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Mikeyo516212Oct 4, 2021

I joined this site specifically to give this a bad review. The acting was so bad. They were trying to be over the top Italian and overall the sense of realism was not there. The acting was so forced. Such a disappointment.

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knnickOct 3, 2021

Beyond Bush League. A horrible disservice to the brilliance of The Sopranos. Heartless, brainless, plotless, and confusing. Cringeworthy caricatures of people you actually cared about and endless screen time from the Mafia Museum of MemesBeyond Bush League. A horrible disservice to the brilliance of The Sopranos. Heartless, brainless, plotless, and confusing. Cringeworthy caricatures of people you actually cared about and endless screen time from the Mafia Museum of Memes that you've seen a hundred times before. What a colossal waste of resources and talent.… Expand

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OrphanTwinOct 14, 2021

Nooooooo oooooooo ooo oooooo oooooooooooo oooooo oooooo ooooooooo oooooooooo

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doebreiOct 1, 2021

Some beautiful shots, but felt like a Scorsese film I bought from wish. I can't think of a single reason why this movie exists. The only reason I watched it was because of the show, but outside the beginning of the first act it could be anySome beautiful shots, but felt like a Scorsese film I bought from wish. I can't think of a single reason why this movie exists. The only reason I watched it was because of the show, but outside the beginning of the first act it could be any generic American Italian mob movie. I was left puzzled during the second act and by the third act, I created a Metacritic account to give this a 3/10.… Expand

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Jean_MerdeOct 9, 2021

One of the worst movies in Human history. I can't even find anything good about thing. I really don't understand how Hollywood went this bad.

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MGunny61Oct 2, 2021

This movie is beyond just bad, it's disrespectful. David Chase and everyone else who wrote and produced this train wreck had to know that there were going to be two main audiences for this film. The biggest and most interested were going toThis movie is beyond just bad, it's disrespectful. David Chase and everyone else who wrote and produced this train wreck had to know that there were going to be two main audiences for this film. The biggest and most interested were going to be fans of the TV series. The other audience was going to be those that were casual, or non watchers of the Sopranos. The fans were anxious for this film and have been loyally waiting for almost two years. The latter audience had been hearing about the Sopranos from the first group for years and were probably willing to see what all the hype was about. As a member of the first group, I did my best to tamp down my own personal expectations as I know it was going to be hard for them to reproduce the quality of the series in a two hour movie. I get that. However, I did expect Chase (who is always so condescending to the world about how he handled the series), would at least give it an honest effort? This is why I say it was disrespectful because they just threw together this piece of garbage and expected real fans to just be grateful we got anything? I wish they never did this movie, it only takes away from just how good the series was. There are so many flaws in this movie, I wouldn't have enough space to write it all out. The story was not only lame, disjointed and at times boring as hell, but in the end made zero sense? Most of the acting was just people attempting poor impressions of the characters. Sil and Paulie were especially bad. The film's good character acting: Dickie, Liv and the Italian girl were wasted by the silly plot and incoherent dialogue. Ray Liotta was cringe worthy. They did a decent job with the cars, clothes and street scenes but it was all wasted as you couldn't make heads or tails of how any of it fit together. The last thing is that there is nothing about this film that will appeal to the new non Soprano fan. Just a waste of two hours.… Expand

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traceeeey967Oct 3, 2021

If you're a Sopranos fan, don't bother, this is really bad. If you've never seen The Sopranos, don't bother and go watch the Sopranos instead.

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shoulderoforionOct 6, 2021

This was barely watchable. Sold as a prequel, it was almost entirely the story of Dikie Moltasanti (Christopher's father), with some formative Tony Soprano sprinkled in. If it wasn't over the top trying to shoehorn in every reference fromThis was barely watchable. Sold as a prequel, it was almost entirely the story of Dikie Moltasanti (Christopher's father), with some formative Tony Soprano sprinkled in. If it wasn't over the top trying to shoehorn in every reference from the TV series it could, it was just badly written, and badly cast. Don't know why everyone's cooing about Gandolfini, other than being stocky he brought very little in terms of presence to this thing. Whatever David Chase was trying to go for here, it was a disappointing pointless miss.… Expand

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Timtom031405Oct 2, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful. Feel like a parody of the sopranos. The first hour is completely irrelevant to the second half & everyone looks so goofy with the fake hair and noses. Just an awful goof of a movie. Junior killing Dickie makes no sense in the show either. Big waste of time. This is a giant let down for the greatest tv series of all time… Expand

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wcdsithOct 2, 2021

Holy **** is this movie bad. Don't even waste your time, you can thank me later.

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Bigjamal123Oct 1, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie should not be at all attached to the sopranos series. Horrible!!!… Expand

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GEORGEPATRIKISOct 2, 2021

dumb woke movie. shameful. nothing to do with the show. this was horrendous.

