Product Details

• Actors: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed: French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: HBO
• DVD Release Date: June 8, 2010
• Run Time: 320 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002OOWKSA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,453 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

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Art continues to imitate life to squirm-inducing effect in Curb Your Enthusiasm's seventh season. Now divorced, Larry (creator Larry David) lets agent Jeff (Jeff Garlin) talk him into a Seinfeld reunion. He convinces the old gang to participate--Jerry, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards--but mostly he hopes to win back Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), who longs to play George's ex-wife (Jerry would prefer guest stars Meg Ryan or Elisabeth Shue). Seinfeld fans are in for a treat when George's mother, Mrs. Costanza (Estelle Harris), and neighbor Newman (Wayne Knight) drop by for rehearsals. In the show's boldest move, Richards's taped tirade at a comedy club in 2006, which set the Internet on fire, plays into the season's story arc.

When he isn't working on the script with Jerry, Larry hangs out with Leon (J.B. Smoove), tries to find a way to break up with Loretta (Vivica A. Fox), and discovers the benefits of dating a "wheelie" (in David's scenes with Seinfeld, the two often appear on the verge of cracking up). Of course, it wouldn't be Curb if Larry didn't step into a few minefields along the way, including an awkward plumbing problem, an inappropriately bare midriff (not his), a 9-year-old texting buddy (talk about inappropriate!), a dessert war with Ted Danson, a misunderstanding with Mocha Joe, and in a nod to the musical West Side Story, a real-life Officer Krupke. If some episodes are funnier than others--"The Black Swan" features one death too many--Curb comes through in the finale, in which Larry's jealousy of Jason's relationship which Cheryl gets out of hand. A fine addition to the L.D. canon, the season also offers the immortal line, "I'm Larry David, and I happen to enjoy wearing women's panties." --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

The wait is over - Larry David is back! In Season 7, Larry contemplateshis future with an ailing Loretta, and decides on a novel approach to winning back Cheryl. In addition to Larry finding himself embroiled in usual cauldron of self-made crises, he orchestrates a reunion with the entire cast of Seinfeld!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 72 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Larry and Company in Top Form--No One's Feelings Spared November 16, 2009

By carol irvin TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

Update: The last episode showed a Seinfeld episode within a larry david CYE episode. It was really wonderful. If you are a Seinfeld fan, you must see the last episode of this season even if you do not like this show. I am a fan of both so was in heaven!

Original Review:

I just watched Larry David do a send up of Michael Richards' infamous "N" word rant to a heckler on this season. David uses the real Richards (Kramer) with the black comedian who lives with him on the show. This is typical of Larry David, who considers nothing too sensitive for comedic exploration. This is one big reason why I love this show. Larry David has to be the most Politically Incorrect Person in America and I love him for it!

There are just so many funny things this season that any reviewer could write a small book about the joys of Season 7. We open with his girlfriend having breast cancer and Larry's wanting to end the relationship. Somehow he manages to find a therapist who ends up blaming him for the cancer! (As a cancer patient, I found this whole cancer episode very funny.) We revisit his mother's death via her tombstone and Larry even manages to get the tombstone cutter mad at him. He becomes persona non grata at his country club after killing another member by making him mad and the guy had high blood pressure (which explodes), all over the inanity of playing through, or not, in golf. He wears women's underwear as an alibi for Suzie's husband when she finds panties in his glove compartment. He and Richard Lewis seriously come unhinged together again--Lewis and David have a friendship which thrives on maximum antagonism and misunderstanding. Then there is the biggest thing going on in Season 7: Larry decides to put on a Seinfeld reunion.... He does so as only Larry could where you see the reunion coming together behind the scenes. You are not left out of anything in the entire process. The major thing you discover doing this is how much of Seinfeld was Larry--tons. When George (Jason Alexander) and Larry come together, it is clear that George WAS Larry. They are mirrors of one another, willing to obsess and argue over any minutiae.

This may be the best season yet of this show. I hope Larry David keeps doing it. It is a breath of fresh air among the comedic mediocrity that is the usual tv fare. Read more ›

29 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Seinfeld's Ending is Finally Satisfying! November 23, 2009

By Michael A. Newman VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

Now that Season 7 has aired all its episodes I wanted to give my two cents. I enjoyed this season more than the last two (Season 1 was still the best). When Season 6 concluded many of us thought that was going to be the grand finale of the show. With Cheryl finally having enough of Larry's antics, pairing up with the underwear salesman who befriended her in her time of great fear (Larry was too busy with the TIVO guy at the time) and Larry settled in with Loretta and the rest of the Blacks.

Well Larry got the itch to do a type of Seinfeld reunion show to make up for the disappointing ending of the original series. He put together the idea that this could be used as a platform to get Cheryl back. As the series started, we see Larry bored with Loretta and trying to get out of the relationship. Larry learns that Loretta may have cancer prompting Jeff to let him know that he better break up with her before she tells him because "you can't break up with someone with cancer." It then becomes a race with Larry to get to Loretta before her doctor so he can break up with her before the doctor gives her the devastating news. (brilliant writing).

