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Arrested Development - Season 3
It's difficult to describe what makes Arrested Development so brilliant. The ensemble is uniformly superb (Jessica Walter, as the family's boozing, scheming matriarch, is particularly devastating this season) and the surprising guest stars (including Andy Richter, James Lipton, Justine Bateman, and many others) are perfectly cast; the characters' abominable behavior defies conventional television notions of "likability", yet they only grow more endearing the more you watch; the humour embraces wild slapstick and sharp satire, often within a single scene; and the nimble documentary style allows for sly glancing references to jokes and scenes from long-past episodes, rewarding devoted fans. But the key is that, no matter how screwball Arrested Development becomes, the show offers a rich, textured, and wonderfully coherent world in which these characters feel genuine, a world completely unlike the flat, plastic simulacrum offered by the average sitcom. Arrested Development was true to itself to the end. Its followers will cherish it forever. --Bret Fetzer
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Arrested Development--one of the greatest comedies in the history of television--went out in a blaze of glory. The truncated final season packed more biting humor per minute than ever before. In only 13 episodes, dozens of intertwining storylines spun in all directions: In addition to the overarching story about the fractious infighting of the Bluth family and the family's housing development company being investigated for treason in Iraq (a plot arc that comes to a dazzlingly surreal conclusion), the put-upon "good son" Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too) pursues romance with a lovely British woman (Charlize Theron, Monster) who turns out to be woefully inappropriate; swaggering magician Gob (Will Arnett, Monster-In-Law) flees from his newly-discovered teenage son while still pandering for the affection of his self-absorbed father (Jeffrey Tambor, The Larry Sanders Show); flighty Lindsay (Portia de Rossi, Ally McBeal) and her sexually blurry husband Tobias (David Cross, Mr. Show) both get the hots for the family's new lawyer, Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio, Charles in Charge); and much, much more.
Is there any justice ?
Review date: 2008-02-28 Rating: 10 out of 10
I have recently purchased all three seasons of Arrested Development on dvd and to my mind this has to be without question one of best and slickest tv comedies of all time.Great writing and great performances by all concerned.Highly recommended.I can only agree with the very commendable reviews of the previous contributors.In fact I never wanted it to end.How this fantastic piece of television came to be cancelled by so called TV moguls must remain one of the greatest mystery's and biggest blunders of all time.If there is any justice in this world.............bring it back !
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Reviews
One of the best of all time!
Review date: 2008-02-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
This show is brilliant. All three seasons are as good as each other, with every episode nearing perfection every time. There is no way that this show could possibly be improved upon. I really don't think it's possible to praise this show high enough. It deserved more than it got in terms of ratings/awards. It may not have been watched by that many people, but ask any one of those who did and they'll all say the same thing - it's a classic.
I'm still laughing!!
Review date: 2007-09-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
What can I say? This is one of the best TV series of all time!! There are so much to it that you can watch it for many many times and still find something new to laugh about. My only critism of season 3 is that they seem to end it so quickly at the end so everything seems to be a bit rushed. But all in all, fantastically 5 star!!!
Brilliant!!!!
Review date: 2007-06-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
A great show and a great shame it was cancelled! Funny on a number of levels, well acted, intelligent well thought out gags. Bring back arrested development!
Fox made a huge mistake!
Review date: 2007-04-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
"I have made a huge mistake" should be gratified onto the office door of the Fox Executives that cancelled one of the greatest comedies of all time. Arrested Development is/was original, relevant and extremely funny. It is a show that anyone and everyone can escape to and find something to laugh about in. Full of fantastic comic performances and scripts even more intricate than the first two series of this is my favourite tv show. The jokes come thick and fast and knowledge of the first two series is essential to get proper enjoyment from the complex self referential humor. The episodes are also better on second viewing as you spot the more subtle jokes that litter each one.
One of the joys of Arrested Development are the grand narrative jokes, that you sense building up over an entire series and in this shorter series there are two fantastically worked plot twists. Arrested Development makes fantastic use of music, visual and physical comedy but its true heart lies in its characters. If you have the first two series you simply have to get this series to complete the set. Uncle Gob, Uncle Tobias and Uncle Buster are waiting for you. "Come On!"
And if you haven't seen any Arrested Development (so jealous, you have so much goodness to come) buy the first series now!
Joshua Davidson
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jason Bateman
Ben Stiller
Charlize Theron
Will Arnett
Portia De Rossi
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036029322
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Box set, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2007-04-23
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 275 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)
Brand: Generic