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Daliman13Oct 10, 2021

This movie is absolutely terrible. The story is incoherent, the casting is uneven at best,(they couldn't find a bald dude shorter than 6' to play Junior? His Napoleon complex is a huge part of what made Junior Junior). the acting, outside ofThis movie is absolutely terrible. The story is incoherent, the casting is uneven at best,(they couldn't find a bald dude shorter than 6' to play Junior? His Napoleon complex is a huge part of what made Junior Junior). the acting, outside of Dickie and Tony, is either weak or cringeworthy, (the guy playing Silvio is just doing an over-the-top Silvio impression) and the canon it introduces is nonsensical. Hell, even the voiceover by dead Christopher is poorly written. I can't even imagine what someone who had never seen Sopranos would think of this movie. Special shout out to Ray Liotta for not only showing basically no acting range, but also not even attempting to feign an Italian accent playing an Italian immigrant.… Expand

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OrijantmapleOct 1, 2021

Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad

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SaulsamsonOct 5, 2021

This movie insults Italian people and the Italian Mafia I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

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InTrippyEntropyOct 1, 2021

It took me awhile to figure it out, but for years I asked myself why I didn't like the Godfather. It's obviously well made. Good sets costumes and acting. Great music. I finally realized, like the Irishman, that it just was not veryIt took me awhile to figure it out, but for years I asked myself why I didn't like the Godfather. It's obviously well made. Good sets costumes and acting. Great music. I finally realized, like the Irishman, that it just was not very interesting. It's difficult to say about a well-made movie. But if the Godfather is a 7, the Many Saints of Newark is a 5. It's missing the good performances, has a generic storyline, and embarrassingly, budget songs from the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison that you've never heard of.

Perhaps the biggest crime of all, it ignores the most interesting storyline of all: a black underling of the mob named Harold (Odam Jr.) decides to Branch out on his own and comes into conflict with the crime family. Now that would have made a great movie.… Expand

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Aceospades97Oct 12, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review will contain spoilers as I need to touch on some parts of the movie that made it bad.

It starts by telling you that Christopher is dead and that he's narrating from beyond and while the Sopranos ended in 07, it felt completely unneeded to give that spoiler especially that they said the moviis for everyone and not just people who watched the sopranos, so there you go, spoiled something big for anyone who might have become intrigued enough to watch the show just because you want to have someome narrate it like the good Scorcese films.

Making this into a movie, with a screen time of only two hours was a guaranteed disaster, as they try to cram so many storylines in the movie and ends up with the storylines being half-assed like the riots. While I have seen reviews touch on how this movie is offensive to Italian Americans, I will not touch on that as I am not a part of that group and I cant have any input on it , but the race thing was overused in the movie just with a message of showing that the characters are racist and kinda creates tension. The movie should've been made into a mini show because in the 2 hour screen time you wouldn't even grow any sort of attachment to those characters, they all seemed one dimensional, all wasn't too captivating which is understandable because even when you watch a show you need at least 4 episodes to start getting to know those characters and in this movie it just didn't do it. By the end of it I still didn't care about Dickey. The only upside of this movie is how it shows you that Junior was always a spiteful maniac and it puts a lid on Dickey's death, and casting choices were all good until it got to Silvio. I am a long time Sopranos fan and i was looking so forward to watch this and it resulted in a huge disappointment especially if you're looking for a Sopranos quality film. If you hadn't seen it don't waste your money on a ticket. David Chase was all over the place with this and it completely doesn't reflect what he's done with the Sopranos.… Expand

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coatsjccOct 5, 2021

Horrible movie, they should just burn it. A couple decent actor performances, but everyone else is a caricature and goofy. Probably by design as Hollywood is obsessed with race at the moment and making anti-white movies. Whatever white is.Horrible movie, they should just burn it. A couple decent actor performances, but everyone else is a caricature and goofy. Probably by design as Hollywood is obsessed with race at the moment and making anti-white movies. Whatever white is. Because in the 1960's, Italians were not considered white.… Expand

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RickDanger78Oct 13, 2021

Pointless and gratuitous. Without its tenuous connection to the Sopranos series, this rambling and disappointing film would have sunk without a trace. If you enjoy the nostalgia guessing game of figuring out who is the youthful incarnation ofPointless and gratuitous. Without its tenuous connection to the Sopranos series, this rambling and disappointing film would have sunk without a trace. If you enjoy the nostalgia guessing game of figuring out who is the youthful incarnation of your favorite character, you may have a hint of amusement. For anyone else, this hodgepodge of Jersey junior mafia cliches will be a couple of hours you'll never get back.… Expand

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RogerdobOct 6, 2021

The movie (it really just feels like a long tv episode) meanders all over the place...the main protagonist isn't really clear at the beginning of the film. The story doesn't really start until way into the second hour. Very, very disappointing.