Santos criminales

Go ahead, arrange a sitdown: This darkly funny and ultra-violent film perfectly depicts the 1960s times and voices that shaped Tony into a made man.

...atmospheric and compelling, with a performance from Alessandro Nivola that finds that sweet spot where male emotional vulnerability turns into toxicity.

...gets the Italian mafia drama right with Dickie Moltisanti’s narrative at the forefront, led by a superb performance by Alessandro Nivola.

...offers an alluring glimpse into Tony Soprano’s birth under a bad sign...

...key to the film’s success is how deftly it establishes the world of explosive violence and easy money to which he will ultimately be swayed.

...for all the ugliness of attitudes and hair-trigger violence, it’s a thrilling, seedily glamorous world to visit.