The Godfather Part II

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The Godfather Part II

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The crime sage continues in our 88th edition of the T100P. Al Pacino and John Cazale are outstanding, although the rest of the cast kills it too. Francis Coppola's second-most worshipped film also features De Niro aping Brando as young Vito. Is this the equal of Part I...or even better? Our long chat about a long movie requires your rapt attention!

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Ryan and Bev Ellis are partners in film nerdery who share their often humorous musings on the AFI's 1998 & 2007 lists of the greatest 100 American films ever made. But we finished with that in December 2015, so now we just review anything we feel like!

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