Arrested Development - Season One
by Anthony Russo, Greg Mottola, Jay Chandrasekhar, Joe Russo, John Fortenberry
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Actor: Alia Shawkat, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will ArnettDirector: Anthony Russo, Greg Mottola, Jay Chandrasekhar, Joe Russo, John Fortenberry
Writer: Abraham Higginbotham
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 512 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Arrested Development - Season One
DVD Review: For Once, A Winner That Actually Deserved An Emmy
Summary: 5 Stars
"Arrested Development" Season One is a perfect comedy. Combining elements of comedy, parody, and satire better than any show in memory, and adding sly plot twists in every episode makes for intelligent humor that is far more sophisticated than other network television fare.
The performances and characters are extremely well-developed, yet subtly nuanced. It's impossible to single out a cast member for excellence, as everyone plays their part so beautifully. Jason Bateman as Michael is most central to the plot, and couldn't be more perfect: whatever he does in the future will be unable to live up to this effort. Likewise, Jeffrey Tambor is wonderful as the imprisoned Bluth family patriarch. The show makes excellent satirical points about the irresponsibility of celebrity wealth, and can be viewed on many levels, although I prefer it as straightforward comedy.
The DVD set contains numerous bonuses including the extended pilot, commentaries (which are almost as funny as the show), a couple of behind the scenes documentaries, and the original music used in the show. Some viewers may find the show to be a bit racy, though normally in an intelligent, innuendo-laden way.
This series is a gem: this season is probably the best of the three, and was more than deserving of its Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.
DVD Review: Hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best tv shows that ever aired, fox is stupid for canceling it. I believe a movie is being made from it!DVD Review: LOVE IT!
Summary: 5 Stars
We loved this show, but unfortunately it is canceled. We do enjoy watching the DVD's over and over again!DVD Review: Too good for TV...
Summary: 5 Stars
Truly the funniest thing to come out of television since "The Simpsons". The writing, the cast, the premise- all inordinately great. There is not a weak episode in the bunch, and for being the first season of a television series, this is particularly noteworthy. This is the kind of show you catch someone else watching and wonder how you could ever have missed it. Really, very awesome.DVD Review: Tedious and Overhyped
Summary: 1 Stars
First off, let me start of by that ANYTHING with ron howard's involment is ment for average-to below average white people, who fancy themselves as being cultured or deeper than they really are. With that being said, I am not suprised that Arrested Development is a show that only hipster doofuses seem to enjoy.
To be fair, it's not the worst thing I've ever scene (family guy wins that distinction), but it is very boring, very lame and above all else, it's tedious. All the family memebers are so over the top, that they get annoying too quickly. The narration is really nasaly and annoying, the flashbacks occur way too frequently and really don't add to the hilarity--- for any situation.
I know there are many Arrested Development apologists who think that this is greatest thing ever, and if you don't like the show, you simply "don't get it". Oh, I got it okay. What is there not to get? It's a family of douchebags who have no redeeming qualities... BUT they're like totally quirky and they're running gags and stuff and blah, blah, blah. It just sounds like a piss-poor rip off of the royal tennenbaums to me.
Spend your money on 30 Rock, don't let the hipsters win!
...If you feel compelled to watch this show, my response would be "don't". But if you really must, then rent it first.
Description of Arrested Development - Season One
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008Winner of the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy its first year out, Arrested Development is the kind of sitcom that gives you hope for television. A mockumentary-style exploration of the beleaguered Bluth family, it's one of those idiosyncratic shows that doesn't rely on a laugh track or a studio audience; it's shot more like a TV drama, albeit with an omniscient narrator (executive producer Ron Howard) overseeing the proceedings. Holding the Bluths together just barely is son Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the only normal guy in a family that's chock full of nuts. Hardworking and sensible, Michael's certain he's going to be given control of his family's Enron-style corporation upon the retirement of his father (Jeffrey Tambor). The fact that he's passed over instead for his mother (Jessica Walter) is only a blip when compared to his father's immediate arrest for dubious accounting practices, and the resulting freeze on the family's previously limitless wealth.
Bereft of money, and even less family love, the Bluths have to band together in their moment of need--not easy when everyone's looking out for number 1. In addition to his scabrous parents, Michael has to contend with his lothario older brother (Will Arnett), his basically useless younger brother (Tony Hale), his greedy twin sister (Portia DeRossi), and her sexually ambiguous husband (David Cross). Michael's only comrade in sanity is his son George Michael (Michael Cera), but then again, the teenage boy harbors a secret crush on his cousin (Alia Shawkat). A peerless ensemble led by the brilliant Bateman (who ever knew he could be this good?), all the actors are pitch-perfect in their roles, delivering the dryly funny, sometimes absurdist dialogue with the speed and flair of classic farce. The unusual tone of Arrested Development takes a bit of getting used to--it's far different from anything you'll see on TV, even HBO--but once you buy in to the Bluths' innumerable dysfunctions, you'll be laughing your head off for hours.--Mark Englehart
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