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The Office: Season Four
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DVD detailsActor: Office Brand: OFFICE, THE: SEASON FOUR (DVD MOVIE) DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 405 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-09-02 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of The Office: Season FourDVD Review: Good Season But Not It's Best Summary: 4 StarsThe Office Season 4 is a very good season yet not the series best season thus far. If the writers strike had not cut the season in half then I'm sure it would have ranked up there with Season 2 and 3. Season 4 offeredthe usual story of the complex relationship between Jim and Pam and also the odd and disturbing at times relationship between Michael and Jan. As usual season 4 offers laugh out loud moments as well as many twists and turns along the way. The season premiere was one of the best episodes of the series as we see Michael run Merideth over with his car and in an effort to apologize (and also to take the blame away from himself) coordinates a fun run to find a cure for rabies. We also see Ryan quickly adjust to the bright lights big city world of New York which inevitably gets him arrested for fraud. Season 4 also marks the end of the mysterious relationship for Dwight and Angela due to the untimely murder of Angela's cat by Dwight. This is no shortage of Michael Scott, the annoying and wildly ignorant manager of Dunder Mifflin Scranton who takes us on a wild ride in his weird up and down relationship with Jan as well as his new crush Holly. The season finale offers a lot of bang and swerves in the hour long episode. Jim hints at proposing to Pam but is interupted by Andy proposing to Angela during the going away party Michael organized for Toby. As always the last scene throws a curve ball that leads in to the next season and this finale was no different. The finale ends with Phyllis walking in on Angela and Dwight doing the duty on Angela's desk. This season provides many laughs and the complex storylines that are the norms for this excellent show and season 4 offers emmy worthy performances.
DVD Review: Who Wrote Season Four??? Summary: 1 StarsSeason four was a big disappointment. Was it written by a bunch of high school kids? It wasn't clever, it wasn't smart, it was just dumb...really dumb. The whole Michael schtick is wearing thin, and Pam has become overly cute-sie, as has Jim. I think those three characters are, without a doubt, the worst actors of the entire cast.
DVD Review: AMAZING! Summary: 5 StarsI don't think that words can describe how happy I was when I received this item in the mail. It was in its original packaging still so I knew it was new, just like advertized. The description with it was perfect, it was and is Season Four of The Office.
DVD Review: The best season of "The Office" so far... Summary: 5 StarsThis is definitely, in my opinion, the best season of "The Office" so far. Although there aren't as many episodes in this season--thanks to the writers' strike--the show makes up for it in humor. This set is very high quality, and the picture and sound are excellent. I definitely recommend this set for anyone obsessed with "The Office", or anyone looking for a hilarious show to start watching--because once you start, you can't stop!!
DVD Review: Barely ok Summary: 2 StarsI love this show and have watched seasons 1-3 repeatedly. But this season... what happened? Are they out of ideas? Are there new writers? What used to be witty and genius has turned obvious and slapstick. Also, it was depressing and tried to be artsy. Please! It's the Office. I liked it better before. Season 2 was the best so far. Season 4 was crap. I can't believe I got it the day it came out. I hope season 5 is better, and the Office actually takes place in the Office, with the characters rebalanced and not caracatures of themselves.
Description of The Office: Season FourSteve Carell (Get Smart) returns in his Golden Globe?-winning role of The World s Greatest Boss Michael Scott in Season Four of the hit comedy series The Office! This must-own four-disc set includes every irreverent episode from Season Four including the five extended full TV-hour specials plus hours of hilarious deleted scenes and bonus features! Rejoin Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) as they bring romance to the workplace Dwight (Rainn Wilson) as he continues his quest to be Michael s right-hand man and newly deemed Wunderkind Ryan (B.J. Novak) who s working to drag Dunder Mifflin into the digital age. Developed for American TV by Primetime Emmy? Award winner Greg Daniels (King of the Hill The Simpsons) The Office is the intelligent and edgy Primetime Emmy? Award-winning series that critics are hailing as the funniest show on TV (Gavin Edwards Rolling Stone). You ll enjoy the inappropriate remarks uncomfortable silences and petty behavior again and again!System Requirements:Running Time: 405 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?025195017329 Manufacturer No:?61102114 Is a season of The Office with less episodes still a great season? That seems to be the debate among the Emmy-winning sitcom's faithful audience in regard to season four, which like every program in 2007 and 2008 suffered due to the Writers Guild strike. But even a truncated season can't dispel the fact that The Office remains one of television's funniest and most consistently inventive programs. If a theme can be grafted upon season four, it's Things Fall Apart: former temp Ryan (writer-producer B.J. Novak) is promoted to executive position and then squanders that power, while Dwight (series MPV Rainn Wilson) attempts to recover from his breakup with Angela (Angela Kinsey) and her apparent relationship with the hapless Andy (Ed Helms). Elsewhere, HR's Toby (writer-director Paul Lieberstein) finally flees Dunder Mifflin for that long-threatened vacation to Costa Rica (and is replaced by Oscar nominee Amy Ryan), and Stanley (Leslie David Baker) reaches his own breaking point in "Did I Stutter?" The center of office entropy is, of course, boss Michael Scott (Steve Carell), who is knocked off his pedestal throughout the season; his sweetly na?ve television spot is disparaged in "Local Ad," he's passed over for the executive outing in "Survivor Man," and in the season's highlights, he is forced to twice endure humiliation at the hands of his own girlfriend Jan (Melora Hardin), first in the heartbreaking "Deposition," and then immediately after in the Emmy-nominated "Dinner Party," which puts their disintegrating relationship in sharp focus. Even office lovebirds Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) experience some rocky moments as Jim anguishes over the right time to propose to her. But don't let that laundry list of disasters fool you into thinking that season four is a downer; if anything, many of the episodes are among the funniest the show has produced to date. Most notable among these are the opener "Fun Run" (the Scranton team participates in Michael's charity race for rabies prevention), "Job Fair" (Michael attempts to hawk Dunder Mifflin to high schoolers, while Jim struggles to land a client), and the aforementioned "Dinner Party" and "Goodbye, Toby." Longtime viewers may wince at some of the broader gags in the season, like Michael and Dwight driving into the lake in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity," but the best episodes are so strong--and Carell and his fellow players so dead-on in their performances--that it's hard to make a case against the season for those relatively few low points. Extras in the season-four set are fewer than in previous releases, though that may have to do with the reduced number of episodes. Deleted scenes are offered for every episode, and many are real gems, most notably those in "Dinner Party" and "Goodbye Toby." A smattering of commentaries is also included; Carell and Krasinski are noticeably absent, but Wilson, Fischer and the writing and directing staff more than make up for their absence. And the featurette "Writer's Block," which includes footage of the writers' panel at an Office convention, gives an amusing alternate to the usual behind-the-scenes coverage. Michael's complete ad for Dunder Mifflin, a battery of amusing faux PSAs for rabies, and a gag reel do much to fill out the supplemental features. --Paul Gaita
Stills from Season Four of The Office (Click for larger image)
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