Girlfriends: The Complete Series DVD

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Once you get past the incredibly dated and awful laugh track, Girlfriends is an enjoyable sitcom featuring four wonderful lead actresses and some genuinely funny humor and writing that only got better with each season.

 

 

Girlfriends: The Complete Series
(2000-08)

Genre(s): Comedy
Paramount | NR – 3589 min. – $55.98 | January 9, 2018

Date Published: 01/23/2018 | Author: The Movieman
SERIES INFO:
Directed by: Various
Writer(s): Mara Brock Akil (created by)
Cast: Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks, Persia White, Jill Marie Jones, Reginald C. Hayes
DISC INFO:
Features: Featurettes
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: DVD
Number of Discs: 25
Audio: S1-S3 – English (DD 2.0); S4-S8 – English (DD 5.1), English (DD 2.0)
Video: S1-S2 – Full Frame 1.33; S3-S8 – Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Subtitles: English
Region(s): 1

 

THE SERIES
An ensemble sitcom focusing on a mixed batch of black women who face life’s tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce and friends to family to relationships, Joan (TRACEE ELLIS ROSS), Maya (GOLDEN BROOKS), Lynn (PERSIA WHITE) and Toni (JILL MARIE JONES) support each other despite their differing backgrounds, learning about true friendship in the process.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 3.0/5

This 25-disc set is like the other Paramount series box sets as they are all in one large clear keep case with the spindle being removable to allow better access to whatever disc you’re looking for. Also included is a slip cover which is nice… unfortunately there is a sticker which is a SOB to remove, the hair dryer didn’t work and I finally used Goo Gone, there is a slight dried residue leftover.

In any case, all the features from the individual releases come with the same features.

SEASON 2:

  • We All Fall Down: A Closer Look at “Trick or Truth?”
  • Creating the Show
  • Getting the Girls Together
  • Season 2 Episode Guide (Gallery)

SEASON 3:

  • It’s What You Wear That Counts
  • Here Comes the Bride: An Invitation Inside “The Wedding”

SEASON 7:

  • Comments by Mara Brock Akil on ‘I Want My Baby Back’, ‘ Hot for Preacher’, ‘Time to Man Up’, Willie or Won’t He III: This Time It’s Personal’ and ‘What Had Happened Was…’

SEASON 8:

  • Bonus Episode from The Game – ‘Away Game’

VIDEO – 4.0/5, AUDIO – 3.5/5
Girlfriends: The Complete Series is presented with a Full Frame 1.33 aspect ratio on seasons 1-2 and 16×9 enhanced 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio on 3-8, and for the most part looks fine, probably in-line in how it initially aired where colors are decent. Season 1-3 have Dolby Digital Stereo tracks and Season 4-8 upping to 5.1 tracks. Nothing spectacular especially since this is a sitcom, which means clear dialogue levels with some minor ambient noises and music making up the rest.

OVERALL – 3.75/5

Once you get past the incredibly dated and awful laugh track, Girlfriends is an enjoyable sitcom featuring four wonderful lead actresses and some genuinely funny humor and writing that only got better with each season. This is another great series set, particularly for anyone who doesn’t already own the individual seasons as it is at a good price.

 01/23/2018  DVD Reviews, Quick Hit Reviews Tagged with: , , ,

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