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Godfather of Harlem (TV Series)

Godfather of Harlem

2019

Chris Brancato (Creator), Paul Eckstein (Creator) ...

Forest Whitaker, Nigel Thatch, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry ...

6.8

1,266

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2019-). 3 Seasons. 30 Episodes. Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

Renewed for a fourth season.

	Author	Review
United States	Jonathon Wilson Ready Steady Cut	"[3rd Season Review]: Godfather of Harlem remains one of the shows that nobody seems to talk much about despite it being consistently excellent in almost all metrics (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chase Hutchinson Collider	"[3rd Season Review]: 'Godfather of Harlem' [delivers] where it counts, with Whitaker giving yet another outstanding performance at the head of it all"	POS
Australia	Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald	"[2nd Season Review]: Chris Brancato ensures that there’s plenty of explosive action to augment a story that spreads out to Malcolm X and civil-rights leader and dodgy politician Adam Clayton Powell. Solid."	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Forest Whitaker's recessive and quiet charisma as crime boss Bumpy Johnson makes the strongest case for Epix's 'Godfather of Harlem' (... ) It’s aiming more for extreme watchability than for prestige"	POS
United States	Merrill Barr Forbes	"A mobster period piece with a modern sensibility (...) one cannot say the series isn’t worth a look"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"It’s smart, engaging television that only occasionally falters under the weight of its ambition to tell a few too many stories at once"	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"Solid but familiar (...) [It] stumbles badly every time it veers away from the base gangster elements."	NEU
United States	Tony Sokol Den of Geek	"[It] is watchable as both a socially motivated series and as a gangster saga. The story feels relevant even though it's more than half a century old (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times	"Godfather of Harlem’ features great acting, unusual depth — and a killer soundtrack"	POS
United States	Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"Think Boardwalk Empire, a few decades later (...) It’s just good enough for fans of period crime dramas, without seeming interested in (or capable of) finding another level (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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