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Summary: Coupling Is No Friends
Review: Coupling is like Men In Black one and two. Its like seeing the same movie twice except the second is not even have as good as the first. A lot of people praise Coupling as very quirky and offbeat. When watching this show I feel as if I am watching an episode of Friends without the spirit, originality, and without that pinch of perfection. A great show is based on its originality. Coupling is a British rip-off of Friends. Not only have they stolen the premise of Friends: six friends, 3 girls and three guys. They have also stolen the relationships. Does a certain Couple on Coupling (pardon the humour) remind you of the Coupling of Ross and Rachel on Friends. Don't the characters on Coupling remind you of the characters on Friends: A womanizer(rip off of Joey), a nice guy(rip-off of Ross), a very wierd friend(rip-off of Chandler)..... and that goes on. Would Seinfeld be remembered for the great show it was if their was a rip-off of it, or what about rip-offs of classics like I Love Lucy or Cheers. The actors on Coupling feel fake and don't have the same quality the actors on friends do. Please do not call Coupling superior to Friends. If it weren't for Friends Coupling wouldn't be on TV, and the people obviously thought it was good enough to rip off. Instead pick up a season of Friends, call over a couple of people, and let the magic happen on your TV.
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Summary: Fabulous! Sex and the City Meets Friends in the UK
Review: I love Coupling- I bought this DVD some time ago and pop it in whenever I want to sit back and laugh. The cast is excellent- the writing outrageous and the characters grow on you!
I have many Brit friends and have worked for two UK based companies and the sexy perv-ness combined with the repressed worries of singletons in London is acheived with perfect balance in this show. Richard Coyle as Jeff is so funny and the perfect comic foil in this show. Watch all 3 seasons when you can and see him grow and become more and more broad and funnier.
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Summary: BEST
Review: This is the best comedy on TV - anywhere in the world, not just the UK. But, COUPLING might be TOO British for the Yanks over here in the States to fully embrase. The tried to do a US version over here and it tanked, because they missed the wit of orginal even though they used the same scripts - it's all in the execution.Forget buying FRIENDS on DVD - buy COUPLING. It's kind of a SEINFELD/FRIENDS fusion with British dry wit.
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Summary: Good Season
Review: I liked this season it was so funny i only didn't like 1 episode. The Coupling cast is so great i like all of them espcially Jane and Jeff their funny. I can't wait till season 4 but it's sad that jeff ain't going to be there.
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Summary: Raunchy, sweet, and hilarious
Review: "Coupling--The Complete First Season" is a collection of six episodes of this very funny British comedy. The show follows the experiences of 6 young adults (3 male, 3 female) as they navigate the waters of romance and friendship. "Coupling" struck me as a sort of British blend of "Friends," "Seinfeld," and "Sex in the City." But in the end the show has its own very delightful identity. In "Coupling" a very likeable cast does an outstanding job with some very witty scripts. The subject matter is often quite spicy--pornography, penis size, bisexuality, etc. are all mined for humor. The six episode arc culminates in "the Cupboard of Patrick's Love," an outrageous story about home-made erotic videotapes that brings the whole ensemble together in a very satisfying and typically hysterical fashion. The DVD contains some good bonus features, most notably a series of behind-the-scenes interviews with all six cast members, writer Steven Moffat, and producer Sue Vertue. The strong sexual content of "Coupling" never seems gratuitous or tasteless--the topics seem to flow naturally from the characters and their life situations. The cast members have a wonderful onscreen chemistry, and the scripts are cleverly constructed. In the end, this show is often screamingly funny and always highly enjoyable.
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Summary: It is just not funny!
Review: It was a long long time since I have watched British sitcom. I heard about this show and decided to give it a try. I couldn't finish it: I switch it off in the middle of the fourth episode. There are a few laughs there but to get to those laughs you have to sit through totally boring stuff. Plus the acting is so bad, so wooden... I give it two stars just for those very few laughs I mentioned
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Summary: I Like It Very Much.
Review: This is one of my favorite comedies. Nearly all episodes are great and allow for multiple viewings. I read that there are quite a number of people who dislike Coupling, but I really can't find any major flaws. True, much is based on misunderstandings and embarrassing situations that often arise out of previously mentioned misunderstandings. But the superb acting and witty dialogs are definite highlights. Jeff and Susan are my favorite characters, if you're interested to know; and after reading reviews here at Amazon I see that I'm not the only one who thinks along the same lines. The Girl With Two Breasts is in my opinion one of the best episodes. Anyway, it could provide you with many hours of entertainment. But what the one thinks is funny, an other might think repulsive stupidity. So do sample a bit first before buying.
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Summary: Coupling, not to be confused with Coupling.
Review: Coupling is wonderful. Its sexy,upfront, and completely inapropriate. The show is about six friends who all have had,are having or want to be having a relationship with each other. The six characters are much more loveable than any other comedy shows characters are. The acting is some of the best I have ever seen in a comedy series and I think that the script is funnier than all of ABC, CBS and NBCs scripts combined. The "new" Coupling on NBC is absolutely horrible!The acting is wooden, the script is edited, and the show completely loses its feel and sexuality when you compare the two shows.
My personal favorite episode is "Inferno" but they are all good. A favorite character is impossible to choose since they are all so wonderful. This is truly the BEST COMEDY SHOW EVER and I recommend buying it highly.
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Summary: The original is still the best.
Review: Right down to the theme song, the U.S. version is a carbon copy of the UK version of this show. The only real difference being that the original is far superior. It would be easy to call NBC's version a rip-off, but the scripts are the same and the producers are the same. It's just that NBC doesn't think you'll "get it" if it has a British accent. Oh, and you'd have to substitute the occasional "President" for "Prime Minister." Unfortunately, they've been a bit short-sighted here. Our seasons are longer (22-24 episodes). The British first season is all of six episodes. NBC is going to run out of scripts to recycle very soon. Save yourself the trouble on Thursday nights. Turn the TV off after "Scrubs" and pop-in this DVD for some fun comedy.
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Summary: English stiffs talk about their stiffies
Review: The sexual politics of this series is feels dated and very British. You will soon be able to anticipate 90% of the jokes before you even hear them: the woman paranoid about wrinkles, the man obsessed with breasts, the man worried about being outdone by his date's vibrator, etc. The second episode details one of the most charmless first dates ever recorded on tape, in a way that really captures the feel of the series: Susan and Steve discuss whether they will have sex that night as though they are talking about the weather. After a certain, presumably socially-dictated amount of time spent chatting, Susan announced that it's time for them to have sex. This isn't supposed to be funny for being so weird--it's played as though completely normal. Susan actually leaves Steven in the bedroom to spend time in the bathroom "preparing" before the two get it on for the very first time. It would be as though our parents were transported into our Gen X bodies, displaying all their anxiety and self-consciousness about sex in a setting where it just doesn't fit. The dialogue of this series is occasionally very witty, and the Jeff character can be brilliant (his extended scene speaking "Hebrew" is truly terrific), but mostly the jokes are just old. If you're looking for a fresh, hilarious, irreverent, sensitive (albeit also unrealistic), comedy about modern sex, rent the Sex in the City DVDs instead.
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