Usual battles with Susie and Marty Funkhouser crop up during the season.

Episodes that followed dealt with Larry dating women in wheelchairs that he has code names for, killing the country club owner's pet swan and a lesson in proper tipping. To top it off Larry tries to get the Seinfeld cast together only because he meets Cheryl on the way to an audition and he feels that if can give her a part in the show he can slowly win her back.

For those of you that have not seen it I do not want to spoil the fun.... I will say that the last two episodes dealt with the actual Seinfeld reunion and the show will definately not disappoint like the original series ending from 1999. If you have a chance to watch some of these episodes and you like Seinfeld, I would recommend that you watch them! Read more ›

21 of 29 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Season Seven's my favorite so far October 28, 2009

By Bob Waskiewicz

Format:DVD

I didn't think Larry could top Season 6,"Meet the Blacks," but this year is even better.Curb has shows you never see on TV, having sex with a wheelchair date,avoiding kissing someone you know who just had oral sex with your best friend,or one of your female employee's wearing a cut off shirt with belly fat hagging out.I can't wait to see what happens with the Seinfeld reunion.I hope this show goes on forever.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious! October 4, 2011

By Sandee

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

With amazon's month of reduced price for movies and tv shows in September, I was able to finally purchase the entire series of Curb Your Enthusiasm at a low price! This show by Larry David, writer of Seinfeld, is also written with great wit and humor! If your a fan of Larry David or Seinfeld, then you will enjoy this show!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Curb Review September 10, 2011

By ben

Format:DVD

I grew up loving Seinfeld and this season has a seinfeld reunion show. I was laughing so hard cause it was just like watching Seinfeld over 10 years ago.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Meta-self-referential moments of genius outweigh the tired bits; nice Seinfeld dvd extras July 17, 2010

By K. Swanson TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

4.5 stars

In some ways this season continues the slowing down of this entire concept...but when the Seinfeld reunion hits, the old Larry is jumpstarted and there are some truly classic scenes. The best of the best for me, as a huge fan of the finest writing on Seinfeld, mostly courtesy Larry and Jerry, are the scenes of them alone together, especially in the car, when you can see Larry come completely alive, his face glowing with real amusement and humor. That's the very essence of why Seinfeld was one of the ultimate comedy series: those two comic minds at play with each other. These guys are true friends, two peas in a pod, and you can see that with full transparency in their bits together here, the car scene above all; that feels like them at their very happiest. It's perfect karma to have a friend that inspires you like that.

Clearly, these two are the Lennon and McCartney of comedy.

Having said that, Lar reuses many many bits from earlier Curb seasons in season seven, whether as self-conscious homage/parody or sheer ennui is hard to say. Sometimes it works and sometimes it's flat, but then again the improv nature of this show means stale Curb is like fresh most any other comedy show. I did like him as a single guy here; more interaction with more people makes for more new jokes. When Cheryl comes back it's nice but Larry just isn't as funny with her around.

The early episodes here are good but the last few are much better, though all have their moments and even at its worst Curb is twice as funny as most other shows out there today. The Black Swan is a highlight, and it's nice in each episode to see Larry being ever more honest about himself, his tipping habits, his all-too-logical curmudgeonly ways, and even pushing the envelope with the rash thing.... Most episodes still wrap up each disparate thread nicely, a la Seinfeld.

And the last episode is the real winner, as we get to see how Larry's life and the twin fictional lives of this LD and the Seinfeld universe intertwine. The self-referential Escheresque quality of the Curb Larry staging a Seinfeld reunion to get back his ex (who really did flee like Madoff with his money in real life), and how it all plays out with everyone acting not as themselves but LD's conception of them, is a mindgame of the highest order and quite brilliant in many ways, particularly the shot of LD and Cheryl watching George and his ex on tv. One can only marvel at how weird it must be to be Larry David, a malcontent billionaire comic that everyone loves for playing himself, but not quite, on tv.

It's not as good as the first few seasons of Curb, but when it's good it's great, and once again Larry David delivers the goods in that twisted way that only he can. We're gonna miss this guy when he's gone (word is he's got Groat's), so let's enjoy him while he's here.

PS The extras are well worth seeing for any Seinfeld fan. There's about 25 minutes of them, four little bits of which the highlight is the interview with Larry and the SeinFour. Most interesting is the end, with Jason sharing everyone's enthusiasm but then hammering it home with a little too much sincerity about how great the five of them are as a unit and the magic is so special yadda yadda (read: we oughta do this again, and soon) and you can see both Larry and Jerry trying not to wince. They know that a real Seinfeld reunion would make mega-millions and they need neither that nor the fakeness of it all, which Alexander evinces here, vaguely unaware he's doing so but seemingly unable to help it. Perhaps he's desperate for that level of stardom again...or perhaps he's channelling the repressed needs of a still sein-obsessed public.

It's a moment that takes the meta-self-reference of the final Curb show and adds another layer, albeit a layer all too close to the original thing Larry was mocking in the first place.

Which only drives home one of the best themes in Curb: showbiz feeds on and creates phoniness and unreality on so many levels that if you don't laugh at the beast it will swallow you whole. Read more ›