Grosse Pointe - The Complete Series
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Actor: Bonnie Somerville, Irene Molloy, Kohl Sudduth, Kyle Howard, Lindsay SloaneBrand: Sony
Writer: Darren Star
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 359 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Grosse Pointe - The Complete Series
DVD Review: One of the reasons there is no more WB network. They never pushed or supported shows like this one.
Summary: 5 Stars
Grosse Pointe was a show that was taken away from viewers too soon. Like Freaks & Geeks, Action and The Critic, this show was never given a chance to actualize its potential due to a poor time slot (Sundays at 9:30 on the WB, Worst on the Schecule) and lack of promotion and support by its network. I only caught a few episodes before it was unceremoniously canceled, and I finally have this gem in my DVD collection.
Grosse Pointe is Darren Starr's parody of the behind the scenes experiences on Beverly Hills 90210, is one of the most hilarious shows I've ever seen. This brilliant commentary on Hollywood details all the backstabbing, feuding and infinghting that we don't see on our TV screens every week when we watch these shows. From watching this series, and Sunset Boulevard I've learned Hollywood is like a sausage factory: We love the finished product, but we don't like seeing how they're made. The more and more I learn about the Entertainment Industry is that it's just like any other job, except the glitz and glamour covers up all the insecurity, inadequacy, jealousy and pettiness we see clearly among our co-workers in most modern office workplaces.
Grosse Pointe is a five star essential Shawn James TV series. Please, pick this series up for your DVD collection. You're gonna be in for a treat!
DVD Review: extremely underrated SHow!
Summary: 5 Stars
this show didnt get nearly enough credit for what it was. creative, inventive, believable chrecters, hillarious story lines and a show that kept everyone wanting more. the basic premise off the show is a behind the scenes look at 90210 as a sitcom, all the chrecters are recognizable as a 90210 personality. marcy as tori, johnny as jason, and of course hunter as shannen who is my favorite in this show. the fact this show was written by the same darren starr who brought us 90210, you have to wonder, is any of the comedy or situations real?
10/10 for this show, it will be one i cherish for years to come.
DVD Review: grosse point - great great & great
Summary: 5 Stars
If you didn't get a chance to watch the aired original (and you like the genre - a teen soap having a huge dig at itself) then do yourself a big favour and get your hands on the complete series now that is available.
Every role is well postioned and excellently acted with top verbal humour, magnificent facial expressions (hunter is a hoot), and a good old "will they - wont they romance" playing out deliciously.
Sure the series ended abruptly, but it don't matter really. Write your own series 2 in your head if you need to, but re-watching the full series 1 over and over is a constant chuckle, roar and side-split.
You won't be dissapointed.
DVD Review: Great show
Summary: 5 Stars
A great satire of 90210. Watching the whole series lets you see how the WB interfered with show. Excellent performances and great writing. Irene Molloy is outstanding. Great to have the whole series on DVD.DVD Review: hilarious
Summary: 4 Stars
loved this show when it was on tv and watching the 2nd time around was just as good. hilarious show. too bad it wasn't picked up for a 2nd season
Description of Grosse Pointe - The Complete Series
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/13/2007 Run time: 416 minutesLike Fox's Action, Grosse Pointe is a single-camera, behind-the-scenes comedy that didn't get the chance to find the audience it deserved. With the success of HBO's Entourage a few years later, it's possible that the timing was simply off as this devilishly entertaining melodrama should've been a hit with fans of Darren Star's Beverly Hills 90210 and Sex and the City. It's essentially a spot-on satire of the former, as well as the actors who made it into a cultural touchstone in the 1990s. Created by Star, the show-within-a-show played the game while breaking the rules. In other words, the five attractive leads, all actors on high school soap Grosse Pointe, aren't exactly model citizens (and the occasional in-jokes at the WB's expense can't have won Star many points with the network brass). There's dumb stud Johnny (ex-model Al Santos), terminally insecure Marcy (Lindsay Sloane, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch), fresh-faced Courtney (Bonnie Somerville, NYPD Blue), scheming Hunter (Irene Molloy, Andy Richter Controls the Universe), and 30-year-old teen Quentin (Kohl Sudduth channeling Luke Perry).
Plot developments include a shoplifting arrest for Hunter ("Thieves Like Us"), opportunistic boyfriend for Marcy ("Halloween"), gay fan for Johnny ("Boys on the Side"), and Japanese beer commercial for Courtney ("Star Wars" with George Takei). Short run aside, Grosse Pointe attracted name directors, like Jake Kasdan, Peyton Reed, Allison Anders, and 90210 alum Jason Priestley, who plays himself. In addition, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh composed the jazzy score. Recurring characters include writer/producers Rob (William Ragsdale) and Hope (Joely Fisher) and perennial second bananas, Dave the Stand-In (Kyle Howard) and Kevin the PA (Nat Faxon). This two-disc set includes an interview with Star, plus commentary on four episodes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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