I don't hate the third movie as much as others on the board may, but it's still easily the weakest of the three. The grim Michael Corleone of the first 2 movies that sold his soul turned into some joke-cracking goof. (I'm thinking of his uncharacteristic moments of joking about listening to Tony Bennett records or telling Kay to give him the signal to kill himself. The film lacks logic at points. Sophia Coppola's acting wasn't on par with other cast members. Neither was Andy Garcia's, in my opinion.

Still, I liked the intrigue with the Vatican and thought it was a terrific plot elements. The Vatican banker archibishop was a terrific character.

Still, it sufferes from the lack of great actors from the past films, especially Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen.