The Many Saints of Newark

Watchable but underwhelming drama which reminded me more of Goodfellas than The Sopranos. Several younger versions of characters well remembered from the celebrated tv series get screen time but the mood and tone is markedly different. The story focuses on Tony's uncle, a character too bland to hold our attention, particularly when sharing the scene with the powerful Bernthal or charismatic Liotta. There's some half formed rivalry with an emerging African American criminal group, an extremely poorly judged scene at the seaside and several mob movie cliches but little of the distinctive feel of The Sopranos.