The Many Saints Of Newark Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

3. Alan Taylor's Tight Direction

Though director Alan Taylor's recent filmography - Thor: The Dark World followed by Terminator Genisys - might suggest he wasn't a particularly inspired choice to direct the movie, it's important to remember that he won an Emmy for directing The Sopranos' pivotal season six episode "Kennedy and Heidi."

Considering the events of that episode involving Chris, it's fitting that Taylor would be brought back by David Chase to direct a film centered around his father, and absolutely proves he's still got a knack for crafting compelling character-driven drama.

If you were worried that The Many Saints of Newark would end up just feeling like a two-hour episode of TV, fear not.

While hardly the most necessary movie to watch on the largest screen possible, it does feel incredibly cinematic for the most part, Taylor's creative shot selections aided by the sharp work of his regular cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau.