The Many Saints of Newark (2021) | Movie Review | A Sopranos Story

[@CineRanter]

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[@1337flite]

You are really good at critiquing media. I hope you get picked up and get the opportunity to make a good living from being a critic - if that is what you want to do.

[@CineRanter]

@@1337flite thank you for your kind words

[@onepcwhiz]

For realz?

[@theculturedthug6609]

@@onepcwhiz fo realz

[@mr.flipstv]

This movie was woke as fuck racial slur Dickie only says the N word once when they pull him out of his car, then they force that black character into the movie as well are you sticking up for this trash movie??

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

Not including Hesh was a major oversight. Hesh had dealings with black artists so he would have fit in perfectly for that reason alone in the 1967 race riots segment. .

[@FR-tb7xh]

Wow - that would’ve been great! Fab idea!

[@GB-dv4it]

Huge miss

[@busyjaymz]

Maybe he didn’t get into shylock until he retired from music?

[@FR-tb7xh]

@@busyjaymz Interesting. But I’m recalling the episode involving Tony’s father’s aged mistress, and the old photo of the father, her, Hesh, and another woman. The mistress intimated Hesh was already involved in unsavory activity at the time.

[@busyjaymz]

@@FR-tb7xh could very well be an oversight, then. Your memory is better than mine but I do recall now you mentioned it that Hess knew the mistress and didn’t care for her.

[@dretheman123]

A mini series where Tony’s a bit older, showing how he establishes himself through the card game heist etc would be amazing. A mini series would have worked so much better in my opinion. There’s just too much ground to cover in one movie.

[@Talent.Temple]

Agreed

[@ihateallthethings2683]

Weird. Almost like this is a quick cash grab

[@chrisburns143]

If this movie sells they will do another covering Tony’s rise in the ranks

[@danielrockensteady4651]

Well guess what, David Chase has stated that if Terrence Winter wishes to come back and write more then they're going to make more prequel-sequels. Terrence Winter's response was "in a heartbeat. Absolutely."

[@lifer8294]

That would’ve been better I agree but I kinda miss going to the movies so I won’t mind watching in a theater

[@dannybailes3948]

It was way too rushed. This would have been a good 1 season show. We didn’t get to know the characters so it was hard to care. It had so much potential but it feel flat I thought and we are saying it wasn’t that bad because we are emotionally invested in the Sopranos.

[@DJBANnumb3r1]

I have to respectfully disagree with you this was perfect In my eyes, all the call backs from previous episodes, now if they want to make a series after this then they can do it that why to show Tony’s coming of age in the the family

[@tulpabubble2453]

I think all the individual pieces are really good, it just really doesn't work as a 2 hour self contained story.

[@peterlpool1387]

I liked it as a big fan of the Sopranos. I know what you mean though, it was lacking something, maybe more scenes with the core characters. I enjoyed it and feel it done what it was supposed to do. It told you about Dickie Moltisanti whilst giving us a look at the young Tony. I think if this does well they’ll definitely make another film.

[@joeince9430]

I agree- flat.

[@johnts1]

@@DJBANnumb3r1 The Sopranos were perfect. This is far from perfect. This is, ok, at best.

[@jasonvoorhees310]

They seriously put "Never had the making of a varsity athlete" in the film.... Of course they did. Lol!

[@mikerotonda6264]

That was the best part. I was waiting for uncle June to say it

[@rudykadous4005]

They also put in Janice's story from "sopranos home movie" episode with John NY boy shooting Livia thru her beehive hairdue lol

[@Saternoc]

The greatest quote from The Sopranos and I can't even explain why. It just is.

[@MrMikeManboob]

Woulda been better if liv said that to Jr and he agreed

[@jayyt2969]

@@mikerotonda6264 I knew it was coming soon as Johnny mentioned football🤣. If there's no other mentions of The Sopranos in the entire movie, that one scene had all of it. Livia being a negative person, Jr. talking to Tony's cousins about not having the makings of a varsity athlete, and that eerie Chris and Tony moment.

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Good to see Phil Leotardo 20 years before he did 20 years in da can without a fvckin peep.

[@kdaddy310]

Before he was eating grilled cheese off the radiator.

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

Seriously, Phil is in the film?

[@rossl5908]

@@secondcomingofbast9908 Nah he wasn’t, fuckin slander ye ask me

[@bruh_oly1370]

@@rossl5908 next thing you’ll tell me feech ain’t in it

[@miguelm1980]

Finishing off on a woman named Kleenex while in the caaan!

[@veldrensavoth7119]

The fans: what was the crew doing back in the day? David chase with a smile what they’ve always been doing of course . Junior was falling harder . Olivia was horrible but she used to be hot so we tolerated it. Tony was still fat but not as fat, and still insulted constantly as he ate. The fat blended in cuz he was tall but that gabagool caught up to him in the 4th quarter tho.

[@joem3502]

Main problem with this movie, it was a prequel to the show but they made it about Dickie and Harold, two guys who weren't even in the show. Where was Feech? And Ritchie? And Johnny Sack? And Hesh? A real missed opportunity.

[@Ofinfinitejest]

Best thing about this review is it highlights the best thing about the film: Vera Farmiga's performance as Livia. It was scary-great. I went back and watched some Nancy Marchand as Livia video it was even more amazing.

[@Goths-On-The-Beach]

This felt like an opening to a trilogy. Hopefully that happens as we haven’t even seen a lot of Tony and a lot of unfinished threads

[@Shade571]

Yeah I think the next movie should focus on Tony and Jackie Aprile and add Tony Blundetto, Richie Aprile and Ralphie Cifaretto

[@Shade571]

@@Dman3827 I’d say all he has to do is have short hair and slick it back on the right side

[@kingfadal4711]

@@Dman3827 no No more forcing people who play Tony to eat that much He dosent have to gain weight It would be great if they kept it going with MG with just different hair

[@LoudmouthMedia427]

After seeing this movie I wouldn’t be surprised if Chase made a Cold War movie and slipped in some side story about Hesh and Tony made a brief appearance.

