Customer Reviews

The Starter Wife

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

You must forget Will & Grace when you watch the Starter Wife. Kiss Grace goodbye, this aint her. Messing shows how she can take the lead and keep this mini series moving. She plays an ex-wife of a Hollywood studio boss starts her life after her divorce

The supporting cast of Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls), and Peter Jacobson (Transformers & the Lost Room)mesh with Messing. Mantegna best scene is hom in drag-DONT MISS IT

On the whole, the mini series, which is based upon the novel by Hollywood Wife Gigi Levangie Grazer, the wife of Producer/director Brian Grazer, is a great story. It ranks up there will Jackie Collins's Hollywood series of books and movies

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD

This show wasn't mindblowing and it wasn't super original, but it had heart, something I think is missing from TV today. It surprised me that I could sit and just get lost in this show and its quirky characters. Debra Messing is a great actress and I love the fact that Anika Noni Rose played the security guard for the community. If you haven't seen this show in it's original network run, please pick up a copy or rent it from Netflix. I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Sure. It's not bad. This is not a show I'd would have considered on my own or even remembered to watch. My wife was watching & I stopped for a moment & stayed because Debra Messing is so excellent- fashion, comedy & drama. It's not marketed to us 50+ males but is a perfect, summer mini-series. It went to dvd pretty quick in case you missed it. I'd recommend it. Debra's scenes with Joe Montegna are the best.

I missed this movie when it was on TV, so I made my husband rent it. He said "oh no, not another chick flick!" He deceided to watch it with me, and guess what, he loved it and said it was one the of the funniest chick flicks he ever said.....he he he

I thoroughly enjoyed "The Starter Wife," even though it isn't the type of show I usually watch. It was a delight -- lots of chuckles, with enough serious subject matter to keep it from being a dramatized version of the Shopping Channel. Deborah Messing is perfect as the "starter wife" who's dumped by her studio honcho husband and thinks her life is over. Not so -- a new life is just beginning. Messing and her small coterie of loyal friends are great, and the hunk she finds on the beach is a feast for the eyes. The miniseries is great fun, guaranteed to bring a smile.

This is just hilarious and you should definitely get the mini-series as well. Messing and all the other actors in this movie are fantastic and you really start to care about them. Definitely in the "chick flick" category, it is so well written and acted that if you need a fun time and an escape, this is the movie for you. I think it gives a really funny look at relationships. If you need cheering up, you will laugh your butt off! Power Path to Love

Starter is some of the best trash on television, light and fun, full of Hollywood insider tidbits, the wife and I laughed with Debra Messing and her pals. Even the ethnic and Gay cliches did not annoy.

I gave this item as a Christmas gift, and it was well received! Debrah is incredibly funny in the Starter Wife! Love this series!

Watched this series last year and glad they have a second season this year, I tend to enjoy the first season at the Malibu Colony better than this season. Love the beach scenes,and Beverly Hills This is a great DVD set, and now my daughter and my son's girlfriend want this for Christmas.

Too cute to pass up! Very entertaining with enough plot substance to merit re-watching. Great collateral story lines with a wonderful supporting cast. Plus, this series is real eye candy for those who enjoy Debra Messing's elegant wardrobes.