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The Godfather (1972)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 9.4
The Godfather poster

Overview

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive

Overview

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film offers a nuanced exploration of power, family, and morality, critiquing the failures of both legitimate and illegitimate institutions without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology. It balances themes that could appeal to both left and right interpretations, focusing instead on universal human struggles.

The film features traditional casting that aligns with the ethnic background of its characters, primarily Italian-American. Its narrative focuses on a patriarchal family structure without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film portrays Christian rituals and symbols with solemnity, using them to highlight the profound hypocrisy and moral corruption of its characters. The narrative condemns the characters' betrayal of their faith's tenets, thereby implicitly affirming the dignity and virtues of Christianity itself.

The Godfather does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the Corleone family's criminal enterprise, power struggles, and traditional values, without incorporating any queer representation or related storylines.

The Godfather does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative is entirely focused on the Corleone family's criminal enterprise and internal conflicts, with no elements pertaining to transgender identity.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The 1972 film "The Godfather" is a direct adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel. All major characters, as established in the source material, retain their original genders in the film's portrayal. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being depicted as another are present.

The film "The Godfather" faithfully adapts its source material, portraying all established characters, primarily Italian-American, with actors of the same race. No character's race was altered from their canonical or historical depiction.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

9.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
9.2
The Movie Database logo
8.7

Critic Ratings

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9.7
Metacritic logo
10.0

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