[@lowdog2940]

Yeah there can be sequels, but this one dropped the ball imo

[@bartlebyscriviner6456]

"A two hour trailer for a season that could of been" is the perfect way to describe this. I came back after only watching half of this to confirm my own opinion. Spot on

[@kanegarvey848]

I wanted a prequel series so damn bad. Just the Sopranos formula except starting when tony was like ten. That's all they had to do.

[@musaahmed7515]

That would be beautiful or when tony is an associate on his way to becoming a made man

[@hassallboy7960]

They way this was left there is massive scope for a prequel series

[@nightowl8363]

I wanted a mini series, but i compromised and got a movie instead.

[@bruh_oly1370]

Like a bronx tale coming of age

[@lynsmalec5484]

The beehive incident was necessary as a callback to fans but also to show that Dickie was actual in the car… yet Tony & Janice were told it was Junior. So Junior actually tried to wipe Dickie completely!!

[@kdizzle901]

I’m confused about something in The Sopranos mythology…..in the show they Tony says Silvio grew up together and on Wikipedia and HBOs website it says Tony was born in 59 and Silvio was born in 57 in the movie when Tony is a little kid in the 60s Silvio is already at least over 18 and is working for Dickie……also in the show Christopher is 10 years younger than Tony and in the movie when Christopher is born Tony is already in high school…..I’m surprised David Chase either overlooked it or changed it for the movie cuz he’s a stickler for details

[@kirandarai8534]

Yeah I was thinking of the line when Ralph said he was part of a "Mickey mouse" crew w Tony sil Jackie so I was surprised to see them considerably older than Tony

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

The same with Puss, they were in school together. It was very moving when Puss told AJ the story of when his sister was in the hospital, Tony went with him every day to visit her and was with her when she died.

[@themajesticmagnificent8561]

I love the Sopranos but have no interest in this film

[@kdizzle901]

@@mrs.herculepoirot7763 yea I cried and underrated scene that scene and when he breaks down in the bathroom but why do u think chase did that?

[@kdizzle901]

@@mrs.herculepoirot7763 why do U think Chase made that huge difference? U think he forgot or just didn’t care and decided to change it? It kinda ruins the mythology of the show for me…..It’s still the second greatest show of all time only show that’s better is The Wire

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

Everybody knows that there was ONLY 1 saint of Newark and that was Johnny Boy Soprano.

[@Gweb52]

I’m always surprised there is very little explored with the relationship between Tony and his father

[@samanthab1923]

Yeah, what's up with that? How long was Johnny away in the can?

[@Hopium500]

@@samanthab1923 as long as the shah of leonardo

[@Thehansello]

If it was a pilot episode of a new series, it would be fantastic. At the end I was left wanting more.... so much more. So many characters, not enough screen time.

[@LoudmouthMedia427]

If the movie was about what it was supposed to be, you’d be more than satisfied. 2 hours is plenty of time to make movies like Goodfellas and The Departed. They coulda done without the riots and focused on Tony’s relationship with his mother which is literally what the whole series is about. And they could’ve added Dickie in as a favorite uncle figure and still coulda been a major character. Instead we get Joey Diaz’s head blown off and a stupid funeral scene. What gives David Chase? Who wrote this garbage.

[@riverdaletales8457]

I wanted more too but this movie definitely didn’t disappoint it’s a nice movie definitely not a waste of my time

[@thebacons5943]

You went in with wack expectations. They told you what this movie was gonna be all along. Use your imagination for some of Tony’s origin as a mobster, that’s more interesting anyway. The stuff about his psychology actually informs the show.

[@littlejimmy5370]

Agreed 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@charger19691]

As long as they keep making Sopranos stories, I’ll keep watching them. I just really like David Chase’s work, so I’m sure I’ll enjoy this movie. And I’ll watch it with a fuckin’ boutonniere!

[@musaahmed7515]

The movie wasn’t really good to be honest but I’m a big soprano fan and I don’t regret paying. Hope they continue to make more movies next 1 with tony a lot older when he comes a associate

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

@@musaahmed7515 Yeah, with Richie, Ralph, etc. I even want to see some of the other, minor characters like Ray Curto and the Barese's back in the day. And, of course, Johnny Sac, Phil Leotardo etc. Just imagine the fun they could have with a young Vito obviously (to the audience) secretly crushing on Tony while trying to "fit in" with the guys and be a "woman's man." Comedy gold.

[@musaahmed7515]

@@secondcomingofbast9908 😂😂😂😂Brilliant

[@charger19691]

@kalle kulling , well David Chase did say not to expect a “Sopranos” film. How did Michael Gandolfini do?

[@charger19691]

@kalle kulling , Wow, I expected to hear a better review. Some people are saying they were not impressed. Maybe Chase had to put the race riot stuff in the film to get it made. Hollywood is really fucked up to do business in.

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

About what Junior says, since I've had time to think about it that is absolutely perfect especially seen in context to Junior's, ahem, "personal problem". A neurotic, insecure man with a bad case of injured pride might well be prone to make rematks geared to bring others down to their own level. Apparently, Junior never had the makings of a varsity stud.

[@rudykadous4005]

I just watched the movie and being a HUGE fan of sopranos I guess I had very very high expectations. It's a good movie because I will never say anything related to sopranos is bad. Quick question tho why did Sil have a case of Benjamin button? He looks older when he was young then when he was old? That weirded me out. Anyways back to the movie I had another question was Christopher the love child of dickies gommah? They said Joann couldn't have kids? Makes sense since Christopher looks like dickies gommah.. oh ya I'm guessing the cop never killed dickie or took the contract from Joey Ruffalo...f**kin junior I guess karma came around...side not I love how they put Janice's story from "sopranos home movie " episode about Johnny boy shooting Livia thru her beehive hairdue loooool yesss!!!!!

[@peterlpool1387]

It looked liked that, Dickies gommah being Chrissy’s mar, but it was his mother Joanne who had him. I still don’t know if they hired that cop to kill Dickie. It’s just that it was junior who ordered it. I think some the references like junior saying the varsity thing and particularly Johnny boy shooting Livia through the hair weren’t needed. It felt too forced for me. I think it was better when you imagine it happening rather than seeing it.

