Product Details

• Actors: Martin Freeman, Hugh Bonneville, Abigail Cruttenden, Anna Massey, Richard Johnson
• Directors: Justin Sbresni, Mark Bussell
• Writers: Justin Sbresni, Mark Bussell
• Producers: Justin Sbresni, Mark Bussell, Ian D. Tootle, Jon Plowman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FI9OEA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,049 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Robinsons - Complete Series One" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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ROBINSONS:COMPLETE SERIES ONE - DVD Movie

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A WINNING LOSER, May 30, 2006

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Kerry Leimer (Makawao, Hawaii United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Robinsons - Complete Series One (DVD)

With its darkish humor, fine ensemble acting and atypical writing, this series deserves the chance to develop beyond a single season. For now, it's still a bit predictable and at times strains for a laugh, but it does manage to remain darkly funny over the course of each installment. The cast does a good job of portraying several familial archetypes -- especially Martin Freeman of "Tim" and "Arthur Dent" fame, again playing a worthy and charming loser who routinely finds himself on the wrong end of almost every situation.

To break out of the typical sitcom formula we also witness the myriad setbacks experienced by his more successful siblings. Setbacks they seem unable to recognize thanks to their ability to protect their egos with their professional accomplishments -- something Freeman's character has been stripped of. So what adds a little more shading here is the different ways in which these people respond to their own problems and the way they subsequently skew the view of their family members' problems. In short, no matter how strange their individual failings may be, anyone and everyone else is assumed to be even worse off.

There's a further twist as well -- albeit a somewhat gimmicky one. This pattern of failures and missed opportunities are given an inherited dimension by visiting a stream of odd and eccentric family failures down through the generations. At times these asides work well and play off the current storyline, and at other times they seem just stuck on to give the writers and audience alike a breather. When it works, it's funny. When it doesn't it offers a little twinge similar to the pain that some of those should-have-been-abandoned Python sketches pioneered.

While "The Robinsons" is yet some distance from reaching the polished and perfect pitch of "The Office", the present is above average television comedy, and the future potential remains high. Let's hope this loser wins in the end.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great British series!, April 9, 2008

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chico (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews

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Yes, definitely not for the prudish but if you enjoy Shameless, Black Books or other quirky, dark and sometimes raunchy series - this is for you! Would have loved to see a season two....

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, but still funny, January 7, 2009

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Warren Peace "Warren Peace" (Oak Valley) - See all my reviews

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This was very enjoyable, but could have done without the vulgar language.
I would recommend, As Time Goes By, before ever recommending this one.