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DVD
Buena Vista Home Video
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Actors: Private Practice
UPC: 786936754216
DESCRIPTION: Private Practice is a spin-off of the highly popular ABC series Grey s Anatomy starring Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, a renowned neonatal surgeon. After realizing that her life isn t advancing at Seattle Grace, Addison packs her bags and heads off to Santa Monica to start a new life. She reunites with her newly divorced med school friends, Naomi (Audra McDonald) and Sam (Taye Diggs), and joins them in the chic private practice along with the other doctors on staff. END
Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh, Grey's Anatomy) leaves behind McDreamy, McSteamy, and McSeattle to join California's Oceanside Wellness Center, a private practice that was founded by two best friends from med school. But if she's expecting a drama-free existence, she's in the wrong place. Naomi (Audra McDonald) and Sam (Taye Diggs) Bennett are the perfect couple who aren't together anymore. Pediatrician Cooper Freedman (Paul Adelstein) is a horny Peter Pan looking for love on the Internet. Violet Turner (Amy Brenneman) is a psychiatrist who can dish out the advice, but can't get over her own breakup to a man who has clearly moved on. And then there's Pete Wilder (Tim Daly), an alternative-medicine practitioner so good-looking and charming that Addison can't stop crushing on him, even though she dismisses his brand of practice as New Age-y. Created by Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes to capitalize on Walsh's popularity, Private Practice has some screwy moments that don't fall in line with Addison's cosmopolitan character. Are we really to believe that Addison is so messed up that she really believes the elevator is talking to her? That conceit would've worked on Ally McBeal's titular heroine, but on Addison Montgomery? We don't think so. The show, which was affected by the writer's strike of 2007, lacks cohesiveness in the truncated 10 episodes on this DVD box set. But still, the series shows promise. Though some of the plot devises are melodramatic at best (Sam has to deliver the baby of a woman who had been robbing the store just moments before), viewers end up rooting for the quirky characters to get their personal lives in order. Though we're supposed to be longing for Addison and Pete to couple up, and for the Bennetts to realize that their divorce was a mistake, it's really Cooper and Violet who have all the makings to be the show's most intriguing couple. The debut season showed some interesting plot devices: two couples whose babies were mistakenly exchanged at birth; a senior citizen with unexplainable bruising on his body; and one of the female characters dealing with her own infertility issues. But the thrust of the show is how the doctors work and play together. Talking to one of her patients, Addison says, "Everyone screws up once in awhile." That can also be the motto for the Oceanside Wellness Center. --Jae-Ha Kim
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| Great Show! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I enjoy Private Practice very much. I suggest watching it from the beginning; it is very interesting to see how these characters worked out their early encounters and situations. So, if you are looking for an enjoyable to show to stuff in your own Christmas Stocking, check this one out!
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| Simply Hilarious and Enjoyable |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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The first season of Private Practice has the right balance of fun and serious storylines. The characters are both funny and easy to relate to. Addison Montgomery is even better than when she was on Grey's Anatomy because she is no longer second fiddle to Derek or Meredith. It was good that they finally are using her character better. If you enjoy Grey's Anatomy then you will enjoy Private Practice.
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| Amazing show! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I was instantly addicted to this show when it came out on its own. When there were bits and pieces thrown into Grey's Anatomy (end of season 3) I didn't care for it. But, I love this show now and forever! I was soooo disappointed when the writer's strike interfered with the show, and then it didn't come back to finish the season!! I can't wait til season 2 starts and I find out what happens with Addison and the cop...and Addison and Pete!
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| Overpriced for the number of episodes |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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I rather like "Private Practice". It's often implausible, but that's one of the features of escapist entertainment. The cast is talented and attractive. I'm looking forward to watching the new season. But I can't give this first DVD set a good review, because it just isn't a good value.
Due to the writers' strike, Season One of "Private Practice" only had 9 episodes. A normal season is 22 shows. But this collection's list price is the same as for a full season. The producers, having taken a major financial hit by not having as much advertising revenue as expected, are trying to recoup some of their costs from us by overpricing this set. I can't condone that.
I rate this collection 3-4 stars for quality, but only 0-1 stars for value. That gives a combined rating of 2 stars: disappointing.
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| Pretty awful, but theres hope |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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The fact that they did not bother to bring the show back after the strike, and one only recently started showing reruns leading up to the season primiere tells you that there were problems. I am hopeful that Shondra can turn it around for season 2.
I'll stay away from giving away any storylines and just give my views. My biggest problem is that you have these succesful, well established. middle aged doctors running around like kids who just moved into thier first apartment. It's hard to believe Addison Sheppard can't find a guy to give her the time of day. I can tolerate and actually enjoy this type of behavior on Grays Anatomy because 1) they are younger and just out of med school it seems more believable 2) it was original when they did it.
Unless they make serious changes, this show will fail for all the reason the Apprentice 2 with Martha Stewart failed. No one wants to see a lesser version of a popular show. especially with an out of place , inferior cast.
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