The story of young Tony Soprano is finally being told on the big screen.
It has plenty to please fans, but will it have newcomers wondering what all the fuss is about? 🎬🇺🇸
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It has plenty to please fans, but will it have newcomers wondering what all the fuss is about? 🎬🇺🇸
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At the end of The Sopranos, most viewers wanted to know what happened to Tony after the screen went black, not what happened when he was a boy.
But while this prequel is inessential and a bit of an expansive footnote, it doesn't harm the legacy of one of TV’s greatest shows
But while this prequel is inessential and a bit of an expansive footnote, it doesn't harm the legacy of one of TV’s greatest shows
Taking place in 1960s and ’70s Newark, it centres on Dickie Moltisanti, father of The Sopranos’s Christopher. Dickie is part of a growing crime family, headed by his dad, the charismatic monster Aldo ‘Hollywood Dick’ 
Dickie operates with a softer approach than his father. He’s firm but shows kindness to his young ‘nephew’ Tony.
As his power grows, however, Dickie’s soul blackens. For Tony, the man who was once a moral guide starts to become a lesson in how to command respect through fear
As his power grows, however, Dickie’s soul blackens. For Tony, the man who was once a moral guide starts to become a lesson in how to command respect through fear
For Sopranos fans, The Many Saints of Newark provides lots of satisfying backstory and character detail.
The show’s creator and the film's co-writer David Chase is too smart to throw around twists for the sake of it. Instead, he deepens rather than changes existing characters
The show’s creator and the film's co-writer David Chase is too smart to throw around twists for the sake of it. Instead, he deepens rather than changes existing characters
There are hints of how Livia Soprano became such a horrible, manipulative mother; there’s a fun evolution for Silvio’s toupee; and there are several moments that cast Uncle Junior in a new, almost sympathetic light
Michael Gandolfini, son of James Gandolfini, takes on a titanic task playing his father’s defining role. He does him proud, with mannerisms that mirror his dad’s but a performance that isn't imitation. His teen outbursts look like they could thicken into Tony’s murderous rage
For those who’ve never seen The Sopranos, this may leave you feeling a little adrift. Introducing many new characters, and giving time to known ones, makes for broad-strokes storytelling and leaves the plot driving the characterisations, rather than the other way around
The background of racial tension in ’60s America and a broken friendship between Dickie and old partner Harry offer so much potential but little substance. A solid film, this feels like it would have made a much better TV series
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