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The only genuinely good thing about this movie is that the guy who acts as a young Silvio Dante does such a good impression it's actually uncanny. Real shame he's likely not going to get another chance to act as this character, because this movie was so boring, flavorless and dull that if there is any justice at all it will never get a sequel.

Really dissapointed this has nothing to do with the original Serie pure woke trash puke .

If you are a sopranos fan, or interested in watching it please do yourself a favor and skip this movie. I am a die hard fan of The Sopranos and waited for over a decade for this movie to come out only to be horrified by how bad it is. Kudos to Chase for creating the Sopranos but by God what was he thinking with this one?

Not much of a prequel, but seeing Michael Gandolfini in each scene broke my heart due to the uncanny resemblance to his late father.

I debated whether to give this flick a 6 or a 7 and I dislike joining the river of negativity but nothing in this two-hour excursion really did much for me. A lot of time seemed to be devoted to Harold McBrayer and his criminal gang and that was a problem for me because I signed up to watch about the American mafia, not their competition. Added to that I kept getting confused about who was who and if I hadn't read that a youthful Artie Bucco and Jackie Aprile and **** Bonpensiero were supposed to be in the show . . . I have no idea where they were. They could've been cut in post-production for all I know. All in all, this was not an inspired film. Other reviewers say it lacks substance and a reason for being and probably they're right. Go ahead and try it, but don't expect much.

bellissimo film sulle origini dei soprano. il film ha come sfondo le rivolte di Newark del 1967 e narra le tensioni tra italoamericani e afroamericani

Whose brilliant idea was it to make **** Moltisanti the main character? We don't know him, we don't care about him, and the movie did nothing to make us care. Christopher talking from the dead didn't work. When **** dies it means nothing to us. Hollywood **** was even worse, and very poorly over-acted by Ray Liotta. The story should have centered around young Tony Soprano. Then the other half of the story is about 1960s black people in New Jersey, who also weren't a part of The Sopranos and hold no interest to us. Just thrown in to make it woke 60 years later. The movie was nothing more than a series of the writers thinking they're so clever with oblique references to things that happened on The Sopranos. The scene with baby Christopher being afraid of Tony was ****. Mentioning Frank Sinatra Jr. who they later played cards with, stupid. Showing the house Livia later lived in. Tony hanging around Holsten's. Artie Bucco. Boring. I'm surprised they didn't show Dr. Melfi as a child coming out of a psychiatrist's office. And what is this with putting the guy from House of Cards in every single movie that needs a bald guy? He did a good job in House of Cards. Since then, everything he's done has been completely uninteresting, including playing Mr. Magoo Junior Soprano. I thought Sil was around 50 in The Sopranos. He looked 50 here. Very poor effort for something that could have been very good.

A somewhat unique mafia film, not really a Sopranos film, and not a great movie in itself. It is however, interesting enough, if you like the genre,and you stick with it, but it lacks a cohesion that brings it together, and feels disjointed at times, but with some worthwhile scenes. Nivolas acting is quite good, and seeing Tony's upbringing and mentor was worth it to see, again, in a far from perfect film, with a number of flaws. Do not expect anything like the Sopranos TV show, as it is not that. It starts off slow and unsure of its point, but there is enough there to watch it, for fans of the genre. Mildly dissapointing, but by no means horrible. Just different.

I was looking forward to watching this movie but halfway through it I could not take it anymore and turned it off, quite possibly one of the worst movies I have seen in the past couple years, the acting was bad, the story was bad, it kept going off track into some type of black wokeness movie. I wanted to watch a mob movie on par with the Sopranos, this isn’t it don’t waste your time or money is my opinion.

This is not a movie. It is a 2 hour introduction to a prequel Sopranos series. It's fine. It relies too heavily on the viewer having seen the Sopranos and acts as a greatest hits of some of the stories told in the series. It's just another "remember this?" nostalgia trip. Jon Bernthal is a terrible actor who cannot get even close to matching the charisma needed to play Johnny Soprano. The other actors were fine, but the guy playing **** Moltisanti was soooo forgettable.

I felt like the story didn't really have substance to it. I have seen all Sopranos episodes and this felt like they are just capitalizing on Sopranos from past. Yes some characters were interesting to see how they were shown in past but the story itself felt like very random and not much about it. Especially it wasn't even much about Tony and how he became who he was - ok even if it was not the idea, the story was still very simplistic. Even the racial aspect which at first it felt they wanna show in those times, eventually ended up only scratched upon a bit. Also the slang felt like not natural there but put in everywhere possible. I am giving it a 5 because for me it was watchable and was interesting to see Sopranos characters and how they were made in past, but I really wonder for casual watcher, who havent seen Sopranos, is it really that interesting.

"THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK" is a decent movie that does not live up to the standards of the Sopranos in terms of dialog, drama, acting, humor or character/story development. That doesn't mean it isn't a decent movie. For any Sopranos fan this movie is a must see, and although Tony's background is not the center of the story, it does give insights into the social environment prior to the Sopranos. Some key mistakes ruin the immersion, such as consistently not correctly pronouncing Moltesanti or the absolut terrible acting by the actors who portrayed Sil, Junior or Johnny - then again those characters are hard to re-enact. Not the worse acting I have seen, but not good enough for a Sopranos prequel.

