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The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American crime film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and it's the final film of the Godfater trilogy.

Plot
The movie begins in 1979, with a brief flashback establishing the long and tragic history of criminal activity within, and by, the Corleone family. Much has changed. Michael Corleone (Pacino) is now approaching 60 and feels tremendous guilt for indulging in his ruthless ambition many years ago. Although his previous conquests have made him a very rich man, the thoughts of his children, their future, happiness, and his legacy are the only things keeping him going. His adopted brother Tom Hagen is now dead.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It's the amazing conclusion to The Godfather trilogy.
 * 2) The immensely beautiful story of a family with the lives of father & son being juxtaposed and paralleled in such a poetic and Shakesperian manner, making for one of the greatest stories in cinematic history.
 * 3) Fantastic writing that was written by Mario Puzo, and Francis Ford Coppola.
 * 4) The movie does have a lot of darker moments too, much like the first two movies, with the amount of suspense towards the end.
 * 5) Director Francis Ford Coppola did a good job directing the third movie.
 * 6) It does have a few good socio-political analysis.
 * 7) Beautiful and haunting score that was performed by Carmine Coppola.
 * 8) The acting, (except for Sofia Coppola) is well done, especially for Al Pacino, Talia Shire.
 * 9) Who's gonna win the car, your aunt?
 * 10) Masterful cinematography by Gordon Willis.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sofia Coppola's acting is horrendously bad, being bland, emotionless, and extremely wooden. However, she's gone on to be a famous director, like her father.
 * 2) The film (despite being decent) is generally considered to be not as good as the first two Godfather movies.

Reception
At Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a generally positive response with a 68% "fresh" rating. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 60, based on 19 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". The Godfather Part III is almost unanimously considered to be not as good of the three Godfather films.

In his review, Roger Ebert stated that it is "not even possible to understand this film without knowing the first two." Nonetheless, Ebert wrote an enthusiastic review, awarding the film three-and-a-half stars.