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My Family - Series 1-7 Box Set [2000]
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Why bother
Review date: 2008-05-26 Rating: 2 out of 10
Good greif, why would you bother buying it. It's on UK Gold all the time except when they're showing the Vicar of Dibley and My Family makes that look funny. It is the "Terry and June" of the 90s except it goes on and on longer.
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Reviews
feel.....soooo......sleepy.
Review date: 2008-05-23 Rating: 2 out of 10
quite possibly the dullest show ever created.
Zoe Wanamaker has admitted that she is no longer impressed with the quality of My Family.
The actress, who plays Susan Harper in the BBC One comedy show, revealed that she and co-star Robert Lindsay even refused to film one episode because it was so poor.
"What attracted me to the first scripts was that they had a slightly quirky, American Jewish quality to them. That's my humour. Critics absolutely hated it. The public liked it. But it's turned into a machine," Wanamaker told The Daily Telegraph.
"Robert and I even refused at one point to do one, it was so bad. That caused a lot of problems, but we just felt it was not good enough. We had practically a football team of scriptwriters working on the last series."
However, Wanamaker added that she is grateful for the financial rewards of appearing on the programme.
"I shouldn't knock it. Hey, I bought three paintings. I also planted 23 trees the other day in my cottage."
A comedy that never bores me
Review date: 2008-01-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
I just love watching this comedy. I keep seeing the repeats on UKGOLD and can watch episodes again and again - The problem is that like many program repeats they are never shown in production order, so I am now the happy owner of the complete box set so I can watch them back to back from the start.
The acting is superb, and if as one review states, the writing is like that of formulaic American sitcoms (which I hate) then at least it shows that it's the comedy that counts, and the BBC know how to make it funny.
I also still find that the quality hasn't diminished even since most peoples favourite character Nick (Kris Marshall) left the series - the newer characters have fitted in perfectly.
One point to make about Amazon's Synopsis - This is not the first sitcom Robert Lindsey has appeared in since Citizen Smith - He appeared in the 2 series of the very surreal channel 4 series 'Nightingales' in 1990, currently available at a very low price from Amazon. If you haven't seen it then you will either love it or hate it - It is weird (I love it).
Very funny!
Review date: 2007-11-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
I have been watching My Family since the first series and I think that it is a great British comedy. I find many of the situations easy to relate to and I think the writers do well to make the audience feel as though they are being allowed inside the Harper family.
Obviously Nick is a favourite character for a lot of people as he provides the majorities of the laughs. I think that Zoe Wanamaker and Robert Lindsay play a very good married couple and they seem very comfortable with each other which makes their roles more believable.
I am so pleased that at last, we can have series 1-7 all together!
A Fun Comedy
Review date: 2007-11-03 Rating: 8 out of 10
This BBC comedy is a fun show. It has lots of great moments that you will remember for a long time.
The best character is Nick because everything he does is so stupid yet hilarious at the same time!! Unfortuanetly he is only in the series for the first 3-4 seasons.
The show also has other excellent characters such as Ben, the dad of the family. he is incredibly moody and the actor(Robert Lindsay)excels at playing this character. The other characters in the show all have there parts and play them well.
The show comes together to form a good comedy show which you will enjoy.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Gabriel Thomson
Kris Marshall
Zoe Wanamaker
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Robert Lindsay
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014138601003
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 12
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-22
Audience rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 2203 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2000
Language: English (Original Language)