An unnecessary fan-service. Great casting and was fun to see younger versions of characters in the TV show. The story is kinda boring but fits the time the movie is set in. If this was not a Sopranos movie it would've fallen completely under the radar. You wouldn't be blamed for thinking Chase wasn't involved, but he was. Lacks all of the punch and flash of the greatest TV show ever made It was a massive, massive wasted opportunity but the reality is, it never should have been made.

Maybe this is more fun if you're a big Sopranos fan. It felt way too long, really stiff acting and dialogue.

Um excelente filme, faz jus a série, o que eu não compreendo são os justiceiros sociais nas notas.

This is total WOKE TRASH and has very little connection to the actual Sopranos that we used to love. The casting is actually really good and there is some nostalgia that's thrown in as fan service but for the most part this is yet another race baiting, anti-American rant from people who work 24/7 to seize power an money by any means necessary. Look at the disparity between the "Critics" score and viewers score and tell me I'm wrong.

I didn't have great expectations for this film after viewing the trailers. Sadly, it was far worse than I expected. I can go on for pages about what is wrong with this film, but rather than waste my time, I'll just tell you that it's really not worth watching. I honestly can't say a good thing about this movie.

For Sopranos fans, this movie was both a let down and insult. The concept had the foundation to draw and hold the interest of fans but caved to the woke sentiment of the day. At least Godfather 3 was just a pointless and unnecessary extension of the masterpieces prior. Many Saints was a great idea that could have spawned years of evolution to the storyline if handled with just an ounce of consideration for fans of the prior content.

excellent [ ek-suh-luhnt ] adjective possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good.

Describing this film taking into account the enormous legacy of the Sopranos, both on television and the entertainment culture, is a bit difficult. It's a bit difficult because even with any excuse that can be given to the creation of this story, frankly, there's nothing that justifies it, except perhaps nostalgia, and the enormous recognition the show has. The Many Saints of Newark feels like a prequel/spin-off that gives some explanations about the past of some characters, but ultimately adds nothing to them. It's like if the creators of the show were reaching for something that just wasn't there. The Many Saints of Newark is not a bad or low quality movie, but it's one that at the end of the day it's pretty much inconsequential. It doesn't add anything to the show's legacy at all, it's simply a nice addition to its lore, that you can skip at any time however.

I thought it was a great standalone movie about **** Moltisanti. The problem is that it was advertised as Tony Soprano origins story and a lot of people were expecting Tony to be a lead character. And oh how many comments have I read of fans expecting this and that and so on. I came in to see this film with no expectations and I was satisfied. David Chase keeps refusing fans to make a tv series but many of us who liked the film can't help but see this as a series and these two episodes were great but where is the rest of the season? While it feels like a complete story of its lead character the movie very openly sets up Tony as the protagonist of the possible sequel.

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Pointless and gratuitous. Without its tenuous connection to the Sopranos series, this rambling and disappointing film would have sunk without a trace. If you enjoy the nostalgia guessing game of figuring out who is the youthful incarnation of your favorite character, you may have a hint of amusement. For anyone else, this hodgepodge of Jersey junior mafia cliches will be a couple of hours you'll never get back.

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Good movie but a bit too long. Enjoyed all the shooting. Great actors

This movie is absolutely terrible. The story is incoherent, the casting is uneven at best,(they couldn't find a bald dude shorter than 6' to play Junior? His Napoleon complex is a huge part of what made Junior Junior). the acting, outside of **** and Tony, is either weak or cringeworthy, (the guy playing Silvio is just doing an over-the-top Silvio impression) and the canon it introduces is nonsensical. Hell, even the voiceover by dead Christopher is poorly written. I can't even imagine what someone who had never seen Sopranos would think of this movie. Special shout out to Ray Liotta for not only showing basically no acting range, but also not even attempting to feign an Italian accent playing an Italian immigrant.

This wasn't a great or outstanding movie, but it was fun as a Soprano fan, putting together the characters in this movie with the people we got to know later in their lives in the years-long series. Good acting.

One of the worst movies in Human history. I can't even find anything good about thing. I really don't understand how Hollywood went this bad.

As someone who knows nothing about the series, I was still able to follow and hold my attention. Very violent.

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The movie (it really just feels like a long tv episode) meanders all over the **** main protagonist isn't really clear at the beginning of the film. The story doesn't really start until way into the second hour. Very, very disappointing.

This was barely watchable. Sold as a prequel, it was almost entirely the story of Dikie Moltasanti (Christopher's father), with some formative Tony Soprano sprinkled in. If it wasn't over the top trying to shoehorn in every reference from the TV series it could, it was just badly written, and badly cast. Don't know why everyone's cooing about Gandolfini, other than being stocky he brought very little in terms of presence to this thing. Whatever David Chase was trying to go for here, it was a disappointing pointless miss.

