The Godfather: Part II
The Godfather Part II presents two parallel storylines. One involves Mafia chief Michael Corleone in 1958/1959 after the events of the first movie; the other is a series of flashbacks following his father, Vito Corleone from 1917 to 1925, from his youth in Sicily (1901) to the founding of the Corleone family in New York.
27 July 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 June 1947, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
17 November 1901, Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Budaniv, Ukraine]
4 June 1930, Pleasantville, New York, USA
6 November 1914
December 12, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
24 January 1937, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
31 August 1920, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA
20 February 1926, Allendale, New Jersey, USA
June 03, 2015
There are, in fact, a great many good things to look at in the film. But they don't add up to anything very impressive. I came away with the feeling I had been shown somebody's family-snapshot album with all the pictures pasted up in the wrong order.
February 25, 2014
The result is among the very greatest American films.
February 24, 2013
One of the most ambitious and brilliantly executed American films, a landmark work from one of Hollywood's top cinema eras.
February 20, 2014
It is even better than the first film, and has the greatest single final scene in Hollywood history, a real coup de cinéma.
February 20, 2009
Not once does Pacino overtly ask for the audience's sympathy, but through a disciplined, suggestive performance he dominates the film.
June 03, 2015
An admirable, responsible production, less emotionally disturbing than its predecessor, but a grand historical epic studying the nature of power in the United States' heritage.
February 19, 2008
The Paramount release has everything going for it.
November 17, 2011
This is quite simply one of the saddest movies ever made, a tale of loss, grief and absolute loneliness, an unflinching stare into the darkest moral abyss.
September 23, 2014
One of the greatest sequels ever.
February 20, 2014
Either taken alone or together with the original, The Godfather Part II is an astounding work.
June 03, 2015
It goes much deeper than The Godfather in analyzing the twisted mentalities of these men who pervert the capitalist system for their own gain. The film is richer in texture and gives more evidence of social awareness.
February 25, 2014
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.
