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1972 |
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DRAMA
SERIES
CRIME
THRILLER
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175 |
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The son (Al Pacino) of a gangster (Marlon Brando) takes over.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| A landmark in 70s cinema, if only because it proved that a movie of this weight could be a huge hit. It's certainly a bravura piece of direction with a superb performance by Pacino, a memorably hammy one by Brando, and brilliantly staged set pieces - but those critics who think it a great film seem to have confused detail and length with depth. As a parable about American free enterprise, it's facile and vacuous; and as insight into organised crime, it is extremely dubious. No wonder members of the Mafia loved it; it ends up celebrating the mob as a model of family life and corporate loyalty. |
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, Al Pacino 
, James Caan 