Soprano Home Movies

Episode aired Apr 8, 2007
TV-MA
50m

IMDb RATING

9.1/10

8.9K

YOUR RATING

James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steve Schirripa, and Aida Turturro in The Sopranos (1999)

Crime Drama

Carmela and Tony go away to Bobby's cabin upstate New York for Tony's birthday. Meanwhile A.J. is throwing a party at the Soprano home.Carmela and Tony go away to Bobby's cabin upstate New York for Tony's birthday. Meanwhile A.J. is throwing a party at the Soprano home.Carmela and Tony go away to Bobby's cabin upstate New York for Tony's birthday. Meanwhile A.J. is throwing a party at the Soprano home.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

9.1/10

8.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The working title for the episode was "A Few Kind Words," which refers to something Tony's father used to say on his own birthday: he did not want presents, just a few kind words.

Goofs
Towards the end of the show, Tony Soprano is watching "The Sopranos" home movie. This home movie is circa the 1960's. The vehicle that is shown in this home movie has the current yellow New Jersey license plate design which came into existence in the 1990's.

Quotes
[playing Monopoly]
Janice Soprano: [reading card aloud] "Second prize in a beauty contest collect $10." Go ahead, make your stupid joke.
Tony Soprano: I got nothing to say.
Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri: Think I'll buy a railroad.
Tony Soprano: A German shepherd's shaved asshole won first prize.
Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri: Oh! You're talkin' about my wife.
Tony Soprano: You married her.
Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri: It's my home. No more talkin' like that.
Janice Soprano: It's OK, Bobby.
Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri: Stay outta this! You Sopranos. You go too far.
Tony Soprano: Alright, you know, Jan, he's right. I'm sorry. I crossed the line. I apologize. Won't happen again.
Tony Soprano: [quietly begins singing "Under the Boardwalk"] Under the Boardwalk. With a schlong in Jan's mouth. Under the...
[Bobby punches Tony in the face. The two have a fistfight]

Connections
Featured in The Sopranos: The Blue Comet (2007)

Soundtracks
Trouble in Paradise
(uncredited)
Written by Allyson R. Khent and Billy Dawn Smith
Performed by The Crests

User reviews9

Featured review

10/10

Under the Boardwalk...

Tony and Carmela go for a weekend at Bobby and Janice's lakeside cabin.

This is a classic episode with great black humour and character moments.

'The Sopranos' does awkward character interaction incredibly well and some of behaviour on display during this family weekend is outrageously memorable. I will not spoil and reveal details but it's safe to say the way it unfolds from happy families to its end result is brilliantly done.

Some moments are darkly funny, particularly in the various antagonistic situations that boil over. You recognise the toxic masculinity and difficult brother-sister dynamics on display.

It all leads to an exceptionally sad and reflective final few moments that deeply effects one character. Never has a hug between a father and daughter been so loaded with pain and regret.

As ever with the writing of the stories, it links back to previous episodes and arguably foreshadows certain events in later ones.

Technically it's one of the best episodes of the show's run, particularly how it mixes the beautiful landscapes with the studio shots. There is an action sequence that stands out as brutal and realistic.

James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Steve Schirripa, and Aida Turturro all do great work. Schirripa in particular does some of his best.