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The cover art for HBO's comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Fifth Season implies that the series' star Larry David is Everyman. Larry is not Everyman; in fact, he is far from it. Somewhat of an amalgam of the Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer characters he co-created for Seinfeld, yet so uniquely Larry, his socially inept behavior is the basis for and the best part of the show. This fifth season holds no exceptions to the world oblivious to social graces that is Larry David's. Larry tackles some tough issues, his main conundrum being the fact that his close friend Richard Lewis (comedian Richard Lewis playing himself) needs a new kidney. Season 5 slants towards Larry's soul searching: will he take the donor test? Is he a match? What will he do if he is a match? We see how far Larry will go to help his friend in need: staging car accidents, fake marriages, and more. We think we see some depth to Larry when he suspects he may be adopted and cheerfully embarks on a search to find his "real" parents, but are reminded how things really are, when he throws morality out the window, striking up a friendship with the known sexual predator in the neighborhood in order to improve his golf game. Of course there is the very Seinfeld feel to this show in general, the tone, the self-involved lead character--and in the first few episodes there are actual storylines and even spoken lines taken almost verbatim from Seinfeld episodes, so much so that an avid Seinfeld fan may start to lose patience. Stick with it, though, because the Seinfeld-ian similarities wind down through the second half of the season and the Curb your Enthusiasm hilarity revs up. --Rachel Moss
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Money. Security. Famous Friends. Forgiving wife. Devoted agent. Larry David has it all - except, perhaps, his identity. This season, Larry takes a sentimental journey in search of his roots, stepping on a few toes along the way.
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213 of 288 people found the following review helpful
By endofcity
Format:DVD
I'm a big fan of CYE and a lot of people have asked me what I think of season 5, so here's my review:
Pretty good. Prettyyyyyy, pretttyyyyyyy, pretttttyyyyyyyyyyyy, prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, pretyyyyyy good. It's pretty good.
Hope you find this helpful.
Pretty good. Prettyyyyyy, pretttyyyyyyy, pretttttyyyyyyyyyyyy, prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, pretyyyyyy good. It's pretty good.
Hope you find this helpful.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Danny Rizzi
Format:DVD
3.5 stars is more like it, but there aren't any half ratings. I've been a HUGE Curb fan for a while now and do not understand all the criticism heaped at the show this season. Last season, I would have understood. But Curb came back in a big way for its 5th season. The 4th was ruined imo by the Producers storyline which really didn't fit the show at all. But this 5th season, though maybe not as good as anything done in the first 3 seasons, still had me laughing quite a bit. I'm hoping Larry doesn't take to heart the criticism of the addle-brained (probably many of the same people who denigrated the unfairly cancelled Lisa Kudrow vehicle "The Comeback" before giving it a fair shot). And there's no word yet on whether or not there will be a 6th season, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Lee LaFarge
Format:DVD
Yes, it may not be the funniest season although I laughed my butt off every episode! I love this season for taking on the big issues of life, death and self-sacrifice in such a brilliant way.
It's a thin tightrope to walk when dealing with matters of religion and people's perceptions of death in a comedic way. Larry walks that rope fearlessly and deftly.
The last episode itself is worth 5 stars! I kept expecting it be resolved with the old "it was all a dream" contrivance. I should have known Larry was better than that.
Ignore the critics, Mr. David. Please don't stop raising the bar and making your fans laugh their butts off! You are truly brilliant!
It's a thin tightrope to walk when dealing with matters of religion and people's perceptions of death in a comedic way. Larry walks that rope fearlessly and deftly.
The last episode itself is worth 5 stars! I kept expecting it be resolved with the old "it was all a dream" contrivance. I should have known Larry was better than that.
Ignore the critics, Mr. David. Please don't stop raising the bar and making your fans laugh their butts off! You are truly brilliant!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
My favorite season
There are 8 total seasons of CYE and this one is by far the funniest. Written very well and just thought provoking in its approach. I would highly recommend this season of CYE.
Published 1 month ago by troy groetken
5.0 out of 5 stars
This was a gift.
This was a gift for my grandson who loves the series. Can't say anything about it myself as I watched one or two episodes but it didn't hold my interest.
Published 2 months ago by Nicki Montaperto
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funniest show ever
I love every season of this show and puchase them whenever they are released. I wish they came in Blu-Ray.
Published 5 months ago by The Big Meech
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still funny!
Larry's big crises this season are the question of whether he was adopted and whether he should donate a kidney to his sickly friend, Richard Lewis. Read more
Published 16 months ago by David Bonesteel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Curb your Enthusiasm Season 5
Larry David is the funniest. Its easy to see why Seinfeld was such a awesome show because Larry was involved. Read more
Published 16 months ago by comic lover
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love the Show
Larry David manages to do it again. Every time I watch this show I laugh uncontrollably. If you like the past seasons, you will definitely like this season as well.
Published 19 months ago by Purple Icing
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm a Survivor!
The episode where Larry invites his Dad's friend, who is a holocaust survivor, over for dinner and tells him that another 'survivor' was going to be coming too was the episode I... Read more
Published on October 9, 2010 by Imogene
5.0 out of 5 stars
Larry is Pretty,Pretty,Pretty funny!
I could watch Curb your enthusiam over and over! Larry David is a comedic genius and every episode of Curb your ethusiasm is hilarious!!
Published on September 14, 2010 by A. Rolle
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lives Up to the Very High Standard
Larry David never ceases to amaze. The Ski Lift episode, with Larry throwing off mumbles intended to sound like Hebrew, is totally hilarious. He rules.
Published on January 30, 2010 by J. Brodie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Change of Pace
I was worried that this show was getting too predictable. After all it seems to cycle through Larry getting in trouble for some awkward reason, someone getting pissed at him and... Read more
Published on January 17, 2010 by Anita Bath
