Classic Friday : The Godfather (1972) 8/10

Starring : Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall
Director : Francis Ford Coppola
Running Time : 176 mins

Michael Corleone (Pacino) returns from fighting in the war to attend his sisters weding. His family business, basically trading favours in return for respect, is something he doesn't want to be involved in, but when a rival family want to start selling drugs in spite of the protests from Don Vito (Brando) - the head of the Corleone family - Michael is forced to become more involved in the family business than he ever planned to be.

This movie is definitely ahead of its time, even though it is set in the past, but to be fair it is a little over-hyped for what it is. There are some nice touches and some genuinely shocking moments, but combined with an overly long runtime and some honestly poor acting from Brando, and this is realistically speaking not that impressive a film.

You’ll like this if you liked : Goodfellas