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Summary: Amazing
Review: One of the funniest shows I have ever seen. The casting and show style were just perfect. If you are a fan of This is Spinal Tap, David Guest's Mockumentaries or Curb Your Enthusiasm, chances are you will enjoy this show.
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Summary: Crude at times, but hilarious.
Review: I can think of rare occasions that I have laughed as hard as I did watching this DVD. A couple of the episodes fall a little flat, but I laughed until I cried on the all the others. Fresh and funny. A nice antidote to mindless reality TV.
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Summary: Oh Boy How Bad
Review: Being a Brit and loving most British Comedy, I have to say this was the unfuniest thing to come from Great Britain since John Major. Watched the first series from start to finish in One Night. Only laughed once at the beginning of the first episode. Had to watch all six episodes because most people said it was good. I don't understand, either I'm losing it or it was rubbish.
I don't think I'll waste $30 on the second series.
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Summary: Hilarious -- but turn on titles...
Review: Marvelous show -- incredibly English, thoughtful, civilized. But I strongly recommend that you use the English subtitles even if English is your native tongue. The slang and dialect is so intense in this program that a lot of the jokes will go past you the first time unless you use the titles. Most of the blokes in this office have woken up at the crack of Dawn.
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Summary: Almost too realistic to be enjoyable.
Review: The show is incredibly effective, however, in portraying the worst elements of cubicle-life. Gervais does an outstanding job in constructing a thoroughly pathetic and repellent character, and the other actors are also incredibly effective. The show is often so uncomfortable that, as a viewer, I feel compelled to exit the room to avoid watching the slow degredation and humiliation of certain characters.
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Summary: A first class comedy powerhouse
Review: 'Their sad little men? He's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?' Just one of many hilarious lines in what has to be one of the best British comedies since Fawlty Towers. The writing and the acting are quite simply put, superb, with Ricky Gervais as the despicable David Brent in particular. But for me it is Mackenzie Crook as prize plonker and pedantic company man Gareth who steals the show. His stupidity and fierce loyalty to Brent are particularly hilarious. The quite lovely Lucy davis grr... as quiet and emotional receptionist Dawn is particulary great as well. Other great performances also come from Martin Freeman as nice guy Tim, and Ewan Mcintosh as the deathly silent Keith.
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Summary: Crude and not funny.
Review: This show is as painful as working in an office full of drunk idiots would be. Watching this show feels like having the worst job in the world. All of the characters are annoying and awful. There is nothing funny about this show!
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Summary: If a TV camera crew filmed my Office...
Review: I'll admit... I waited some time before buying The Office. I own a Region-free DVD player so I purchase Brit Coms usually before the arrive in the US. I have all the classics, and usually, before the DVD main title, there is a teaser video with several scenes from various titles... The Office was one. Although you may think humor is humor.. culture differences might make something funny in the UK seem silly in the US, and vice versa. I'm glad I waited because I fully appreciate the thought and writing of this series (same with People Like Us.) Everyone at some point has worked in or near an office. People come everyday and do a job, then interact with each other during break-time periods. It's the uncomfortable situations created by unique personalities that make this show great. Without naming every character in the show... just think what if a TV camera crew came into your office for one week and filmed your staff... Ever see a group of co-workers talking, and one person makes an off color comment, over the line of good taste... No Laugh Track, No Punch Line... you now have The Office.
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Summary: I don't get it...
Review: I decided to watch this show after it won the Golden Globe award. As I love British television, I thought it would be great. But I just don't get this. It is tasteless, crude and offensive, and not even in that funny British way that so many other shows are. I agree that much of the show is realistic, but that's not why a sitcom is funny. There is not a single character that is sympathetic, that the viewer can LIKE. If you really want to watch good British television, watch BBC America for "My Hero", or any of the other great shows they have on.
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Summary: Very creative - Funny in a dark, twisted way
Review: "The Office" is the type of comedy that is bound to get mixed reviews. Ignore the people who say it is terrible - it is way too creative to be dismissed. Equally ignore those who so it's just SOOO funny - not really, not even the intent actually. What makes this series special is the blending of comedy and the dark twisted reality of the workplace. The main character is the office manager David Brent. He will remind you of people you have seen in the corporate world regardless of where you are in the world. At times you'll want to physically strike him. At other times you'll consider stopping the DVD. Some of the moments and characters are just that infuriating and embarrassing. However those qualities are what elevate "The Office" above the run of the mill. In order to make something that borders on being called art you have to push the envelope and this does.
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