The Goldbergs
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Actor: GoldbergsDirector: n/a
Brand: BERG,GERTRUDE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 262 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 62634
Studio: Timeless Media Group
Product features:
- GOLDBERGS, THE (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of The Goldbergs
Movie Review: A Wonderful Surprise
Summary: 5 Stars
I wasn't familiar with this series before renting it, but was intrigued by the idea of an American TV show from the 40s and 50s about a Jewish-American family from New York that moves to a white suburban neighborhood.
It turned out to be a quiet, sweet, smart comedy that also happens to have been created and written by Gertrude Berg, who stars as Molly Goldberg and who was an innovative and successful trailblazer in radio and television even before Lucy came on the scene. There's no slapstick here, a la I Love Lucy, but rather quiet day-to-day comedy about Molly's life with her husband, two children, and Uncle David, as well as their friendly but eccentric neighbors. Molly charms her new neighbors with her cooking and advice, serves on a jury, and becomes convinced through psychology that she secretly hates her family.
Without a laugh track, and with the old-fashioned feel of the series, it's easy to miss some of the very smart and modern humor. In particular, I loved the humorous mistakes Molly makes in speaking English. There is no sense of "making fun" here, but rather (at least in my opinion) a surprising awareness of and empathy with the immigrant experience. That said, the jokes are sometimes hilarious, as when Molly, who has left coldcuts on the table for her husband's lunch, tells him she's "laid you out cold on the table", or when she instructs her daughter to hang a new dress by telling her to "go hang yourself in the closet".
No doubt, the show isn't for everyone, with its quiet domestic concerns that might seem slow-paced to some and its wordplay that requires careful attention. But I was surprised and pleased to find such a smart and well-written series that I'd never so much as heard of before.
Summary of The Goldbergs
Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 15-APR-2008
Media Type: DVD
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