The Godfather, Part II film review

Review

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The Godfather, Part II

(1974)

In The Godfather, Don Corleone's war hero son Michael (Al Pacino) turns into a man who orders death like room service. In this sequel, Michael is a symbol of an America born of immigrant idealism and dying of corruption. The only moral support is the Family. Breathtaking in scope, Part II also shows the early life of the Don, brilliantly portrayed by Robert De Niro, as he flees Sicily and sails for New York. These sequences have the grandeur of a silent movie by DW Griffith or Erich von Stroheim; the later sequences, with Michael in Cuba, are clumsy and confusing, though the climax is as chilling as the look on Michael's face when he realises that even Family members can be rubbed out. Pacino gives a monumental performance, and it was an equally monumental crime that he never won an Oscar for it. AT

Contains violence, swearing.

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Running time

192min

Country of origin

Genre

Crime Drama

Original language

English / Italian

Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, from characters created by Mario Puzo

Subtitling information

In English, Italian with subtitles




awards information


	Award	Category	Name	Nominee/Winner

	Academy 1974	Actor	Al Pacino	Nominee
	Academy 1974	Actor in a Supporting Role	Robert De Niro	Winner
	Academy 1974	Actor in a Supporting Role	Michael V Gazzo	Nominee
	Academy 1974	Actor in a Supporting Role	Lee Strasberg	Nominee
	Academy 1974	Actress in a Supporting Role	Talia Shire	Nominee
	Academy 1974	Best Picture		Winner
	Academy 1974	Directing	Francis Ford Coppola	Winner
	Academy 1974	Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)	Francis Ford Coppola	Winner
	Academy 1974	Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)	Mario Puzo	Winner
	BFAA 1975	Best Actor	Al Pacino	Winner