The Many Saints of Newark

Director	Alan Taylor
Release year	2021
Genre	Crime / Drama
My watch history	2024-02-18
Actors	Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta, Michela De Rossi, Michale Gandolfini
IMDB	IMDB

Review

Mafia family is doing their business but the world around them is changing. Black people also starts to have power on underworld and they cause problems to italians.

I have not seen the Sopranos and without knowing it this movie didn't give that much. Of course I cannot be sure if that would have felt better if I would know what happens in Sopranos and who are who and what are their roles, but if I see this as a movie without background information about the TV serie this does not work that well.

My main issue with this movie is that it lacks of focus and it seems to try to be too much for too many. Is it about a Tony? Or his uncle? And what about the guy who is on the jail? Or does to focus try to be in mafia, or families, or the issues of the black people?

All in all, this was watchable, it had good moments but overall it gets quite boring because of its lack of focus.

Review written: 2024-02-18