[@dink0011]

@@peterlpool1387 I agree the throw back lines were very forced. Junior says your sisters cunt 3 times in this movie. I dont think junior beig behind dickies assasination means the cop from the series ( Barry haydo) couldn't have been the trigger man. The voice on the phone did sound similar to haydo from the show. Junior could have hired him. Although the story from the series about jilly ruffalo would not be considered false. Would have been nice to make that clearer though

[@lastofanancientbreed8616]

Why are you a simp for a shit movie?

[@vinkoflaminko]

Vera Farmiga is simply the most underrated actresses I've ever known, she never disappoints me, hope she will at least get an oscar nomination in 2022 for her brilliant acting in this film.

[@michaellalli7693]

I’d watch this just forVera Farmiga, the rest of it is take it or leave it

[@shaewalker1337]

Totally agree. Have you seen her in Bates Motel? Amazing

[@vinkoflaminko]

@@shaewalker1337 Yes I did! It's one of my favourite tv show and I still cannot accept the fact that she didn't win an Emmy for playing Norma Bates :((( She was nominated but she was robbed

[@theboard3476]

Now that I think about it. Junior never really seems to care about Christopher in the main series, like at all. I don’t really remember any scenes of them together or even talking. Also, Juniors advice to Tony about Christopher’s drug use was just to kill him. Like no help or anything at all.

[@jayyt2969]

Jr. most definitely would've killed Chris in the 1st season along with Brendan Filone if it wasn't for Tony's relationship with Chris.

[@Buttsley1]

Junior was probably afraid of Christopher finding out the truth

[@jamesbowden4871]

I think that the only time that Junior and Chris shared a scene on the show was in the last episode of season 1, where Junior and Livia showed up at Tony and Carmela's to pretend that they knew nothing of the assassination that they had planned.

[@handleofvecna2443]

@@jayyt2969 I don't think Tony's relationship with Christopher was what saved him from Junior, it was Olivia. She's the one who told him not to kill Christopher because he fixed her windows or something one summer.

[@lukesaki1211]

@@jamesbowden4871 Yep. I love that look Junior gives Chris, Paulie, and Sil.

[@rossl5908]

I thought Vera paled in comparison to the young Livia on the show. Joseph Sivaro blows Jon Bernthal out of the water as Johnny boy. There’s a bit in it where Sil says Johnny boy needs a personality transplant? In the show Johnny boy was shown as the complete opposite of this, being a charismatic and funny guy with a big personality.

[@samanthab1923]

It's Livia that wore him down. To a little nub.

[@listentothenightfilms]

Johnny Boy in the show had mad old school gangster swag.

[@MIGHTYBOOSCH198]

Though I love Jon Bernthal's work and I can't really think of a better retcon, you're right his Johnny Boy is very different.

[@rossl5908]

@@MIGHTYBOOSCH198 Because Jon Bernthal is rubbish and only capable of playing that one tough guy role over and over. I think David Chase must be starting to go like season 6 Uncle Jun and he’s forgetting things like character personalities from the show. Another thing is Livia was way too normal in this, she wasn’t abusive enough

[@breathefree4056]

To be fair to Bernthal, the problem's in the writing. The Johnny Boy character presented in this film, was not nearly as fleshed out as in the Sopranos.

[@anunaydwivedi727]

This guy is severely underrated he should have more subscribers

[@WallKenshiro]

F'kn A!

[@CineRanter]

Thanks very much

[@toddlinder-flowman6687]

Absolutely

[@michaellalli7693]

Yes - Cine is better than the other YT guys

[@erickdraws9563]

@@CineRanter youre doing great, just dont get carried away with silly theories for clicks like most movie channels, i always find them annoying and cheap, otherwise i been loving this channel, its an honor to be joined by men and not cornholios lol

[@JuanRios-kh8sq]

I woke up early this morning to watch it before going into work. As the credits rolled I remember thinking to myself so this is what happens when a TV writer writes a movie. Because you're right there are so many elements that in a 1 hour series it would have been good to see these things happen but in a one-off film that we might not get a sequel to ever or if we do maybe in two or three years 4 years 5 years they don't make any sense. It's just random things happening to characters almost like an indie film that would maybe win awards at Sundance but then fail epically in theater.

[@ConTrollerNorth2]

So basically its like El Camino, from the Breaking Bad Universe. Just an add-on (No mind-boggling disclosures to it.) I feel you.Thanks, man

[@PutXi_Whipped]

El Camino is a better standalone film than this.

[@ConTrollerNorth2]

@@PutXi_Whipped I agree. Even though the creator was involved it still feels like a creative work passed on to new developers. But that's that dudes fault. He's afraid to compromise the established lore, and he don't give a fuck about his audience, sooo..Fuck it! He could've done something great, instead he wants to be an asshole with the shit. I'm over it. (but I still like the bit when the baby recognizes Tony as the guy that will eventually murder him. Old school Sopranos, there.)

[@RR-lv3tp]

I'm gonna watch it myself, and come to a conclusion. Personally, it looks like a potential classic from the trailer. Everyone is gonna always, have their own opinion

[@bignut_inthebutt9468]

The first trailer made it look epic

[@itstherefsfault7083]

Its not classic, save ur money

[@syndrome5372]

It's a really really bad blm movie. They appear on screen now and then, but the story is not about the characters from the sopranos or even dicky. They slapped the sopranos name on it to trick the fans into watching a bland, boring woke film about a black guy starting a gang. I honestly think this film has killed the sopranos for me.

[@sionphillips7141]

It's a solid 2 hours of sopranos

[@syndrome5372]

@@sionphillips7141 it definately isn't, dude. It's 2 hours of a black guy making a gang (which never even goes anywhere) and sometimes a character from the sopranos turns up, usually to say something cartoonishly racist. Even dickies whole story was basically "I have a gourmand! Wait...she fucked the black guy!!", so even that storyline is entirely about the real main character. Nothing remotely sopranos-esque happens until literally the last shot of the movie, and if they made it just a standard generic gangster movie instead of an alleged sopranos prequel, they wouldn't even have to change anything. The first half of the movie is pretty much just recreating the mostly peaceful riots last year... they even have multiple characters use lines like "get him...no wait, he's white". It was cringe. Every scene with Tony was in the trailers too, he's pretty much not even in it lol. Not a good movie, and the fans where lied to.

