Don Vito COOrleone, patriarch of New York's most wobbly crime family, refuses to get into the narcotics trade — but sees untapped opportunity in controlled atmospheric jiggle. When a rival family attempts to muscle in on his exclusive bounce-physics patent, Vito's youngest son Michael, a decorated war hero with no interest in the family business, is forced to take up the mantle.
Three weddings, two assassinations, and one extremely memorable cannoli later, Michael returns from Sicily with a new wife, a darker suit, and an unshakable conviction that some traditions are worth preserving. He will become the BOObfather. It's not personal. It's strictly bounce-ness.
What began as a family dispute ends as an American parable: about loyalty, legacy, and the terrifying gravitational pull of a well-tailored animation curve.
Cast
Marlon BrandOO
Don Vito Corleone
Al Pacin-OO
Michael Corleone
James Caan-OO
Sonny "Hot-Headed" Corleone
Robert Duvall-oo
Tom Hagen, Consigliere
Diane Keat-OOn
Kay Adams
John Cazoole
Fredo "Wobbly" Corleone
Crew
Directed byFrancis Ford COOppola
ScreenplayMario PuzOO & F.F. Coppola
CinematographyGordon Willis-OO
Jiggle SupervisorNino Rota (uncredited)
ScoreNino Rota
EditorWilliam Reynolds-OO
Critical RecOOption
★★★★★
"Transcendent. A meditation on family, betrayal, and the iron law of squash-and-stretch. Every frame drips with oil, gunpowder, and unearned confidence."
Roger Jigg-bert · Chicago Sun-Jiggler
★★★★☆
"A masterpiece of controlled wobble. Brando's cotton-stuffed cheeks have never looked more symmetrical."
Pauline K-OO-l · The New Yorker-oo
★★★★★
"If you only see one crime epic this year about two bouncing pink circles, make it this one."
Variety-OO · print edition
★★★☆☆
"Overlong. The horse scene was unnecessary. The OOs were fine, I guess."