Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #523 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-09-12
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Dutch
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 481 minutes

Customer Reviews

"help me Charlie, I wanna sing for no reason!"
Being a fan of Charlie Sheen I was pretty damn excited when I found out about this show, I thought it'd be great, hilarious, basically just plain amazing. And to tell you the truth, I'm yet to be disapointed. Charlie Sheen (Platoon, Wall Street) plays (yeah, you guessed it) a guy called Charlie Harper, a womanising, big drinking, jingle writer. His brother, Alan, is played by the very funny Jon Cryer (Pretty In Pink). The pair have brilliant chemistry on screen and they seem to feed off one another. It's good seeing them reunited again after "Hot Shots!". The scenes with Jake (Angus T. Jones) are probably the best though. He is one funny kid. I've seen all of the first series and most of the second. But I'm glad it's finally out on DVD because it's one of those shows where you won't get bored watching the episodes again and again. Particularly funny episodes to look out for in the first series are: "Merry Thanksgiving"; "An Old Flame With A New Wick"; and "I Remember The Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You". But, in truth, all of the episodes are very, very funny. The boxset is a total must have for any Charlie Sheen fan, or even anyone who likes some good one-liner comedy. Go Buy It! :)

a triumph of entertainment....
"Two and a Half Men", is a real breath of fresh air in the world of sitcoms. It has what a lot of sitcoms have lost, a sense of fun and a balanced use of lead characters, meaning that the show is the real winner...this is no mean acheivement given that Charlie Sheen is by far and away the big name star, which should make the show a vehicle for his comedy, but instead Sheen acts as the perfect foil to the neurotic intensity that John Cryer brings to playing Charlie's brother Alan.

The show also makes great strides in the area of family comedy, most series such as Frasier or Friends side step the issue of divorce or use it as a back drop to other activity. Two and a half men is brave enough to take the topic on and do so in a non-condescending way, which gives fresh life to the staple characters of family comedy, the child, the mother-in-law and the wife...

The first series is an excellent introduction to the world of Two and a Half Men and still stands up to re-watching even after the successive series are watched. The only reason I gave it four stars was because I prefer the second series which is a lot more daring and unconventional, but if you love comedy you'll buy them both...

Explodes with humour like a careless match in a firework box on the 4th July
Brilliant and American are words that don't come to be paired often, this is especially true for American sit/com shows.
However this is a wonderful series that always pleases. Snappy one liners, brilliant comedy at a gentle pace rather that the rat at tat of other shows. The build up to the one liner is a joy that the viewer can really appreciate. Well written and brilliantly acted by the central stars who are able to laugh at themselves, (wonderful for american actors) and the wonderful support cast of Rose (mad as a box of frogs), Loretta, Alan's ex neo lesbian, haridan, harie of a wife and others.
A word on the series. Each show is about 20 minutes long... yes amazing when you realise that these are half hour shows. No ten minutes of advertising. You can easily watch three episodes back to back and spend a very enjoyable hour. But of course in 20 minutes you will not get the set up and complexities of a 40 min (1 hour show say ala House etc)
So the shows are comedy lite and therefore so much more easily consumed and enjoyed? The chocolate biscuit and a nice cup of tea scenario ala Dad's Army.
As to the content...A WORD of warning to PARENTS of younger than 14 children

My son of 12 watches the show and of course he is not fazed by the occasional mild references to sex and all its glory, not to mention terms (oral sex etc). His mother is not so sure. So the word is watch a few shows, make your mind up that junior is mature enough to get but NOT be corrupted by the sexual content. (Which is what responsible parents should do more often?)
Brilliant easy to watch comedy, Good characters and easy situations make this a winner. 5 well deserved stars.