For two decades, we have tried to fill the void. Every prestige drama that airs on Sunday night—from Mad Men to The Wire to Breaking Bad —owes a blood debt to Tony Soprano. But until 2024, no documentary had truly dissected why David Chase’s creation felt less like a TV show and more like a midlife crisis captured in celluloid.
The final hour of Wise Guy is melancholic. We see modern America—the CGI blockbusters, the algorithm-driven streaming slop. Gibney asks younger filmmakers (including Bill Hader and the Succession writing staff) how The Sopranos changed them. Wise Guy- David Chase and The Sopranos Miniseri...
★★★★★ (5/5) Stream it on: HBO Max (or wherever the sacred texts are kept). For two decades, we have tried to fill the void