Can we appreciate that Sofia Coppola can direct

By the time filming was done, she was probably saying to herself the famous Hollywood line: "What I really want to do is direct." Incidentally, Lost in Translation is one of my favorite movies ever.

I mean her physical acting isn’t bad, and she certainly looks the part. But good lord, that flat vocal delivery.

She was great. She speaks slowly which is her natural way. She couldn’t help the monotone as she had no training and her father pushed her into this acting venture in a movie before she was ready. She’s now a great director/film maker and always a beauty! ❤

Can’t believe critics called her ugly. 😮

She wore her clothes beautifully

My goodness, I had heard her acting was bad but I never thought it was this bad smh 😅

Even though Andy Garcia isn’t Italian in any way, I’m proud that he played Italians all the time. He’s so good looking

When he broke up with her, her reaction reminds me of my first time being dumped by my crush as a teen lol. The disbelief, the bargaining, the feeling of everything crashing down. She summed that up in her performance imo. I love her in this movie. Innocence.

“I’m your little cousin”

She was absolutely Gorgeous!! Loved her performance. Cried when she died because my family dealt with similar loss and she reminded me of my late sister

I think Siri has a more emotional delivery than Sofia in this movie. I’m glad she became a talented writer and director because those are her strengths.

One of the saddest stories in cinema. I cried when she was murdered.

The spechless al pacino's cry out when she was murdered Is a brutal scene... It sums up all the pain, all the sorrow...

Awww she did her best! She was so young in this movie

I do not see there that Sofía Coppola's performance deserves the avalanche of criticism that it brought at the time, quite the opposite. She herself made it clear that being an actress was not her desire at all. To my understanding, she played the role of a young and innocent girl, with high education and respect for family tradition, still oblivious to the machinations of her mafia family. Her ignorance or lack of knowledge of the world in which her relatives operate makes her pure soul. She is a timeless, atypical and iconic beauty, which shows her character to be healthily captivating and the young age of both the actress and the character justifies her inexperience, perhaps, and that definitely works in her favor! Everything is calculated in Mary Corleone's performance, right down to her blatant challenge to her father (the basket scene), her half-conscious expression of reality ("you are using me to pull the strings" in the attic), her immature whimsy on the stairs that will lead to her death... Perfect performance and tragic unfair ending.

I dont get the criticism of her.. she seems a lot like the rich Italian girls I’ve come across in my life. She seemed very authentic. I think the fact that she was pretty but not a bombshell added to the credibility/realism.

Her acting isn't terrible in this, but I'm glad she chose to pursue directing instead. She has a real affinity for it!

I'd never noticed that she was listening to Elvis Costello in that bedroom scene. Given Sofia's love of late 70s new wave / postpunk (as reflected in her soundtrack choices) that's a nice little view of what's to come

People talk so much ish about her and her performance but I LOVED her as Mary. She was so unique and unexpected, instead of the trite leading ladies of the time. She was so young, but was so natural, and believable. I think she conveyed so much believable emotion for her age and lent an authenticity to the performance with her youth and purity.

My kingdom for her hair.

Sophia is very young and innocent here. I liked seeing her in this role. Americans are hyper critical and narrow minded about talent. She was celebrated throughout Europe.

shes such a genuine and unique character and played so naturally by Sofia

"My daughter Mary Corleone." Vincent: "Challenge Accepted"

Hearing her talk all I can think of is “the room” by Tommy Wiseau

I've heard the lore, but...honestly, she's really not that bad. It's subtle. And again, an actor is as good, in part, because of the direction they take. I've certainly seen much, much worse. Winona Ryder has two - TWO - Oscar nominations, and I don't know how or why. At least Sofia's directorial skills run in the family.

0:38 - for some reason I always laugh at that part 😂

Thank God she's an amazing director! One of my favorites in the business.

You could torture info out of war criminals just by making them watch her performance on a loop

I love her in this movie to be honest.

I loved her role and role play. Physically, a beauty.

I admire her work.

Supposedly Winona Ryder was cast as Mary but had to pull out (and they couldn’t pull her back in). Sofia replaced her at the last minute, the Vincent/Mary story was trimmed, and critics crucified her. Clods-She looked the part, wasn’t half bad, and got to laugh last as a director.

Everytime she says the line "Why am I doing this?", I shout BECAUSE YOU'RE THE DIRECTORS DAUGHTER, FFS!

Sofia Coppola is a great actress and a beautiful woman. I will never forget when I watched her first time in "Godfather 3".

If Andy Garcia was my cousin, I would have a really hard time staying away from him too

Sofia Coppola is the one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen, she’s definitely my girl crush

One of my first crushes…❤️‍🔥

That final dad moment got to me and he never got his girl again and her cousin will never talk to her again. That’s why you don’t brush ppl off when they want to talk to you you never know when will be their last day on this earth.

Awwww Mary is so beautiful and cute 💖☺️ I cried like a baby when she got shot and killed at the end 😢😞

Love somebody else 😢

00:33 ay yo hang on a second 😂

She wrecked that film.

