Product Details

• Actors: Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Jennifer McAllister, Sam Chew Jr., Sally Kellerman
• Directors: Bill Persky
• Writers: Cyra McFadden, Michael Elias, Rich Eustis
• Producers: Sidney Beckerman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001U0G1
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,323 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the land of fruits and nuts.........., June 28, 2001

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tmp "snippy reviewer" (Solar System, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Serial [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Great movie about life in Marin county in the late seventies. Martin Mull just wants to lead a normal, middle-class life. His wife (Tuesday Weld) and friends won't let him. They try to drag him into every fad and fashion of the 70's and early 80's, from drugs and free sex to wacky "therapists" and cults. Very funny and prescient movie, with very good performances, and great lines- especially from the supporting cast.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great spoof of new age awareness!, May 18, 2001

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Jon W. Backstrom (Indianola, IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serial [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Martin Mull stars in this comedy about upper-middle class life in Marin County, north of San Francisco. The movie is a good adaptation of the book by the same name and pokes fun at the "mellow speak" and new age fads of the late 70's. Contains lots of funny dialog you'll be quoting back to your friends, just like a Monty Python skit.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yet another 5-star film with a 1-star remastering. Boo! Hiss!, July 28, 2008

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D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serial (DVD)

Methinks the previous reviewers did not actually SCREEN Paramount's DVD reissue of "Serial"? Otherwise, I don't think they would actually be THANKING the studio for releasing this bootleg quality abomination.

Don't get me wrong-I love this film; it's a precursor to Michael Tolkin's 1994 satire, "The New Age", a similarly savage send up of California trendies (another great film still M.I.A. on DVD, BTW). But... as for the disc quality?

Gosh, where shall I start?

1. OK, fine-"1:78 wide screen", but DEFINITELY not anamorphic.
2. Horribly tattered print; no better than my studio released VHS copy.
3. Muffled audio; turning it up and/or trying to adjust EQ doesn't help.

I wasn't expecting the Criterion treatment, but come on-this film has enough of a cult following to warrant a little more respect to those who are eager to plunk down their hard-earned cash. Inexcusable, after waiting so many years for this sly satire to appear on DVD, simply inexcusable. Caveat emptor, my friends.