Critics in their first look at “The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark” are celebrating the film’s style and deconstruction of the gangster drama, with some saying it captures the old magic of “The Sopranos” even as it’s perhaps overstuffed with callbacks, references and characters to the series.
“When it’s focusing on the brutality and ugliness of its world, ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ is something remarkable,” Chris Evangelista writes for /Film. “The script, by ‘Sopranos’ creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner, often gets way too cute with its winking references to the show. It’s as if someone, somewhere, suggested that this film follow the lead of modern popular blockbuster entertainment and overload itself with easter eggs.”
“Many Saints” follows the story of Dickie Moltisanti, the father of the series regular Christopher Moltisanti who was a huge influence on a young Tony Soprano, played here...
“When it’s focusing on the brutality and ugliness of its world, ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ is something remarkable,” Chris Evangelista writes for /Film. “The script, by ‘Sopranos’ creator David Chase and Lawrence Konner, often gets way too cute with its winking references to the show. It’s as if someone, somewhere, suggested that this film follow the lead of modern popular blockbuster entertainment and overload itself with easter eggs.”
“Many Saints” follows the story of Dickie Moltisanti, the father of the series regular Christopher Moltisanti who was a huge influence on a young Tony Soprano, played here...
- 9/21/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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