[@josephflanigan3649]

SPOILER ALERT For the entire film I kept trying to picture Michael Gandolfini as Tony. But something was off. Something was missing. And it finally hit me in the final scene of the movie. We see Tony go from a pretty happy and smiling kid with a pretty bright face to the sad and intense look that we all see when we picture Tony. He’s broken at the end. His father figure is not there anymore. And we finally see why Dickie was so important in Tony’s life. Dickie’s death changed Tony forever. Hats off to Michael for nailing that facial expression at the end

[@TheBeeaarrJew]

Did you notice him sitting in the same diner he got shot in?

[@josephflanigan3649]

@@TheBeeaarrJew I did not, but I’m gonna watch it again Saturday. I’ll watch for it!

[@josephflanigan3649]

@fa q he certainly did. I was impressed

[@sabrinagrant8003]

I’m definitely looking forward to the movie. On the other hand, you’re right I’m not expecting something better than “THE SOPRANOS.” The last time that sort of thing happened was “GODFATHER ll” and “TERMINATOR ll.” They weren’t better they were just as good.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

T2 was better, GF2 was not.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

T1 is better than T2

[@GB-dv4it]

@@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 To each their own.. but T2 is often regarded, by myself included, as being the best

[@hassallboy7960]

Aliens is better than Alien

[@dretheman123]

T1 is not even in the same league as T2. T2 changed film history forever.

[@RogueBoyScout]

Excellent review, CineRanter. Your honesty and integrity shine through in this video. It's rare these days to find youtubers whos content isn't always clouded by there personal biases, and such.

[@CineRanter]

Thank you

[@jokester18business51]

The guy that says “it’s done” when Dickie was killed sounded like Danny Devito

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

It was Louie DePalma that whacked Dickie! Then, back to the Sunshine Cab Company in NY!

[@jokester18business51]

@@LarryLeeMoniz 😂

[@captassassin5680]

Pacing was poor, the transitions were weird and all the easter eggs didn’t have the gravitas I thought they should. And I thought Ray Liotta playing twin rolls was kinda out of left field. They should’ve made this strictly about the crew. This movie should have been a miniseries. 6.5/10.

[@carterisgod22]

For a 2 hour movie it felt like 45 minutes. Definitely needs more than this hopefully they setup a 3 part series

[@captassassin5680]

@Capri Bennett Hopefully!

[@bmofano]

just came back from the cinema, 8 ppl in there. i felt like they tried to fit 3 seasons into a film 6/10

[@ducebigga9618]

Sil and paulie omg I almost cried when I saw the “Sil walk” 🥺🥺 and my boy paulie being funny af 😂😂

[@onepcwhiz]

Does Dickie take out the New England crew that is talked about in the Sopranos?

[@mikeperry7335]

no

[@njdrummer7120]

He brought the war up to them. Stand up guy you ask anybody.

[@Criostoirg]

The acting was amazing, aside from Sil imo. Sil is over the top in The Sopranos, but this sil was like an SNL skit

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

I felt that this could have been 2 movies. The Dickie Moltisanti movie, and then the Tony Soprano movie. I also felt (as did the reaction of the audience at the theater) that John Magaro knocked it out of he park as Silvio! Great review, as always!

[@steel749]

My favorite part was the post credit scene when we see A younger phil leotardo getting arrested for trying to compromise as a warehouse

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Vito a Captain? Right..the good ship lollipop.

[@jamesroyle6888]

I'd like to see you do 20 years in the can.

[@julianryan7661]

fun fact:At Janice's birthday party you can hear core n grato bring played in the background

[@radal3270]

I agree 100% with the series instead of a movie. Why they went with a movie is an odd thing. I was waiting for a new show to return to hbo. My day is ruined I tell ya.

[@paulnevins6071]

They going to make millions from the film then a series will happen

[@JGD714]

Yeah that was David Chase doing the boss DiMeo. Johnny boy calls him boss as he walks him in, and if you freeze the frame right as they first show up you can clearly see it is David Chase.

[@Duprizus]

Tony never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@blstravlr]

SMALL HANDS LOL

[@dominiquejones3805]

I couldn't help but laugh when Junior said it

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Damn...people quoting that are so annoying. It is tiresome. Put your brain in gear rather than the one located in your TV watching couch ass and quote Shakespeare, Socrates, or Plato.

[@ishort8401]

Could you imagine never seeing the sopranos and then seeing this. Shortly after discovering there was a tv show about it all years down the road. The joy it would bring

[@PutXi_Whipped]

Spoiler for both the film and video: While the film suggests that Junior ordered the hit on Dickie, I think this idea is flawed for two reasons: 1) Both Junior and Dickie were made guys so Junior couldn’t order a hit on Dickie without it blowing back up at him. Does Junior seem like the type of guy courageous enough to break that rule? My guess is no. Even if Dickie weren’t a made guy, nobody would sanction the hit on Dickie just to satisfy Junior. 2) Junior is not the type to act when slighted. Even when Tony was teasing him in Boca, Junior kept his cool even after revealing to Mikey that Tony was seeing a shrink. It was Livia’s words that pushed him over the edge. From this I would claim that Dickie’s shooting followed by the “It’s done” call Junior receives are about two separate events. I think it’s clear that Dickie wasn’t killed on the orders of Jilly Ruffalo who was barely referenced (Dickie talks about the eye he took out). Could’ve been taken out by someone Howard hired but we have to be suspicious about Junior ordering the hit. I mostly agree with this review: the acting is superb all around but there are characters like Guissipina that are totally unnecessary and superfluous. I would like to see the David Chase final cut of this film if this isn’t it because it felt lacking in a lot of areas and might have been better as a 2.5 hr film.

