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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543146957
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 2004
Running Time: 512 minutes
Sales Rank: 411
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 2003
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Amazon.com:
Winner 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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Rating: - Putting the "Fun" in Dysfunction
Pity Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman). His father is in the slammer, his mother is a manipulative witch, his twin sister is perpetually espousing fashionable social causes, and his brothers either have mother issues or womanizing ones. "Arrested Development" is unique as a sitcom. It's done in mockumentary form,like a Christopher Guest film (even Guest regular Jane Lynch makes an appearance) Ron Howard provides the tongue-in-cheek narration. There are faux TV clips,a fake '70s stoner hit "Big Yellow Joint" along with fake yearbook photos. It's a staggering work of genius.
"Arrested Development" has great lines like "We're brothers. We kinda like each other", and the magician Gob's (Will Arnett) insistence on championing the Banana Grabber character,as well as Michael's son George Michael (Michael Cera) being called "Opie." It's chock full of irony. In the pilot episode, flamboyant gays campaigning for marriage disrupt the Bluths' yacht party. Lindsay Funke (Portia DiRossi) views the proceedings in arrogant disgust. Considering the recent ruling on gay marriage and Portia's engagement to talk show diva Ellen DeGeneres,it's ironic indeed. There are plenty of guest stars like Henry Winkler as a slimy lawyer,Liza Minnelli as Buster's older girlfriend, and Carl Weathers of Action Jackson fame as himself.
As for Jason Bateman,yes,I'm the child of the '80s. I watched "Family Ties" and "Silver Spoons"... but I don't remember him (Michael J. Fox was the It Boy of the '80s)It's nice ... Read More
Rating: - challenged family
Put some light into a dismal day by watching this dysfunctional family relate to one another. One of the funniest shows I have ever seen!
Rating: - Funniest series EVER!
If the rumored movie is halfway as funny as the series, we'll hve a blockbuster on our hands! Maybe we'll even get lucky enough to have them revive it for the small screen as well! (A man can dream, can't he?!)
Rating: - funny funny
this is really funny in a smart way. I can watch it many times.
a similar more recent show is 30 rock. together with the british office and extras these are my favorites :)
Rating: - Best sitcom ever made. Period.
If you have not seen Arrested Development, please do so today- You'll thank me for it!
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