Product Details

• Actors: Brittany & Cynthia Daniel, Ryan James Bittle, Tyffany Hayes, Michael Perl, Harley Rodriguez
• Directors: Douglas Barr (II), Joel Bender, Marc Lawrence (II), Harvey Frost, Brian Thomas Jones
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 8, 2005
• Run Time: 446 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006J28E6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,980 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Sweet Valley High - The Complete First Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

SWEET VALLEY HIGH:SEASON ONE - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's not as 'sweet' as the classic books, but was still fun!, March 7, 2005

By 

Robin Orlowski "political activist" (United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Sweet Valley High - The Complete First Season (DVD)

The 22 episode first season was a miracle for myself and many others who grew up reading the series. I honestly was shocked when this series hit the air just because the idea of a TV series was long overdue.

It obviously had a higher production budget than 'Saved By the Bell' but for some reason, this series never attained 90210/OC type ratings.

Sweet Valley High revolves around the adventures identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield (played by real-life twins Cynthia and Brittany Daniels) have while growing up in southern California. To the first season's credit, several of the episodes were loosely based on the series.

Not to be missed episodes include "Dangerous love" which (in trying to incorporate some book elements) introduces us to the TV Sweet Valley gang for the very first time. Bridget Flanery plays a perfect Lila Fowler because she is so scheming and ruthless.

"Almost married" has Elizabeth invite Todd (Ryan James Bittle) over for the weekend after his parents' house is being painted and her parents are going away. Jessica blackmails Elizabeth into then having a party, but is in trouble when she cannot return the emergency credit card purchased outfit which was worn at the forbidden party. Because Elizabeth traditionally has the 'square' reputation, the idea of her and Todd living together for the weekend was a really neat plot development.

When Enid's (Amy Danles) new boyfriend becomes the spokesperson for an anti-drug campaign in "Secrets", she is worried. Before meeting Ronnie (Drew Bell II), she used to have a drug problem. Jessica (ever the schemer) tries to use this overheard information to snag the publicity opportunity for herself. The absurdity of Steven Tyler (even in name) doing an anti-drug campaign with such an uptight and narrow-minded teen is second to how Ronnie treats Enid. He breaks up with her, but Enid is now free to find somebody who is not judgmental.

Finally, at the season finale "Say goodbye" Todd has an opportunity to attend an exclusive basketball camp in Vermont, but this alternately means leaving Sweet Valley-and Elizabeth. Because a long distance relationship is a very realistic scenario for many teens and the young at heart, it made a wonderful close. We knew Elizabeth and Todd would somehow stay together, but had to watch the next season of this series in order to find out.

Although several episodes in this season are loosely based on the series, there are some errors. In addition to Elizabeth and Jessica, the Wakefields are also supposed to have an eldest son named Steven, but he receives no mention. Plus, Alice and Ned Wakefield are (oddly considering their very active book presence) never actually seen in the series, the most presence they have is an off-camera voice.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Valley High is my guilty pleasure, July 14, 2005

By 

Amy Wallace "Buttonsamy" (Bolinas, CA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Sweet Valley High - The Complete First Season (DVD)

As a young adult I loved these books, and I vaguely remebered watching a few of these episodes when it first aired, but by then I was too old to be watching this series, and embarassed in front of my friends. That doesn't mean I didn't sneak home after school and watch when no one was looking...

Seeing all the characters come alive in this very hokey teenage melodrama filled with bad jokes and comedy still makes me laugh. The twins do a great job of reprising the roles of Elizabeth and Jessica, but how people could get them mixed up is beyond me! In the first minute of the show, we see Elizabeth dressed very preppy and cute, while her slutty sister dresses like an MTV model. It cracks me up seeing the terrible actors approach the girls pretending to get them mixed up. Its obvious: Jessica is the wanna-be prostitue, while Elizabeth is a prude.

Not that this show doesn't have other good qualitites, such as bad 90's music and bad haircuts for the boys. Elizabeth's boyfriend is a stick who is dumb as a brick, but kinda cute in the 90's preppy boy way...

Seriously, this show makes me laugh, and I really enjoy the campy drama and overacting, especially on the part of Lila and Winston, who follow exactly Franscine Pascal's book characters.

If you expect a better 90210, look elsewhere, but if you want 90's teenage drama, go for this series and read the books!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Corny and bad acting, but who cares!, March 23, 2006

By 

J Hawk - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet Valley High - The Complete First Season (DVD)

I loved watching this show on Saturday mornings, i couldn't wait to get up and watch it. Alot of you may have noticed that there is no SVH season 2 anywhere in site, and that's because of lack luster sales, which isn't to hard to believe, BV is charging $45 dollars and up for a 3 disc set of 20 minute shows with no extras! that's a bit ridiculous, you would think that a bell would go off for them but i guess it hasn't, anyway SVH fans it's time to band together the rest of the SVH series is rumored to be in jeporady of not getting released so write to Buena Vista and tell them you want it: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc./Dept. CS,/Burbank, CA 91521: you can also check out their website about contacting them through email:http://video.movies.go.com/