[@LoudmouthMedia427]

Correct, there is zero discussion in this film about who is made, who is the boss, etc. Joey Diaz spends enough time in the film we should at least know who he is and his status but just like most characters he comes and goes with no consequence. If you reference the trouble Johnny Sack had with Ralph Ciferetto and the mole joke, even Johnny Sack, who was an underboss, couldn’t get Ralph wacked. So the fact that junior could pull that off on a guy who ran the crew and was probably ranked higher than him, in the sopranos universe does NOT work. It was a cheap, easy ploy to shoehorn it into an otherwise plotless, empty script. Big missed opportunity here.

[@peterlpool1387]

Agree it should have been a 3 hour film.

[@Buugzy]

I really hated the way The Many Saints of Newark ended, but you know! I guess I understand if there is a Sequel there’s gonna be a war between the mob and Harold…. Tony is going to kill Harold, also when Tony made Christopher cry and what the old woman said made kinda sense😂😂💀 it was an Easter egg to Tony killing Christopher

[@ksh0589]

I was waiting for your review…. I am a hardcore fan and have been for years. I genuinely think it’s utter poo. A BIG let down.

[@anthonyc2781]

HBO has all the resources in the world to have made it a series. Even a miniseries would’ve sufficed. Character development is a key element to The Sopranos. Audiences are intelligent and what an intelligent plot. Felt like this was a slap in the face to fans.

[@rich925cal1]

As a DIE HARD Sopranos fan.. I absolutely HATED this movie! Felt like such a slap in the face! All the obvious forced references to the original series.. I wonder if David Chase even NOTICED the continuity errors from the original show! Like, when Janice tells the story of when Johnny Boy shot Livia in her “bee hive hairdo” was no mention of Dickie M being there, but rather Junior! And how much older was Silvio Pussy and PaulieI’m sure Pauline was older but cmon to say Silvio was already an adult working for the Dimeo crime family when Tony Soprano was literally just a small kid still? Tf…? I dunno bro, just got done with my second viewing and still extremely underwhelming..

[@Milkplus90]

I also found this odd because I remember Ralph talking to Jackie Jr. about how him, Tony, Jackie Sr. and Silvio had their own little crew..

[@rich925cal1]

@@Milkplus90 Yup, and what was with the exaggerated Silvio facial expressions? Smh ..

[@NBKRebelGamer87]

My brother said a similar thing, the race riots stuff shouldn't have been included it as it didn't need to be, Leslie Odam Jr should have been in it but otherwise the race shit was forced in half the movie and it's joke. Show it on a TV or radio in the background and have a character mention it or briefly show it but don't fill half the movie with it for one characters sake. It's like no film can come out nowadays without some sort of racial divide plot in it especially if it set in a time when one town or city had a racial issue. They even did it in the Silence of the Lambs TV series 'Clarice' which is set in the early 90's and 'The Man in the High Castle' squeezed it in in the later seasons and that's set in an alternate Nazi/Japanese controlled 60's U.S, they always create some 'black coalition against whitey' It's a waste of time, leaves things unanswered and then has to squeeze everything the film was supposed to be about in half the time. If they wanna make something about race shit , riots, civil rights then do that, stop forcing it in every program or remake, everything gets infected with the shit. Edit: Updated post with more reasoning due to soy defenders getting emotionally affected, their white knight supreme defender of minority complex can't help coming out at every opportunity. Feminine incels. This was supposed to be a Sopranos story not half a movie and half a civil rights movie, I didn't pay to see that shit. Also replies I've made are being removed/censored. If people want to talk shit on a post they can't understand due to their race obsessed programming and incel emotions let them get shot down.

[@pacmanzz]

tell me you dont understand the history of the times

[@NBKRebelGamer87]

@@pacmanzz I know history you cretin but it's a Soprano story that's what we want. Every fucking new TV show or movie has some stupid oppressed black reference 'MuH SlAvErY wHiTe MaN bAD' It didn't need to be included, they could of just had a a TV in the background show that shit but it's a Soprano's story not a fucking civil rights movie. That time could have been used to flesh out some more of the actual characters, what Soprano's fans wanted to see.

[@glenbellefonte9620]

@@NBKRebelGamer87 Bravo. Tired of that shit. Only a moron couldn't see it. Infected.

[@thebudgetgamer]

@@NBKRebelGamer87 Seems to me like you don't know shit but please continue

[@COOLBUBBA98]

35 year old man calling himself rebel gamer crying in the comments that there’s a civil rights plot line in a movie made in the 60s😭 listen mate stick to uploading content to KZbin for no one to watch instead of commenting on stuff you’ve 0 idea about.

[@keithweihs6524]

Dead on correct review! I’ve watched the sopranos since it aired and have watched every episode at least 3 times each. This should have been a mini series at least 8 episodes 2 hours each to do the character development. I will say Dickies character left me wanting so much more. They could have made this way bigger and a lot more money from it. It’s a shame!

[@juniorjames7076]

I felt The Irishman should have been an 8 episode or 8 hour mini series too (missed chance to see a young DeNiro serving in WW2, learning to be a killer, etc) but Martin Scorcese looks down on the TV/Netflix format, and David Chase always wanted to do film, not television. I think EGOs made both these guys do a film instead of a more appropriate series.

[@toddshade2831]

So much potential. I would've liked to seen Tony and Carmella hanging out, more Pauli and Sil and Tony doing some crime.

[@misterM718]

I absolutely agree with your sentiment that it should’ve been a show

[@SandauxBeats]

I was waiting for the card game by Feech Lamana. The one young Tony and young Aprile went on for it. But I think David Chase doesn't want too many flashbacks of the incidents told as stories in The Sopranos series. I think it was purposely told as a story by Ralph Cifereto to just be a story. Good video, man! Keep it up! And yes, I agree on all points you mentioned. Except for the one who played Silvio Dante. I love how the impression was spot on. Will watch more of your videos here about the Sopranos series. Thanks, good sir!

