Curb Your Enthusiasm - Series 2 - Complete DVD > Reviews

Advantages: Clever, subtle comedy, combined with broad farce
Disadvantages: May be an acquired taste; not for the narrow-minded

...is also the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm (CYE), a cult US TV sitcom also based loosely on his life and character. The Larry we see in the show is thus a very rich, fifty-something semi-retired comedy producer. He is well-meaning but socially inept. He combines elements of Victor Meldrew, Homer Simpson and Basil Fawlty. Yet he is far more complex, clever and casual than any of those characters. His basically easy-going outlook is balanced by the ... Read review

Advantages: Dry, witty and one of the best comedies around
Disadvantages: Takes a bit of getting into at first

...much as their antics did. Curb Your Enthusiasm is in the same style, story wise as Seinfeld, and no surprise there as Larry David is the co-creator, producer and writer of said show. Each episode involves a number of situations that build and build until poor Larry ends up with everything all coming together at the end, normally in an unfortunate collision of events that leave Larry at a loss, once more! Curb is a fake documentary style look, ... Read review

Advantages: Very Funny, Different, No laugh track
Disadvantages: Not for everyones tastes, no extras

Some of the best comedy comes from witnessing people dig themselves into big holes on every occasion. In years past we've cringed at the desperate acts displayed by Basil Fawlty and David Brent. Larry David just takes it to another level. Curb Your Enthusiasm is an improvised comedy revolving around the life of Seinfeld creator Larry David. Here is a man who has it all yet always manages to offend, put his foot in it and generally make a bad situation ... Read review