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Private Practice - Season 1 [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Actors: Kate Walsh, Tim Daly, Amy Brenneman, Taye Diggs Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm Category: DVD List Price: ~~£26.99~~ Buy New: £12.06 as of 24/11/2009 01:05 GMT details You Save: £14.93 (55%) New (8) Used (5) from £11.00 Seller: records_n_stuff Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 897 Format: Box set, PAL Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 3 Running Time: 391 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 EAN: 8717418177041 ASIN: B001JT71BC Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: March 16, 2009 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review 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 emGrey's Anatomy/em's Shonda Rhimes to capitalize on Walsh's popularity, emPrivate Practice/em 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. --emJae-Ha Kim/em

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » Addison starts a new life in LA......., June 5, 2009 MellowYellow (USA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Private Practice - a spin-off from the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy - debuted in September 2007, with one of Greys most popular characters, Addison Forbes Montgomery (the beautiful Kate Walsh), starting a new life at a private practice medical clinic in LA. br / br /Many have tried to compare the show to Greys, which should be avoided as it has an entirely different tone - lighter, funnier less OTT-angsty than Greys. You won't see any ferry disasters or ghosts on this show ! It also benefits from being set where it is actually filmed features location filming out-and-about in LA. br / br /Kate Walsh shines as Addison easily carries the show. She is surrounded by a small core cast of experienced talented actors - Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Taye Diggs, Amy Brenneman, Paul Adelstein, Chris Lowell KaDee Strickland. br / br /After a rocky first episode, the writing improved as the series progressed the show started to find its own identity distance from Greys. br / br /It was affected by the 2007/08 US writer's strike therefore only 9 episodes of the 22 ordered were completed for Season 1. A full Season 2 has just finished airing in the US ( it starts on Living in the UK on 25 June 2009). Season 3 has been picked up for 2009/10 - the only new ABC show from the writer's strike season to still be on the air (RIP Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone etc). br / br /Worth watching as an introduction to the show characters, but the storylines really start evolving in Season 2. br / br /The extras for this DVD release are - br / br /1. Kate Walsh - Practice makes Perfect - a 30 minute biography of Kate Walsh with friends, family colleagues contributing. A must-have for any fan ! br /2. Alternative Ensemble : Behind the Scenes of Private Practice br /3. Two Extended Episodes br /4. Deleted Scenes br /5. Bloopers br /6. Audio Commentaries on 1.01 (Shonda Rhimes/Betsy Beers/Kate Walsh), 1.07 (Amy Brenneman/Paul Adelstein) and 1.09 (Taye Diggs/Chris Lowell). For those who enjoy medical dramas especially Greys Anatomy July 9, 2009 Mrs. J. Gilbert (Southport, England) Private Practice follows the life of Dr Addison Montgomery after she leaves Seattle Grace Hospital (in Greys Anatomy), following her failure to win back her husband Derek (Dr McDreamy as he's nicknamed by the students docs). Its funny and heart warming, as was Greys Anatomy and you learn to love a whole new bunch of characters. Of course there's love interests and interesting patients whose stories you follow. A good one to watch so bring on the next series Private Practice season 1 July 9, 2009 Mr. Paul Mayo 0 out of 3 found this review helpful this is a good quality product with fast postage and i am very satisfied with this transaction Fantastic! July 16, 2009 S. Firth (Leeds, UK) i havent got the boxset but i have seen the series and it is absolutely brilliant. I am a fan of Grey's Anatomy and thought this show wouldnt be as good, and at first i wasnt sure, but it's absolutely brilliant. It shouldnt be seen as a spin off from Grey's but a show in it's own right. I've just started getting into season 2 and i'm really loving it. Like many people, when Addison showed up in Grey's i really disliked her, but she softened and now i think she's a brilliant character and Kate Walsh is brilliant playing her. All the actors are fab in PP. br / br /It is annoying that the writers strike affected this show, much like it did all the other American shows i love, so i'm looking forward to a lengthy season 2. Some people might not like the fact it is a small cast, unlike Greys. But i love how close knit it is. And they storylines are good, strong and addictive. I'm really glad they decided to keep the show going and i hope it goes on for many more years! Private Practice best Grey's Anatomy stop gap August 8, 2009 Becks G (Manchester UK) I work long hours and lots of shifts, so i never get chance to get into a routine of watching series on TV. Thus i buy box sets, I love Grey's Anatomy and went through those at a rate of knotts when i had a few hours spare, so i was gutted when i ran out and had to wait for the next season to be released. However i got a disc taster with season 4 Grey's Anatomy of Private Practice, and although it is not based at a main stream hospital the characters and their stories are as gripping as those in Grey's, helped by having Addison as the lead character. Again the box set ended too soon, but it was good. I recommend it. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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