The Sopranos Reviews

Summary Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful son. A daughter named Meadow. An uncle who's losing his marbles. A hot-headed nephew. A not-too-secret mistress. And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss whose troubles are wrapped up in ...

• Crime

• Drama

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 10, 1999

Yes, it's brilliant, again.

Continues to test traditional notions of television heroism, upend conventional storytelling rhythms and deliver its thematic points and comic payoffs with a revolutionary subtlety. [4 Mar 2001]

Simply the greatest acting, directing, storytelling, writing and genius I have ever seen in my life

Greatest TV show of all time.Really helped to open my mind cinema wise and have a more neutral vision. Each characters of it make you understand that there is no black or white and to shade your vision of the world.Dont have the words to describe how it save my life at a certain point..Rest in Peace James Gandolfini the great

"The Sopranos" remains a showcase for ferociously distinctive writing, inventive direction and brilliant portrayals of surprisingly, even disturbingly, sympathetic multilayered characters by a perfectly cast group of actors who hold back nothing. [14 Jan 2000]

Combining dark comedy and psychological drama, the show achieves a fresh tone to match its irresistibly winning concept. [8 Jan 1999, p.E1]

It has intelligence and feeling and brutality. The Sopranos hits all the notes.

The second season is as good as the first -- just different. [13 Jan 2000]

The series has some potent black humor and good acting, especially from Nancy Marchand as the mobster's mom and Edie Falco as his wife...But a gangster's midlife crisis is a weak, unpalatable premise for a series. The Sopranos makes an offer you can refuse. [10 Jan 1999, p.F1]

One of the best shows I have ever watched. Great acting, believable storylines, good pacing. I loved it

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Highly overrated show, every time it starts building momentum it loses it, the plot-lines are lame and forgettable, there's too many characters to keep track off and not enough of them are interesting enough to justify being in the show. Prides itself too much on leaving plot-lines unresolved because "that's what happens in real life" if real life was so fascinating we wouldn't spend it all watching fiction like this, a terrible show too watch if you seek conclusions for investing so much of your time into a story. There's an incoherent dream episode and lot's of uninteresting plot lines and the final episode stinks but I didn't mind the ending of it like everybody else, it was actually the whole episode preceding it that I didn't like. There is one plot line that is exhilarating in some moments and if the whole show was as good as it, it would deserve it's classic status, there is some other good episodes and the acting from James Gandolfini is some of the best I have ever seen from anyone in fact all the acting in this show is top notch, season 1 is actually great and the idea of Tony having the psychiatrist and those scenes going throughout the show is very wise and a great way too see inside and understand the character better without narration, the show wouldn't work without them, very smart move from the writers. Overall I give it a pass certainly not one of the best shows I have seen but it has some things going for it however it isn't even half as good as it's reputation.

This show is actually pretty bad. I guess when it came out it seemed fresh or something, even though it's a made for TV, Scorcese rip off, mixed with a melodramatic, soap opera. Talk about dumb dialogue. The writing has aged the worst of all the various aspects of the show. The premise itself is built to run aground. Add to it the obvious fanaticism the writers seem to have for murderous Italian criminal organizations, and it becomes eye rollingly embarrassing. Besides Tony murdering and beating his enemies, most story lines go nowhere and reveal nothing of any interest. It's trying so hard to act like it is roasting certain sacred cows. It is childlike in it's attempt at biting satire. Ultimately, it reinforced dumb stereotypes about women, minorities, college students, even psychiatrists. Mostly, the show displays sick people acting like normal folks, thus humanizing them. It's not only boring, bland, and redundant, but it's a stupid fantasy.

Watched all episodes until S5 E8. I tried to stick it out, buy couldn’t take it anymore. This is the most overrated, annoying show I’ve ever seen.

Production Company:

• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Brad Grey Television
• Brillstein Entertainment Partners
• Chase Films
• The Park Entertainment

Golden Globes, USA

• 5 Wins & 23 Nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

• 21 Wins & 111 Nominations

Online Film & Television Association

• 27 Wins & 101 Nominations