Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11747 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-09-11
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 11

Synopsis
You thought your life was bad. Try being an incomprehensibly successful writer with a gorgeous wife. Unfortunately for Larry David, co-creator of SEINFELD, four hundred million dollars and the woman of his dreams (Cheryl Hines) are no match for the constant turmoils that wreak havoc on his daily life. With the help of his manager Jeff (Jeff Garlin) and best friend Richard Lewis (Lewis, playing himself), Larry tries to maintain some semblance of order, but when trouble seems to find you everywhere, that isn't so easy. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM is, quite simply, television at its finest, a brilliant and hysterical work of comic genius that absurdly, yet seamlessly, blends reality with fiction. The first five seasons of the show are collected here.

Customer Reviews

why you should meet larry david
Somethings are best left unsaid, or rather, left to be said by the genius that is Larry David.

Curb is bold, brilliant, laugh out loud and most of all, one of a kind.

if you feel even the slightest bit curious as to purchasing this dvd boxset, or just simply buying season 1 and working your way up, then i must say, you are doing the right thing.

for moments at home on your sofa, with someone or by yourself, you'll realise that you have stumbled upon something that i can't praise enough.

so order the dvd, wait for the arrival, and sit back, as larry david and the rest of the amazing cast take you to a level of comedy, only described as perfection.

Funniest Comedy Ever Made
Some of this is so funny you will laugh so hard that it will give you aching ribs after watching. It is filmed as if it is a fly on the wall documentary, following real life Hollywood script-writer Larry David as he fails in his attempts to get through each day without messing up. No matter how hard he tries, things go wrong. Very wrong. He is also extremely unconventional in social situations, leading to many farcical scenes. At times very rude, and never dull. This is surely one of the best shows ever made for TV.

Surely one of the most outspoken comedy characters ever
Seeing as Seinfeld is and always will be one of my favourite sitcoms of all time it was impossible for me to ignore this. I always get the feeling that Larry David is one of those rare people that only wants to be part of something if he is 100% sure that it will go down in history as something special and he has definitely succeeded again with this.

Like Seinfeld I only saw the odd episode of this when it was first shown on BBC2 but kept on missing it and wanted to watch it from the beginning in the correct order so I waited for the DVD releases. It was a gamble because I didn't know for sure how funny it was at the time and I only knew Larry David because of Seinfeld, but the gamble paid off big time. One of the things I have always liked about this programme is that I am never sure if Larry is going to come out of each episode smiling or not, it keeps me guessing till the very end. Another great thing is I have mixed feelings about his outspoken opinions as in most of the time I agree with what he says and sympathise with him in awkward situations that he gets himself into and then he will get into another awkward situation where I think he only has himself to blame. Either way it is laugh out loud funny. The only bad thing I can say is that there is only ten episodes a series, but quality will always be better than quantity and when you add them all up there will be at least fifty to laugh at over and over again.

So if you have still not seen this wonderful programme yet and you are not easily offended (as a lot of bad language and difficult subject matters), then you are extremely spoilt as you can watch all five series (if you can afford to buy them or borrow them) all at once, you lucky people.