[@cabooseabs6864]

When it comes to "wokeness" in movies/TV in general, the part that bothers me isnt really the opinions. It's when they shoe horn in stuff that doesn't really add anything to the plot but you can tell they put it in just as a political statement. Unfortunately it seems that 75% of stuff that comes out these days has some element of wokeness.

[@wookieboss2643]

Totally agree. Most jokes / cannon were just shoe horned in

[@JPatel1995]

It’s not by accident either.

[@peteaxe2067]

Omg. Jesus christ. Anytime someone mentions or complains about wokeness I tune you out

[@lifer8294]

I wonder if you felt that way about a Bronx tale when it showed racism ? Maybe the people who complained about it Need to take a history lesson

[@peteaxe2067]

@@lifer8294 these people shitting on this movie have such weird reasons "oh its a blm film, oh Tony is a pussy in it and isn't badass. Like did these people not watch the show.

[@PurpleRaam]

Weird, I usually love your videos, but I completely disagree with this one. I almost feel like you were paid to shill the movie

[@MrProjectmayhem]

It was too quick. I think we owe Chase a movie or two so he can have this one. A prequel season would have been better for character depth. I feel like we missed a chance for characters like Harold to really develop.

[@jayyt2969]

Are we really gonna sit here and waite 3-4 years for another 2 hour plot. It's not too late for them to just make a mini series.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

I'm glad this is about Dickie, we heard a LOT about him when Christopher and Tony would talk about him. The thing I remember most is "he took out that new England crew single handedly." Plus I'm more curious about early stages of what many people mistakenly call Soprano Family, it's known as the Di Meo Crime Family. I want to see earlier stages of the Di Meo Crime Family of Newark NJ. It appears Liotta is either a imprisoned Capo, Consigliere, Underboss or Boss. So I'm excited to see it.

[@kingcrustytut7544]

Most of this was off, hope you still liked the movie.

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

Does Phil go home to get his shinebox in the movie?

[@nathandrakefan2828]

*Spoilers* I believe the problem about this movie was that it didn't touch any of the characters we deeply loved. Ofc, seeing Dickie Moltisanti was great and all but it was lacking a lot. A 2 hour movie was not enough time to show off the real relationship Tony and Dickie had. Hell we don't even get to see much of Tony's father at all. Not only that but they left at a cliffhanger as well. I really hope David Chase adds more to the story. Especially when Tony joins his father's crew, how he became made and the things he had to do. Not only that but seeing how they become a very powerful mob family in NJ. Idk, the movie was a 6/10 for me. I wished they did more because there was so much potential. Also *MAJOR SPOILER* Finding out that it was Jr who got Dickie killed because he couldn't take a simple joke was a complete waste. Mainly because it was never mentioned in The Sopranos. It was a shock yes but it makes the story very fucking bland. However, seeing Michael Gandolfini reprise his father's role made me feel chills and he did a good job. Other than that, a very ok but not good film

[@TheBeeaarrJew]

Did you notice Young Tony sitting in the same diner he got shot in?

[@russsnyder2026]

Am I the only one disappointed in Silvios hair not being real

[@heynowls3058]

Saw in theater last night. Very much like another Sopranos episode. Wish it was longer, hopefully there is a sequel. Or series. Michael G subtlety nailed Tony. Vera so fun. Dickie character just right.

[@icchampion5]

Did you feel that in any part of the movie, the characters were parodies of their future TV roles, or were their performances just right?

[@CineRanter]

Most were great - Silvio was a little to over the top at times but you get used to it

[@MrBrownpridersur13]

@@CineRanter Silvo was over the top in the show too it part of his character

[@Gemmarose9012]

I didn’t care for their performances but I chalk it up to bad writing and direction. Sylvio reminded me of Benny. LOL

[@MrBrownpridersur13]

@@Gemmarose9012 yeah the actor look like benny a little

[@slytub]

It will bring a lot of new people watching the original series

[@detectiveMM]

✨Just saw this movie✨ and my estimation of David Chase as an artist, I’m not ashamed to say, just fucking plummeted! AWFUL movie and I say this as someone who has watched Sopranos all the way through multiple times and thinks it’s the greatest series of all time

[@scoliosis9478]

I didn’t think it was awful it was just a big meh… like there was nothing in there I hated the individual scenes were fine I just feel like it didnt all fit together well. The 2hr runtime hurt it in my opinion they coulda made it a 3 hour movie or two part mini series with 2 hrs each

[@Hopium500]

It just fell completely flat, despite some decent performances there was nothing really interesting to speak of, Dickie was an extremely boring character with a terrible arc, other characters have little to no screen time and should've been explored more in depth. And the Easter eggs were just lame. Wow sil wears a wig? Jeez good to know.

[@deebehan7152]

Saw it last night. Phenomenal acting. I noticed that Dickie didn’t have a substance abuse problem. Alcoholism, maybe but no class A from what I saw. Makes sense seeing how his “family” killed him. Much like Pussy and Richie Aprille went into “The Program”

[@samanthab1923]

So, why was Chrissy lead to believe he was a junkie?

[@peteaxe2067]

@@samanthab1923 they find pills on his corpse

[@deebehan7152]

Let me tell you a couple of three things. Junior would have wanted to discredit his character. If he killed him because he didn’t like being under his shadow in life, he surely wouldn’t have like it when people spoke fondly of him in death. Just as he went in cahoots with Livia when he wanted to whack Tony, it’s made pretty clear at the end that she would gladly have spread unfounded theories about Dickie. (When she was slobbering about the two bottles of pills found on him) Ironically he had got them indirectly for her.

[@Iconoplastt]

Great summary, pretty much how I thought the move would have went, still looking forward to seeing it!

[@DCDPM]

Vera Farmiga was probably head hunted because of her work as Norma Bates on Bates Motel. An outstanding actress.

[@vectorv4285]

Don’t fall into the hype this movie was so disappointing nothing really happens it was just boring and I loved the sopranos

[@eliwhaley4804]

Chase is 100% Ercole Dimeo. In the funeral scene, Junior asks Chase "Erocle, how's the boy?" and Johnny Boy tells him to "watch your step boss" meaning chase's character is Erocle Dimeo the Boss. I listened to the movie with headphones so maybe thats how I was able to notice it.

