Arrested Development - Season Three
by Arlene Sanford, John Amodeo, John Fortenberry, Lev L. Spiro, Paul Feig
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Actor: Alia Shawkat, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will ArnettDirector: Arlene Sanford, John Amodeo, John Fortenberry, Lev L. Spiro, Paul Feig
Brand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.1
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 285 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Arrested Development - Season Three
DVD Review: An under appreciated gem
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the funniest sitcoms I have seen, real sad it went largely unnoticed and under appreciated. If you have the chance to pick this up do so without hesitation.DVD Review: "You See, Sometimes Shame Can Be Fun."
Summary: 5 Stars
I love "Arrested Development" and consider it to be one of the most original, funny, offbeat, and intelligent television shows of all time. Having said that, I waffled between a four and five star rating for season three solely because while great, it still wasn't quite up to the amazingly high standards of the first two seasons. In the end, though, I couldn't bring myself to give it anything less than five stars, because it just isn't fair to punish the third season simply because the first two seasons were so far off the charts and warranted a rating greater than five stars.
Season three is shorter than the first two seasons, and the jokes are both a bit more biting, and a bit more off-color compared to the earlier shows. As always, Ron Howard's narration is a clear winner, and helps viewers new to the show to get their bearings on what's going on. One of the chief delights of the show for me is the long-running plotlines that span seasons: this season they become even more otherworldly and convoluted. Jason Bateman is a great actor and centers the off-kilter ensemble cast. This season he dates a British woman (Charlize Theron) and explores the British section of Orange County, in a lengthy subplot that was my least favorite of the entire series. I never thought this story helped flesh out Michael's character, nor did it further the flow of the show in what was an already truncated and busy season.
As always I loved Jeffrey Tambor as the lunatic patriarch of the Bluth family, and especially enjoyed the subplot about his trial for treason and the bizarre aftereffects of his dealings in Iraq. The guest stars this season were also great and included luminaries like James Lipton and Andy Richter. My favorite piece of casting was Scott Baio as attorney Bob Loblaw (who even has his own Internet site, the "Bob Loblaw Law Blog"). Baio is brilliant here, as is Justine Bateman who makes a sultry appearance in an amazing turn of events. The entire cast is strong, the vast majority of the material is great (the rest is very good), and the finale is totally unexpected, which is exactly what you would expect from "Arrested Development." This is a great show, and while season three is not my favorite season, this is still genius on a disc.
DVD Review: Great Ending to Great Show
Summary: 5 Stars
This show was definitely cut short in its prime. With some of the funniest characters in television and some of the best writing this series still only managed to last three seasons. The third season does give a great ending to this phenomenal series. Still full of great acting and writing, this season does not disappoint. I was sad to see this show go. I have good hopes for the possibly upcoming movie.DVD Review: Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best comedy show that has ever been on television. I have probably watched every episode at least 10-20 times and I am constantly discovering new jokes I didn't even realize were there.DVD Review: The BEST television show in recent memory
Summary: 5 Stars
Who wouldn't love this show? It's got everything: intricate writing, brilliant cast, witty dialogue, interesting characters. The many perfect one-liners will have you howling so hard you'll have to re-watch every single episode to catch all the jokes you missed the first time. Even if you can refrain from laughing through half of the episode, you'll STILL have to watch it again because the extremely clever writers have embedded punchlines to jokes that are started LATER in the season! That's right, joke foreshadowing! It's amazing. You won't regret buying this season. It's not as good as the first two, because by this point the show had been canceled by FOX and the writers were taking every jab at the network that they could hurl past the censors. But a lot of the jokes are wrapped up along with the storylines, making this season an integral part of your AD collection!
Description of Arrested Development - Season Three
In this Emmy?-winning comedy's hilarious third season, Michael Bluth finally realizes that it's his Uncle Oscar serving time in prison, not his father. Reluctant to spring Oscar due to the effect it may have on the family business, Michael decides that the only fair thing to do is to find his father and place him under house arrest. Yet once found, George Sr. insists he was tricked into working with the Iraqis, leaving Michael no choice but to investigate his father's outrageous claim. But it isn't until Michael and Buster go to Iraq on a rescue mission to save Gob that the depth of the devious plot is revealed...and Michael learns which family member is the real brains behind all the madness.Arrested Development--one of the greatest comedies in the history of television--went out in a blaze of glory. The truncated final season packed more biting humor per minute than ever before. In only 13 episodes, dozens of intertwining storylines spun in all directions: In addition to the overarching story about the fractious infighting of the Bluth family and the family's housing development company being investigated for treason in Iraq (a plot arc that comes to a dazzlingly surreal conclusion), the put-upon "good son" Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too) pursues romance with a lovely British woman (Charlize Theron, Monster) who turns out to be woefully inappropriate; swaggering magician Gob (Will Arnett, Monster-In-Law) flees from his newly-discovered teenage son while still pandering for the affection of his self-absorbed father (Jeffrey Tambor, The Larry Sanders Show); flighty Lindsay (Portia de Rossi, Ally McBeal) and her sexually blurry husband Tobias (David Cross, Mr. Show) both get the hots for the family's new lawyer, Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio, Charles in Charge); and much, much more. It's difficult to describe what makes Arrested Development so brilliant. The ensemble is uniformly superb (Jessica Walter, as the family's boozing, scheming matriarch, is particularly devastating this season) and the surprising guest stars (including Andy Richter, James Lipton, Justine Bateman, and many others) are perfectly cast; the characters' abominable behavior defies conventional television notions of "likability", yet they only grow more endearing the more you watch; the humor embraces wild slapstick and sharp satire, often within a single scene; and the nimble documentary style allows for sly glancing references to jokes and scenes from long-past episodes, rewarding devoted fans. But the key is that, no matter how screwball Arrested Development becomes, the show offers a rich, textured, and wonderfully coherent world in which these characters feel genuine, a world completely unlike the flat, plastic simulacrum offered by the average sitcom. Arrested Development was true to itself to the end. Its followers will cherish it forever. --Bret Fetzer
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