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Weeds - Series 1 - Complete [2005]
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Dark US Comedy
Review date: 2008-08-15 Rating: 8 out of 10
I bought Weeds not knowing anything about it other than the basic premise - suburban wife and mother takes to weed dealing after husband dies. I wasn't that impressed by the pilot episode but stuck with it and have been pleasantly surprised. The characters are allowed to develop nicely and although I wouldn't say that there are many out and out bits of hilarity it is gently comedic. It is quite dark in places and the only downside I can say is that occasionally some of the dialogue feels like it is deliberately trying to be crass or shocking. Overall though I would recommend it for anyone who likes comedy dramas.
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Reviews
The story of an irresponsible mother...
Review date: 2008-08-01 Rating: 2 out of 10
If you can handle the story of a totally naive and irresponsible mother (not to say stupid...) and lough about it then Weeds is a nice comedy series. I personally did not manage to feel the funny part of it. I guess i would have enjoyed it in my late teens.
HIGH on your must buy list!
Review date: 2008-05-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
I purchased this DVD not knowing alot about the show, as I do with most American TV shows. I had heard about this show on TV, yet never actually watched it.
I've been stuck on it since. This delightfuly funny American comedy/drama is easily one of the best 'Desperate Housewives-esque' shows to come from our friends accross the pond in years.
Each episode follows on from the previous, without creating a too in depth story, so it's easy to choose and episode at random without having to watch from the beginning to know what is going on.
If you want a laid back comedy to chill out with, this quirky American satire is the ultimate watch. I've just been and purchased Season 2.
BEWARE: you will get addicted to Weeds!!!
Review date: 2008-02-05 Rating: 8 out of 10
Her husband dies of a heart attack while jogging and Nancy is left as a stay-at-home mom with two sons, a huge house, leased car, and no income. The solution to this conundrum: Nancy becomes the drug dealer of choice for inhabitants of lovely, suburban Agrestic.
The stroll down a tight rope high in the circus tent has only just begun for Nancy as she tries to balance an business (selling weed and a bakery/fakery), her family (sexually active teenage son and 11-year-old son grieving out loud plus slagger brother-in-law), and of course her lively neighbours including Chairman of the PTA, a very creative accountant, and her supplier.
Oh yes!! "Weeds" is hilarious!!! Be prepared to laugh and cry when you watch the series.
Louise.
Put aside your preconceptions
Review date: 2007-10-18 Rating: 8 out of 10
This gem of a show from US cable should be high on your 'must see' list. If it's not, is it because it's (ostensibly) about an all-American mom surviving her bereavement by selling pot, perchance? Tish and pish!
Mary Louise Parker (surely one of the sexiest women on the planet... oh, and also one of the best actors on US TV) gives a superb performance, elevating already brilliantly written scripts to a level of black comedy rarely seen on British TV. Each half hour episode runs the gamut from phone sex with a deaf girl, through setting up a fake bakery ( a 'fakery' if you will) to shooting marauding mountain lions in the face. Oh, and you'll laugh too.
To complement this, Elizabeth Pekins's performance as the sexually-frustrated, bitchy, PTA president mom-from-hell almost steals the show.
Bring on series 2 right now.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Mary Louise Parker
Romany Malco
Kevin Nealon
Elizabeth Perkins
Creators:
Romany Malco (Primary Contributor)
Mary Louise Parker (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060052411723
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-09-03
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 274 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)