Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seasons 1-6
by Jeff Garlin, Alec Berg, Andy Ackerman, Bryan Gordon, David Mandel
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Actor: Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Michael York, Ted DansonDirector: Alec Berg, Andy Ackerman, Bryan Gordon, David Mandel, Jeff Garlin
Brand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 1992 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Color; Box set; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seasons 1-6
Movie Review: Cynical, bitter, dark and hilarious
Summary: 5 Stars
Like pretty much everyone else (I assume), I originally sought out CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM due to my obsession with the Seinfeld-show, sort of an "let's see what that other show by the Seinfeld-creator is about"-gesture. Starting at season one, it took a few episodes to get into. Among the technical aspects that set the show apart from most other sit-coms (Seinfeld included), I quickly noticed that the camera-setup in Curb evokes a kind of a home-movie feeling, and background laughter is absent, which at first makes it rather documentary-like and possibly somewhat dull by appearance to newcomers. Once one understands the rhytm of the show, however, it turns increasingly obvious that this is one of the funniest TV shows ever made, and undoubtedly the funniest and most intelligent currently in production.
It could be argued that Larry David, with CURB, keeps going from the point where Seinfeld stopped. While Seinfeld certainly approached quite a few edgy topics for its time, CURB does this with a much more cynical and dark attitude. What is amazing is that the team behind the series manages to balance Larry's bitter world-view with a touch of lightfulness and, now and then, slapstick routines, which tempts the viewer into nodding and laughing recognizingly at the madness, rather than getting into the same bitter state that Larry David is in. However, one can't help but admit that his often anti-social tendencies (which in total makes for a good combination of a Woody Allen and W.C. Fields in the same person) are partly your own. Larry David, the real one as well as the CURB one, truly has a talent of observing the seemingly tiny, tiny details which, when put together, sometimes make life unbearable, and doing so in a funny way. He does in fact often have good reason for getting upset; only he does it in a way that is often viewed as not socially adequate.
Other than admitting how right Larry David is, at least from a merely emotional standpoint, when uttering that thieves are preferable to neighbors (because thieves just take your things, whereas neighbors take your time); and other than eagerly waiting for your favorite supporting character to turn up (there are quite a few competitors), I'm really impressed by the story construction. With such a strong cast, it could be expected that the creators would use the opportunity of letting the stories function as mere excuses, but fact is that nearly every detail in each story, even a by-passing comment made by Larry at the beginning of an episode, plays a part to the story in the end.
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM started out as a great series, and as I'm currently watching the seventh season, I'm happy to tell that it's still going strong. If you like it at all, go for the entire series on DVD.
Summary of Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seasons 1-6
THIS HAS EVERY EPISODE EVER MADE......(ALL 70)Like its fellow HBO series Sex and the City, this half-hour comedy broke some TV rules and went from critics' darling to an award-winning series in three years. Curb Your Enthusiasm is the brainchild of star-creator Larry David who co-created Seinfeld and was the basis for the easily rattled George Costanza (who was played by Jason Alexander). Like George, David has a tendency to speak too much, blow things out of proportion, and, most often, fail in the end (and often liking it that way). David's new show is also like its predecessor: it's about "nothing" except following the day-to-day ramblings of a sometime writer and comic (this time in L.A.). Eternal questions stemming from universal daily dilemmas are honed to perfect comedic absurdity. A notable exception is the show is only scripted by plot; much of the action is improvised. David plays "himself" (as does his friend, Richard Lewis) although his manager and wife are played by comedians Jeff Garlin and Cheryl Hines. Although the show is a comedic gem, one can't take more than an episode or two at a time--it's acidic, biting comedy. The episodes are often built like a house of cards, which the irritable David will surely collapse by the end. Like another caustic TV character, Dabney Colman's Buffalo Bill (1983-84), Larry David is not for everybody. --Doug Thomas
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