I loved the sopranos but this movie had no apparent plot, build up, or resolution to anything. So many scenes in this movie are completely meaningless it felt like a jumbled mess. The only enjoyable part was seeing the younger versions of characters from the show. Honestly wish I didn’t waste my time watching this movie.

This movie insults Italian people and the Italian Mafia I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Horrible movie, they should just burn it. A couple decent actor performances, but everyone else is a caricature and goofy. Probably by design as Hollywood is obsessed with race at the moment and making anti-white movies. Whatever white is. Because in the 1960's, Italians were not considered white.

I joined this site specifically to give this a bad review. The acting was so bad. They were trying to be over the top Italian and overall the sense of realism was not there. The acting was so forced. Such a disappointment.

When your heroes let you down. I had such a high expectations for this movie and as someone who loves the Sopranos, I cannot fathom how David Chase thought this was good or in any way needed. The story is weak and never really revolves around anything although it tries to, it rehashes too many things from the TV series and in no way adds to the character development in terms of what we already knew from the show. There is only one plot twist and even that is kind of lame. Whoever portrayed Uncle Junior was terrible.

I watched every episode of the original Sopranos, so this prequel was interesting from that angle…seeing some of the original characters in their decades-earlier personas. At the center is **** Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), an influential member of one crime family and a strong influence on the young Tony Soprano (played by Michael Gandolfini, the son of James, the original Tony). This film doesn’t work well alone. If you didn’t know about the future trajectory of this group, you’ll be waiting for the story to get started. It lays out a tumultuous time in 60’s New Jersey, when race riots and competing gangs were at the forefront. Sure, there are fascinating performances (Vera Farmiga’s mother wonderfully echoes Nancy Marchand’s original) and some blasts of violence, but the writing never coalesces into anything more than a prequel. Fascinating for fans of the original, but not much complete or coherent otherwise.

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It’s fantastic. A film in the spirit of the Sopranos. Frankly I’m depressed and Ashamed at the fans.

I am a HUGE fan of the Sopranos, and I was curious if the Many Saints of Newark would play like 2 Sopranos episodes. It did. And I mean that in a good way. No, we won't get 2-3 seasons to watch a teenage Tony Soprano grow up and learn the ways of the Mob from his late Uncle or his Father or his other Uncles and friends, but we still got that stron Sopranos storyline and character arcs. As a fan of the Sopranos family this movie made sense and worked for me. I loved the backstories, especially meeting Chris's Mom, and Christophers twin grandfathers. I am looking forward to watching this movie again in a few weeks just to see what I may have missed. I was so glad to have the chance to see this in a movie theater with the great audio and soundtrack. This movie IS movie theater worthy.

The whole story is acceptable and entertaining, but just for the audience who has already watched the Sopranos completely, to whom it gives a better understanding of the world of the Sopranos. The movie introduces few new characters, and gets mixed up into racism, that adds not much of a twist to the plot. Most of the actings are good; Though sometimes they were overacting the gestures of the previous actors of the same roles; Which made it a little distracting.

If you're a Sopranos fan, don't bother, this is really bad. If you've never seen The Sopranos, don't bother and go watch the Sopranos instead.

Beyond Bush League. A horrible disservice to the brilliance of The Sopranos. Heartless, brainless, plotless, and confusing. Cringeworthy caricatures of people you actually cared about and endless screen time from the Mafia Museum of Memes that you've seen a hundred times before. What a colossal waste of resources and talent.

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Great movie. Only complaint is I wanted it to be longer. Seems it had a lot of elements to open up a series and this felt more like a two hour two episode premiere to a limited or regular series.

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A decent prequel to the show. The ending may be underwhelming, but leads into the show well.

Looks like Alan Taylor have fixed the problems in the entire movie like Thor: The Dark World and Terminator Genisys.

This Sopranos prequel film follows a young Tony Soprano and his upbringing and rise into organized crime by his uncle ****, who is at war with a rival gang during the 60s and 70s. I was definitely interested checking this one out, considering that 'The Sopranos' is by far my all-time favorite TV series. It's a masterpiece and I loved every single episode of it from start to finish. I went in, however, with not too high expectations with this, considering that film follow-ups to TV shows usually aren't too stellar, and it's a good thing that I didn't, cause I'm certain it would've hindered my enjoyment of this film a lot. While it was definitely an intriguing and worthwhile watch, it definitely doesn't hold a candle to the TV show and the epic legacy that it created. This film is fine in its own right, and the cast, particularly Alessandro Nivola and Michael Gandolfini (taking on his late father James' iconic role of Tony Soprano) really shines here as well. The story, however, feels a little too been there done that as far as mob and gangster stories go. It's the same as the rest and nothing we really haven't seen before, which kind of makes the film feel somewhat underwhelming by the end. But overall, the cast does an excellent job, and it certainly did bring back a lot of Soprano nostalgia to me, even if the script and story felt a little lacking and uninspired and couldn't come close to living up to the masterpiece of a show that inspired it.