[@BillyBobThot]

Should of been made as a mini series like 6 or 8 episodes. To much to do in 1 movie remember Sopranos was origanlly supossed to be a movie but couldnt get the entire story out in 1 movie

[@KidFresh71]

Agree with what most people are saying: I want to explore this timeframe of the Sopranos universe as a 13 episode miniseries. The characters were well acted, the writing was good… but it all doesn’t add up to much. You know that expression: “the sum is greater than the parts”… this movie was the opposite of that. My take walking out of the theater was overall a thumbs up, but definitely not a great movie. Maybe a good movie. Somewhere between “okay “ and “good.” 7/10. A must-watch for Sopranos fans; who won’t be disappointed, but definitely won’t be blown away either.

[@scoliosis9478]

yea like there was nothing in there I hated but it just didnt make me feel anything kept me engaged but afterwards it was all just a meh for me

[@CarlsOpinion]

Was this about an Italian crime family in 1967 or a woke 2021 version of it?

[@CarlsOpinion]

@Jo Ol We only had two hours to go into the back story of numerous characters from the series. There wasn't enough time, since Chase decided to introduce a number of new characters, only one of which was ever mentioned in the series, to wit: Willie Overall (Tony's first murder). We get a few minutes of Jackie Abril and Tony Blundetto(Ice Cream Truck), and without the time for any character development, we see Tony beating up his friend, when he can't score some beer?? Let's be honest, Chase brought in the other characters, for the same reason that, "Friends", and "Seinfeld" would not be able to air, with the current lineup(s). He needed to add "demographics", to satisfy Warner Brothers and HBO and not become a victim of the mob (pun intended).

[@pikachuthegayatheist6215]

You may have seen this on one streaming service, but I'm wondering when it's going to come out on KZbin where I don't have to pay for whatever streaming service Warner Brothers and HBO uses?

[@sincereexistentialist4100]

i feel like Chase could've done a short series. like a Chernobyl format.maybe it would've been more Nuanced, and immersive. Or maybe a movie of Johnny boy Soprano, when tony was a little boy, like the flashbacks in season 1. hopefully this lead to a squeal.

[@danielrockensteady4651]

A "Johnny boy Soprano" movie set during the 40's was actually the first thing he wanted to established during the 90s.

[@TonyVerrazano]

Vera is from NJ! She did great. Didn't love Jon Bernthal. Eh. I enjoyed the film also but some of the lines reused from the show made it a bit silly at points. Happy to have anything Sopranos again so...thanks David Chase.

[@peterlpool1387]

Agreed. It didn’t feel right and felt silly especially the beehive scene and Junior saying the Varsity thing. In the Sopranos you believed all these references. In the film it made them feel too forced to appeal to fans of the series. I can’t imagine David Chase wanting these references coming back blatantly like that.

[@novadonkey1336]

The ending scene with the pinky was absolute Kino...If it had been earned. I felt like the movie patted itself on the back for something it really didn't explore. I knew it was not going to be focused on young tony but god damn if the trailers didn't give the impression that he would be focused on more than he was. I dunno, I'll give it another watch on the small screen some time in the future. I felt a lot of the call back scenes felt super forced. And personally I rolled my eyes at the cinema during THAT phrase with junior. He might as well winked at the camera. Chris narrating was cool but it just seems so wasted. The ingredients for a fantastic prequel are there to be sure, and maybe a mini series or limited series to continue Tony's story would be fantastic. Gandolfini was great, but I have to say for all the talk on his portrayal of Tony, for obvious reasons, the young actor who played pre-teen Tony was amazing as well, to be honest I almost think his scenes did more to advance the character development of Tony than Gandolfini's.

[@erroljr.7480]

Wel er... The movie was so-so.... Didnt really explain who killed Dickie... Looked like Junior to me. Characters werent fleshed out enough.... The addition of black character Harold makes no sense to me. Dickie killing his father and the father's wife, whom he was bangin, made no sense. What purpose did Dickie's uncle( Dickie's father's twin) in jail serve....There was no real explanantion for Dickie's rage...IJS. But there is one very interesting scene where Chris starts crying when Tony wants to hold him when Chris is a baby. Tony states that 'He always cries whenever he comes near me. I didnt do anything to him' Then the family matriarch reveals an old wives tale about children that react in that fashion can see "beyond the present". Makes sense being that Tony murders Chris 30 years later. On a scale of 1-10 I give it a "6"

[@moviebuff1941]

I liked the name dropping of “Frank Lucas” by the black gangs in the show. Definitely added real-world world building.

[@a.g.6983]

If you live in Jersey like me it was cool because like in the series, they mention some notable things that only Jersey cats would know.

[@RegTarg011]

Wasnt just name dropping.. you could see Frank in his chinchilla coat in show too.

[@saraltonmoore6609]

Honestly I feel that they went wrong having Frank in the story

[@tomgabriel5150]

Canon in the show is interesting with references to John Gotti, athletes and actors, etc. They talk about Frankie Valli, then a season later he is playing a fictional character. But agreed, they could have worked Frank Lucas in better or not shown him at all.

[@Sinastyr]

I didn't like the end. It seemed to posit that Dickie not being around was a pivotal junction of Tony's life, and he would have been a good role model. Dickie murders 2 people he 'loves' and was about to escalate a gang war. Maybe it was Livia just being Livia at his wake, but apparently he had drug issues as well. If anything he had the makings of being a Tony Soprano himself.

[@JGD714]

The Livia line at his wake was about pills Tony asked Dickie to get, for Livia. How the fuck did you miss that?

[@bradpitt2396]

If I remember correctly, at Dickie’s funeral I saw a kid with one eye who would have been Butch

[@GrazsPlace]

THAT would be interesting. To know more about Butchy

[@bignut_inthebutt9468]

Butch just has a lazy eye or maybe it's glass idk

[@michaeldiekmann6494]

Butchie was the Big Bad with Lil Carmine

[@GrazsPlace]

@@michaeldiekmann6494 I haven't seen the movie yet, I just don't care about hearing spoilers, because that doesn't ruin the movie for me. Then, knowing what the plot points are, ahead of time, I can focus on the writing and the acting.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

There's no scraps in my scrapbook.

