In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New
York and Italy, aging mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to vow for his
sins while taking a young protégé under his wing.
It's a good movie with all the ingredients of the previous parts, but
adds nothing in scope and depth, and the plot is not as stringently
scripted.
On re-watching: This remains an ambivalent
experience, since it falls so way down below the previous two films and
has so many flaws and only rare moments of brilliance.
Halliwell**: "Overlong, often confusing to those who cannot remember the
earlier films, and hampered by at least one wretched performance, it
fails to reach the standard of the first two movies in the series. But
for all that it retains one's interest most of the time."
Maltin***: "Only a filmmaker like Coppola (teamed with writer Mario
Puzo) could extend his history-making Mafioso saga and make it work so
well. Absorbing story...Longish, but masterfully told, with one
almost-fatal flaw: the casting of Coppola's daughter Sofia (an amateur)
in the pivotal role of Pacino's daughter."
[N.B.: Although many have criticized Sofia Coppola, I disagree: she plays adequate to the role. The problem is that the love story with her cousin is in itself misconceived from the start.]
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