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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

3,984

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

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	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)"	NEU
United States	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."	POS
United States	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"	POS
United States	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"	NEU
United States	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,"	NEU
United Kingdom	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)"	POS
United States	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."	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"If you're a Sopranos fan you're already hooked; if you aren't, why are you here?"	POS
United States	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."	NEU
United Kingdom	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)"	POS
United Kingdom	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)"	POS
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"Awkward big-screen treatment proves the classic HBO series needs no embellishment"	NEU
United States	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)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"More footnote than great mob epic (...) the power this movie is missing"	NEG
Canada	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"	NEG
Ireland	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)"	NEG

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