3 Godfathers Review

Review of 3 Godfathers (1948) by screenqueeen: 👍 3/5

Kind of torn on this one. The cinematography is beautiful and the characters have this quality about them that suggests that they don't prefer the life they lead when we meet them. I was at my most gleeful when each of the three godfathers had their masculinity challenged while their staunch participation in male gender roles inform their mild disgust at keeping a vulnerable human being alive.

The feeling of obligation that they feel for fulfilling the dying mother's wish becomes almost like a pardon for the outlaws, that if they deliver this baby safe then vindication awaits them in their future, when they actually made a horrible mistake of robbing the town bank after running into the sheriff at his house and then deciding to flee towards the desert, continuing to do so even with a newborn to take care of.