break of more than 15 years, director Francis Ford Coppola and writer Mario Puzo returned to the well for this third and final story of the fictional Corleone crime family. Two decades have passed, and crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now divorced from his wife Kay (Diane Keaton), has nearly succeeded in keeping his promise that his family would one day be "completely legitimate." A philanthropist devoted to public service, Michael is in the news as the recipient of a special award from the Pope for his good works, a controversial move given his checkered past. Determined to buy redemption, Michael and his lawyer B.J. (George Hamilton) are working on a complicated but legal deal to bail the Vatican out of looming financial troubles that will ultimately reap billions and put Michael on the world stage as a major financial player. However, trouble looms in several forms: The press is hostile to his intentions. Michael is in failing health and suffers a mild diabetic stroke. Stylish mob underling Joey Zaza (Joe Mantegna) is muscling into the Corleone turf. "The Commission" of Mafia families, represented by patriarch Altobello (Eli Wallach) doesn't want to let their cash cow Corleone out of the Mafia, though he has made a generous financial offer in exchange for his release from la cosa nostra. And then there's Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia), the illegitimate and equally temperamental son of Michael's long-dead brother Sonny. Vincent desperately wants in to the family (both literally and figuratively), and at the urging of his sister Connie (Talia Shire), Michael welcomes the young man and allows him to adopt the Corleone name. However, a flirtatious attraction between Vincent and his cousin, Michael's naïve daughter Mary (Sofia Coppola) develops, and threatens to develop into a full-fledged romance and undo the godfather's future plans. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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The Godfather Part III News & Reviews

"Fans of the first two instalments are likely to find The Godfather Part III an unworthy heir to the tradition. First-time voters, meanwhile, will surely wonder what on earth all the fuss was all about."
2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5
03 February 2008
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"16 years after winning an Oscar for directing "The Godfather Part II", Francis Ford Coppola made a belated, ill-advised return to the scene of his greatest triumph and churned out a film which, in every respect, is a pale shadow of its predecessors. "
3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5
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"It isn't the overpoweringly great movie the first ''Godfather'' was (let's be reasonable -- how could it have been?), yet by the end it attains a deep-grained emotional grandeur. "
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"At the beginning of The Godfather Part III, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now an aging don bent on respectability (as opposed to respect), heads up an afternoon charity function and announces his contribution of $100 million to a fund for the preservation of Sicily. "
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"In this third film in the epic Corleone trilogy, Al Pacino reprises the role of powerful family leader Michael Corleone. "
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The Godfather Part III comments

kingtrae
"The worst of the 3, but still pretty good"
by kingtrae, 01:22 03 March 2010
IzabelAlmeida
"the last of three masterpieces of cinema"
by IzabelAlmeida, 20:33 02 March 2010