Distributor:
Universal Home Entertainment Certificate: Not Rated |
135 minutes Available to buy Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Steve
Carrell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer
WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
It
was never going to be easy to
re-do one of the UK’s biggest
sitcoms since Fawlty Towers,
Ricky Gervais had come up with
one of TV’s legendary
characters in David Brent and
the UK series is in
reality
built around his performance, this US version wisely opts for more of an
ensemble feel. Steve Carell takes on the Brent role, here renamed
Michael Scott and the action takes place in the admin section of the
Dunder Mifflin paper supply company, the first episode pretty much
transplants the script from the UK premier episode but after that the
show manages to find its own voice, the supporting cast are particularly
good especially Kraskinski as salesman Jim.
This new
release from Universal features all 6 first season episodes and while it
is a little bit of a slow burner by the third episode you have forgotten
about the original and are enjoying the show on it’s own merits, it
also benefits from not having a laugh track, the humour is subtle and we
certainly don’t need it signposted. If you are a fan of the
original you will still want to take a look at this one and see what
it’s like, if you have yet to spend some time in The Office then this
is the ideal opportunity.
ANY
SPECIAL FEATURES?
Extras
include some very funny deleted scenes and an audio commentary.
