Product Details

• Actors: Hugh Laurie, Anna Chancellor, Stephen Fry
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Run Time: 293 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0011FLGV0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,290 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Fortysomething" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A man and his marriage on the verge of a hilarious meltdown

How do you know when you’re having a midlife crisis? Maybe it’s when you can’t remember exactly where your wife works - or whether she works at all. Or when your children have a more active sex life than you do. Or maybe it’s when you start to hear the unspoken thoughts inside other people’s heads.

Hugh Laurie (House) stars as Paul Slippery, an anxiety-ridden British doctor suffering from all those symptoms and more. His wife (Anna Chancellor, Four Weddings and a Funeral) has embarked on a new career and perhaps an extramarital affair or two. His three oversexed sons mock him without mercy. And at work he’s tangled in red tape and tormented by a flaky colleague.

Guest stars include Stephen Fry, Laurie’s partner-in-comedy from shows such as A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, and Blackadder. With its delightful cast and zany repartee, Fortysomething turns the fears and foibles of middle age into high comedy of the kookiest kind.

Customer Reviews

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true gem for fans of Hugh Laurie, June 18, 2008

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Missy Hoppe "mitmee_pie" (Cincinnati, Ohio; USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fortysomething (DVD)

I am a long time fan of Hugh Laurie, and in my endeavors to try and collect everything I can possibly find that he's been in, I stumbled across this 2 DVD set. I am so happy I bought it! It is absolutely brilliant; Hugh's character, Paul, is somewhat of a cross between House and Wooster. I simply adore this show; the first episode in particular is truly hilarious: one of the many high points is when two of Paul's adult sons are fighting over a girl and Paul orders them to go to their rooms. Sex is a major theme throughout the series; one of the running jokes is that Paul can't remember the last time he and his wife have made love while his sons spend most of their time fighting over a pair of sisters. In spite of the sexual elements, I found the show to be refreshingly tasteful, especially compared to the majority of American shows. Further more, its obvious, at least in my opinion, that in spite of their problems, Paul and his wife were still quite devoted to one another. I'm sorry to say that I'm probably not explaining this show very well, but I can assure you that this is one of the best dvd purchases I've made in a very long time. If you like Hugh Laurie even a little, this is a must own.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who doesn't love Hugh Laurie?!?, April 16, 2008

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Another Jen (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fortysomething (DVD)

If you love Hugh Laurie in "House" then check him out in this British series he did right before becoming the grumpy old doctor we adore. In "Fortysomething," he plays another grumpy, but a little less old, doctor and a family man facing a midlife crisis. It's hysterical and real and Hugh Laurie doing what he does best.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for hard-core Hugh Laurie fans, August 14, 2008

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Janet E. Brown (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fortysomething (DVD)

I bought this because I'm a fan of both Hugh Laurie and Anna Chancellor and thought it might be fun to see them in something together. The series wasn't *bad*, exactly, but it was at best average, and I'm not surprised it wasn't renewed. The cast did a good job trying to make the characters three-dimensional, but, unfortunately, most of the show's running themes were somewhat juvenile and cliched. All in all a mixed bag.