[@kyledavis5634]

All the times i watched the sopranos , it wasnt until this last time that I noticed that david chase made a cameo in the episode when paulie , tony and chris went to italy . When paulie was drinking his coffee at the table by himself he spoke to a group of guys sitting at the other table and david chase character just looked at paulie and turned his head . Then paulie called him a c#ck sucker

[@rustykuntz94]

Commandatori

[@robinberrt1976]

Furio is so Americanized and does such an unbelievable Italian accent in the series. Great actor.

[@bradjohnson482]

@@robinberrt1976 Foor - i - o Foor-i-o

[@robinberrt1976]

@@bradjohnson482 lmfao that made my night. Check out his interview with Christopher and Bobby or Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirrappa. He moved to Peterman or Peterson NJ in like 1971 at 3 y/o. Having all Italians in his family but learning English, the way he could imitate Italians and Sicilians is unreal. His facial hair and short hair style along with that Americanized accent makes him an unbelievable actor.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Chase appears again in season 6a when the 2 zips that whacked Rusty fly back to Italy and talk about how cheap the dollar is in America.

[@andymcclymont6626]

The Moltisanti’s of newark looks amazing. I need to make time to go snd see it

[@wookieboss2643]

I honestly wouldn't. Flop!

[@otisashford7162]

Yea right this movie is gonna be so good if ur really a fan every little detail will get u

[@rossl5908]

It’s alright

[@NickMcRyan]

Just get HBO max and won’t even have to leave your house.

[@raan2deep]

Don’t see it, your time can be spent doing something more valuable than watching this fan service garbage.

[@preemptive74]

I thought we were going to get tony and the infamous card game robbery

[@jokester18business51]

Same!!

[@gjmarkjesse1324]

In the end, yes, it does live up to the hype. I hope there's more movies. When the very final song that starts to play...it's just all perfect. Even all the imperfect details and small inconsistencies are all perfect.

[@nicobelic9034]

shut up ti sucks

[@gjmarkjesse1324]

@@nicobelic9034 just like your mom

[@nicobelic9034]

haa

[@nicobelic9034]

fake sopranos fans, Terrence Winter is the real Sopranos guy not David Chase pos

[@DJBANnumb3r1]

I totally agree with you

[@1337flite]

Junior suffers from being in the shadow of his brother John and also unrequited love from John's wife Livia. It's interesting how Junior leans so heavily on Livia for advice when he's stuck. Tony does also at least once that we see. Be interesting to know how muc John consulted Livia and if we see Junior's unrequited yearning for Livia. Is any of that covered? Next movie a sequel, Anthony stands up. Maybe becomes a Junior Gotti type creature.

[@MasterRazzer76]

What I need to know is how many years did Phil did in the can he kept it as close secret

[@ducebigga9618]

He did 20 years brotha

[@SgtZ_USMC]

I don't understand the whole commotion behind this film. Too many people saying it's unnecessary, or its going to ruin the show. People need to stop overthinking the film. Its not going to ruin the show because its NOT the show. If they had brought it back years later with crap scripts and what not, that would ruin the show. This film is to the Sopranos what Roque One is to the Star Wars films, it's a story from the franchise being told on its own. It's taking a mentioned character/events mentioned on the show and telling that story for the sake of telling that story, not to explain anything on the show.

[@dand5228]

My thoughts exactly

[@rustykuntz94]

IMO “woke” in regards to movies and shows is when they forcefeed SJW political & social agendas into the plot line where it otherwise shouldn’t be there. I wasn’t too worried Chase would inject that into the script but anything’s possible in 2020s land.

[@pab1381]

There were so many racist jokes in the original series lol. I doubt there will be in the film but I hope it isn’t woke. I really do.

[@swinephrog6428]

@@pab1381 I mean they use the n word 🤷‍♂️

[@8OutOf10Hacks]

Your analysis is on point. I enjoyed the film (far more than The Irishman) but it was a little frustrating to watch prominent characters - not mentioned in the Sopranos yet no appearances from younger Phil, Feech, Ralph, Richie Aprile, Johnny Sack ect. Good news is its likely we'll get a sequel to the prequel or mini-series.

[@frankmillerz4351]

Whoever is saying this movie is good is lying I felt like I wasted 2 hours of my life

[@mrpink4975]

When is this out in ireland?

[@curtishay8482]

Spoiler I agree it wouldn’t be a very good standalone film. There isn’t a great deal in terms of plot but I was so excited with every call back and Easter egg. The action is good.A big issue is they spoil one of the two twists in the film in the trailer. Ray Liotta playing twins as your waiting to see him in jail after we see him killed. One for the fans only.

[@CineRanter]

SPOILERS Yeah the trailer annoyed me there. I was expecting Hollywood to recover and then was confused when he got burnt up...but you know Liotta's gonna pop up again in prison.

[@well1012]

I loved it personally. But I wanted MORE.

[@marvinloganjr]

I have lots of thoughts. You bring up some very interesting points. I think there's much opportunity for wider discussion with the relationship between movie, the show, and the real world.

[@jacobmallia7163]

We will have a sequel so let’s hope for something we have been waiting for

[@tulpabubble2453]

The movie is like watching 12 episodes of a really good show, stuffed into 2 hours

[@grovestreetpartner4144]

There will be a young Richie Aprile and Feech La Manna in this movie?

[@connormccarthy3045]

No unfortunately

[@AlphaPapa69]

Nope

[@CineRanter]

Nope

[@Klynch111]

We got a young Jackie aprille.

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

You'd think there woukd have at least been a scene with Livia walking in on Richie and Janice on the sofa

[@sicrykeny225]

Was the song near the end when dickie was sitting at his desk the same song from chris's first dream sequence?

[@viewtifuljoe66]

Does anybody but find funny other countries get are produced media before we do?

[@Fnelrbnef]

How you saw it already? It’s not out, is it??