When there is no words Is the best answer Love ❤

When they come, they come for what you love the most!

Ah yes! The part nobody was asking about!

I will never understand the hate she got for this performance. She is so beautiful, and her understated delivery is exactly what you might expect from a shy teenager, which is the character she was playing!

Is nobody gonna talk about her hair? ❤❤❤

I’ll give you a hint… he’s Italian

love how she’s representing her natural physical features, but she was just a victim of the crew not being prepared to have an understudy for one of the main characters i mean come on..she just wanted to help her father cut down on costs of having to cut any shooting days, so of course she agreed, especially to try and make him proud

My mom was IN LOVE with Andy Garcia. Now I see why I love Italian men lol

As someone who loved Godfather I and II, I wasn't as fond of Godfather III, but I enjoyed Al Pacino and Sofia Coppola's roles in the movie. I think Sophia is remarkably photogenic and beautiful with an ideally authentic Italian/ Sicilian appearance, and her relatively flat delivery as some have called it comes across as realistic to me. I am fond of her expressions as well. I like the fact that she doesn't overact.

Andy Garcia un bel homme et bon acteur!❤❤❤

This is soooo true. And it shocks you. Even your bestest. Or a homie you been good good friends with for nearly 20 years. And don’t think they won’t take it from you or not give it back around Christmas either.

And now she's a director like her dad

Godfather Part 3 was definitely one of the movies ever

I cant help but laugh at her dearh scene. The way she says "Dad" like shes only slightly uncomfortable

Good best friend Tony ❤❤❤

I'd love to see her do a movie about...Connie! Who is the mover in GF 3. The relationship between her and Vincent bears scrutiny to say the least.

I knew a girl (ex lover) who spoke like this. Reminds me of her. Yes there are when who act and talk like this.

Is She dubbed ?

CHooooo….some of those line readings.

what is the name of the classical music piece at the beginning in the background

Was incest really necessary?

I find it difficult to believe there was no-one other than Sofia Coppola available to play the part of Mary. She made the film memorable for all the wrong reasons.

Алиса Дерун ❤

This is cinema. -Martin Scorsese

She's a terrible actress but one hell of a director. I hope that she wins that directing oscar one day!

Sweet home Sicily

well...she's a fantastic director

What an excellent actress, almost forgot jt was a movie and thought i was watching live pd

I kinda like how flat her dialogue is, sometimes it works. A lot of the time it doesn't. I just don't know

I❤️Sofia🔥🔥🔥🔥

Still in love with her, to this day.

Might have been bad acting, but man she was a hottie back then

Huh I don't get the criticism she gets for this role. She perfectly encapsulates an innocent sheltered young girl forcing herself to be more grown up than she is.

Mary Corleone : Hi I remember u Travis Bickle : u talkin to me ?😆

She's like the female equivalent of Keanu Reeves.

Her voice for the most part,has no inflections. No emotions.

This movie was hilarious. I can’t even consider it part or Godfather trilogy.

They say she ruined the movie, To me it was pacinos hair

Beautiful pure beautiful Italian beauty❤❤❤❤❤ love her

In retrospect I don't think a seasoned actor could have done this her role better - conversely, don't forget Sofia was also in Rumble Fish playing. For G3 she brings a certain unawareness and naive confidence as Mary. She was about the same age as her character, has a powerful successful Italian father like Mary, and experienced the unearned privilege Mary had. When the film came out , critics went in a group tizzy panning her performance. But if a Wynona Ryder or a similar actor (who is one of my favorite actors) had played the role I'm not sure we get the loss of innocence and tragedy when Mary is killed., her death symbolizes Michael's sins being revisited upon him, (he killed not just his brother, but the son of his mother and father, Michael is the one who commits the ultimate sin in the history of all three narratives. Sofia Coppola is one of my favorite writer/directors and Lost in Translation inspired my recent short film - full disclosure.

Andy Garcia was so handsome here 😍

Fine asf!!!

Let's just be honest, if this was *ANY* other actress, she wouldn't have been hated for this role. I think people solely hated this because she is Francis Ford Coppola's daughter. This was a really good movie. Was it great? Not quite. But compared to the first 2 Godfather movies, what movies are great?

She's very beautiful, and some people actually do speak with flat delivery... That's the way Sophia speaks in real life, everyone says how quiet she is, even when she directs!

Her very first role was in GF1

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I mean she wasn't working with the best material either. Not even Winona could make a first cousin love scene work. 😂

"Dad..." so flat

Her best scene was her dying,the shot.

Shes was gorgeous omg i knew a friend that looked like her

Ive never seen this. But she is fabulous. Whomever say she didn't deliver, is a fuckin ' fool.

Bella ragazza! 😍

Why did he put his 18 year old daughter in this film to hookup with a 34 year old so creepy

She was perfect for this part.

I liked her in the movie

some of the scenes aren’t completely awful, like the cafe scene is decent. it sounds like they overdubbed a Lot of her lines, like they weren’t even mixed into the scene right. she sounds like she’s somewhere completely different.

Acting so bad the ending was unexpectedly satisfying