There are three ways to milk emotion in a movie. Death, marriage and birth. These are universal themes that span all cultures and age groups. The Sopranos lurches from one murder or crash with requisite funeral to a wedding or engagement party followed by a birth and the christening. What happens in between is mostly filler that sets up for one of these three. The underlying theme of the Sopranos is the frailty of the human psyche. Sex, gambling, drugs and alcohol seem to flow freely as well. Between the big three themes juxtaposed against swings of ego and dependence, the characters seem to be going through the motions rather than living the character.
Review of Kennedy and Heidi
