Brothers and Sisters - The Complete First Season
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Actor: Calista Flockhart, Patricia Wettig, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Sally FieldBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 988 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
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- Enter the complex world of the Walkers, and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and embrace each other's differences. It's "an encounter to look forward to," says THE WALL
Movie Reviews of Brothers and Sisters - The Complete First Season
Movie Review: Truly brilliant television
Summary: 5 Stars
Every couple of years, a TV show comes along that really stands out. Once a decade or so, you get a show that literally takes your breath away with its brilliance. BROTHERS AND SISTERS is one such show.
Let's start with the cast -- this is the most perfectly-cast show to come along in years. Every single character is played intelligently, realistically, and with great depth, and the actors and the chemistry between them are a large part of that. Sally Field is immensely deserving of her Emmy, but Rachel Griffiths and Calista Flockhart are also equally as deserving of recognition.
Then there's the production of the show. This show is beautiful to watch, especially in high-definition (where's the Blu-Ray version??). Dirction, lighting, cinematography and set design are simply the best there is on TV these days. The visual richness of the show only makes it that much more fun to watch.
And of course, there's the writing. None of this would be possible without excellent stories and good dialogue. The blend of comedy and drama, done so well by shows like BOSTON LEGAL and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, is taken to a new level, with more laugh-out-loud moments than most sitcoms, and more genuine tears (of both joy and sadness) than many "Best Picture"-winning movies. There aren't many shows that I can count on to make me cry every week, but BROTHERS AND SISTERS manages to bring tears to my eyes at least once every week.
What pushes BROTHERS AND SISTERS into the category of truly brilliant television is the way it is pushing the envelope of what we see on network television. I sometimes find myself checking to make sure I'm not watching HBO or Showtime, where ground-breaking television has become the norm. We have the first totally real gay character on network television -- one who has a real love life and will actually passionately kiss guys in prime time. We have married couples with extremely realistic relationships. We have non-stereotypical takes on drug addiction, infidelity, grief.
I could go on, but I suspect if you've read this far you get the point -- if you were to only watch one show on TV (or buy one TV-on-DVD set), this should be the one.
A note on the DVD: It's rare that a DVD season set includes an extra as good as the one contained here -- a complete, previously-unaired episode. It was meant to be the second episode of the season, but apparently the producers felt it didn't move the story in the direction they wanted to go. While it isn't the best episode of the series, it is certainly fantastic to watch, especially for someone like me who has seen every episode at least twice already. Many DVD sets have "special" episodes included, but they're usually either recaps of the the season, or just short episodes (like the "extra" episodes they've been including on the 24 season sets the past few years). This extra episode of BROTHERS AND SISTERS is a complete, finished, full-length episode.
For the die-hard fans: If you buy the set at Target, you get a bonus DVD containing a Museum of Radio and Television interview with the cast. It's not particularly exciting, but the hardcore fans will want to see it.
Summary of Brothers and Sisters - The Complete First Season
Enter the complex world of the Walkers, and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and embrace each other?s differences. It's "an encounter to look forward to," says The Wall Street Journal. Get caught up in one of television?s most reflective and sophisticated dramas. Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin, Balthazar Getty and Patricia Wettig lead a stellar cast in ABC?s critically acclaimed hit Brothers & Sisters. Experience every episode of Season One, including exclusive, in-depth bonus material, in this six-disc DVD set.Stills from Brothers and Sisters (click for larger image)
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Just because you're all grown up doesn't mean your family dynamics get any easier. Luckily for TV fans, the first season of Brothers and Sisters makes for addictive watching while exploring the intricacies of a family, in crisis and in repose. First, let us give thanks for the amazing Sally Field, who has literally grown up on the small screen, and who now plays the matriarch of the Walker family, though not as a power-mad dowager, but as a well-meaning, slightly naive but fiercely loyal California girl gone ever-so-slightly gray. In fact, when this show debuted in the fall of 2006, it was known as the "new Calista Flockhart show," but Field quickly became the standout in a stellar ensemble cast.
While the Walkers' problems of money and business deals may seem rarefied to some, the family pecking orders and feuds are universal and handled deftly by the writers and the actors, including Patricia Wettig, the icy former mistress of the dearly departed Walker pere (Tom Skerritt), and brothers Dave Annable and Balthazar Getty. Rachel Griffiths is a tart sisterly counterpoint to Flockhart's flighty Ann Coulter wannabe. In short, anyone with a family should be able to relate. And, perhaps, cringe a bit. --A.T. Hurley
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