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The Many Saints of Newark

100 Movies of 2021

2021

Alan Taylor

Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal ...

5.8

4,147

Drama A look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Michael Gandolfini is goosebump-inducing as the young Tony Soprano (...) it is watchable but weirdly obtuse with a tricksy narrative reveal that doesn’t add much (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"The Many Saints of Newark is an absorbing detour into the family backstory on which the David Chase series was built. But it provides little in the way of fresh illumination."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A valuable new addition to the Soprano family (...) . The result, almost by design, is equal parts gratuitous fan service and gripping mob drama"
		Calum Marsh The New York Times	"'Many Saints' is a treat for “Sopranos” fans, full of subtle references to series lore (...) But the movie doesn’t make much of an effort to explain characters or their relationships to the uninitiated"
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"David Chase gives "The Sopranos" a lively and convincing origin story, until it comes to showing us how Tony became Tony (...) At the end, I felt like we needed a second prequel,"
		Nick De Semlyen Empire	"Weaving the action into real history, Chase provides a new perspective and an unvarnished look at a tempestuous time (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"A richly detailed movie filled with enough new material and callbacks to accommodate a limited series, which might have been the more interesting approach."
		Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"If you're a Sopranos fan you're already hooked; if you aren't, why are you here?"
		A.A. Dowd AV Club	"While The Sopranos demonstrated that the tropes of gangster cinema could be reinvigorated through serialized storytelling, filtering them back into a two-hour format leaves only… the tropes."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Sinewy and smart, it’s a rich imaginative leap into the pre-history of an iconic show, and a rare instance of the big screen doing right by the small (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Olly Richards Time Out	"The Sopranos was never really crying out for a prequel, but as prequels go, [it] is better than most (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dan Callahan The Wrap	"Awkward big-screen treatment proves the classic HBO series needs no embellishment"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"What you're getting here is a very enjoyable mob movie that can be appreciated by anybody, but will undoubtedly be preferred by 'The Sopranos' fans (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"More footnote than great mob epic (...) the power this movie is missing"
		Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"It's an often frustrating approach, sacrificing a strong narrative or through-line for fan service moments that do little, if anything, to actually advance the overarching plot"
		Brian Lloyd entertainment.ie	"Like young Tony Soprano, 'The Many Saints of Newark' seems to lurch awkwardly forward and never truly finds its feet (...) It never had the makings of a crime classic (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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