{"id":4530,"date":"2012-06-20T07:53:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=4530"},"modified":"2012-07-17T07:54:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:54:13","slug":"review-lawandorder-ci-s7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/06\/review-lawandorder-ci-s7\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” – The Seventh Year DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d<\/strong> The Seventh Year<\/strong> isn\u2019t my favorite season of the veteran series if only because I\u2019ve never been a fan of Chris Noth and his character. Even so, the episodes featured have some good stories and fine performances all around. As with other \u201cLaw & Order\u201d releases, this one is also bare bones in the features department but the video\/audio transfers should be satisfying for any fan of the series.<\/p>\n

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“Law & Order: Criminal Intent” – The Seventh Year (2008-09)<\/strong><\/p>\n


REVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
The Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Crime, Drama, Mystery
Shout! | Not Rated \u2013 960 min. \u2013 $49.97 | June 26, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
Directed by: <\/strong>Various
Writer(s): <\/strong>Dick Wolf (created by), Rene Balcer (developed by)
Cast: <\/strong>Vincent D\u2019Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Chris Noth, Julianne Nicholson, Alicia Witt, Eric Bogosian<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:<\/span>
Features: <\/strong>None
Number of Discs: <\/strong>5<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Video: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Subtitles: <\/strong>None<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since the beginning, back in 2001, \u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d<\/strong> had been a favorite series of mine thanks mostly to the quirky and fun performance from Vincent D\u2019Onofrio along with Kathryn Erbe who nicely rounded out their partnership. With each new criminal, some masterminds others… not so much, the show got stronger and reached its peak probably around the fourth season, although that same year, D\u2019Onofrio apparently requested to take time off and began splitting time between himself and Chris Noth who had returned Mike Logan, a character he played a decade earlier on Law & Order<\/em>. Personally, I\u2019ve never been a fan of Logan and generally skipped his episodes whenever I saw it on syndicated television, so basically half the episodes in this seventh season I\u2019m not particularly fond of…<\/p>\n

However, that\u2019s not the reason I\u2019m not a fan of the split work between D\u2019Onofrio and Noth, the series had grown increasingly more serious and darker in tone. D\u2019Onofrio\u2019s character, and the actor himself, looked out of shape and even disheveled. But more so, the quirkiness that made Goren such a wonderful character was gone. I know the first few seasons weren\u2019t quite comedy but at the same time, they were fun to watch.<\/p>\n

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This is not to say \u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d The Seventh Year<\/strong> is a complete loss as the stories are at least interesting and while I don\u2019t like how dark the show had become, they\u2019re at least enjoyable especially to see D\u2019Onofrio and Erbe together even if it\u2019s only for half the season. Even the Logan episodes aren\u2019t too bad, although I feel his character is too much of a douchebag at times to tolerate. His character flaws are offset by his partner played by Julianne Nicholson (and Alicia Witt for 5 episodes).<\/p>\n

Episodes (* = Favorites):
01. <\/strong>Amends
02. <\/strong>Seeds
03. <\/strong>Smile
04. <\/strong>Lonelyville*
05. <\/strong>Depths*
06. <\/strong>Courtship
07. <\/strong>Self-Made*
08. <\/strong>Offense
09. <\/strong>Untethered
10. <\/strong>Senseless
11. <\/strong>Purgatory
12. <\/strong>Contract*
13. <\/strong>Betrayed*
14. <\/strong>Assassin
15. <\/strong>Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger*
16. <\/strong>Reunion
17. <\/strong>Vanishing Act
18. <\/strong>Ten Count
19. <\/strong>Legacy*
20. <\/strong>Neighborhood Watch
21. <\/strong>Last Rites*
22. <\/strong>Frame*<\/p>\n

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All in all, this is still a fine season for the veteran series and despite my misgivings about including Noth and splitting time between the detective teams, the episodes are mostly entertaining and well worth checking out if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>. Unfortunately no features have been included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d The Seventh Year<\/strong> is presented in its original 1.78 anamorphic widescreen and mostly looks just as it did when it aired on USA. The picture is well detailed and even with some normal artifacting that comes with standard definition DVDs. Black levels look good and the color array seems well balanced.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is decent and shows depth especially during the opening sequence but also has fine depth during the episode with dialogue, which is about 95% of the season. Whenever there is some action, the track sounds good though hardly outstanding.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, \u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d<\/strong> The Seventh Year<\/strong> isn\u2019t my favorite season of the veteran series if only because I\u2019ve never been a fan of Chris Noth and his character. Even so, the episodes featured have some good stories and fine performances all around. As with other \u201cLaw & Order\u201d releases, this one is also bare bones in the features department but the video\/audio transfers should be satisfying for any fan of the series.<\/p>\n

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Brian Oliver, The Movieman<\/em>
Published: <\/strong>06\/20\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLaw & Order: Criminal Intent\u201d The Seventh Year isn\u2019t my favorite season of the veteran series if only because I\u2019ve never been a fan of Chris Noth and his character. Even so, the episodes featured have some good stories and fine performances all around. As with other \u201cLaw & Order\u201d releases, this one is also … Continue reading “Review: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” – The Seventh Year DVD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1604,1605,1603,1602,1587],"class_list":["post-4530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","tag-chris-noth","tag-julianne-nicholson","tag-kathryn-erbe","tag-law-and-order","tag-vincent-donofrio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4533,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530\/revisions\/4533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}