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A review by daylehall on The Inbetweeners - Series 1 - Complete (DVD) May 14th, 2009
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Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Standard
How does it compare to similar films?
Good
Advantages:
great storylines, great characters, so funny
Disadvantages:
some people may find the humour offensive
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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About The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners follows the lives of four teenage boys and their journey through growing up. There are four main characters that appear throughout the series, Simon Bird who plays William McKenzie, Joe Thomas who plays Simon Cooper, James Buckley who plays Jay Cartwright and Blake Harrison who plays Neil Sutherland. Basically Will is a posh young lad who has been forced to attend public school when his parents divorce. Will finds it very hard to fit in, and eventually manages to work his way into the group with the other lads mentioned above. The programme is partly narrated by Will's character which I find works really well and adds an even bigger touch of humour to the already funny plots. There are so many moments throughout the series which makes me think back to when I was at school and all the things you have to go through such as trying to get your first girlfriend/boyfriend, trying to get served, aged 17 and the other stresses such as school and the school bullies.
The Characters Will (played by Simon Bird) Will is a typical geeky lad - posh accent, wears glasses and used a briefcase to carry round his school books. All of this makes Will a perfect target for the school bullies and he gets labelled a 'briefcase wan**r!' on his first day. Will is chuffed that he manages to make some new friends, although it soon becomes apparent that they only seem to like him because they consider his Mum to be 'well fit!'
Simon (played by Joe Thomas) Simon is definitely the shy and unconfident one of the group. He is deeply in love with Carly who he has fancied since they were 8 years old but is sadly way out of his league. Every time he comes across Cary he becomes nervous and ends up making himself look silly. Throughout the series he manages to end up completely naked on a fishing boat, get caught spraying graffiti onto Carly's driveway and he also vomits all over Carly's younger brother. Simon is the only one of the group that can drive although he is highly embarrassed by his bright yellow car.
Neil (played Blake Harrison) Neil always comes across like he is slightly simple. Neil lives with his Dad and all his mates think that his Dad is gay (and lots of things lead you to believe that he is!). Neil's mates constantly take the micky out of him for it. Neil is tall and lanky and certainly acts very goofy.
Jay (played James Buckley) Jay likes to think that he's top dog of the group and is always boasting about all the girls he has slept with and all the exciting things he gets up to. All the girls he talks about live miles away and oddly enough his friends have never met any of the girls either. Jay is quite mouthy and constantly talks about sex.
Series One Series one obviously introduces each of the characters. In total, there are six episodes which I will briefly outline.
Episode 1 Episode one shows you Will joining his new school, and struggling to fit in while all the other kids laugh at him because of his posh case, his uniform i.e., the fact he wears his full blazer, the badge which he is given to show that he is a new student and the briefcase which he used as his school bag! Will manages to invite himself to the pub with Jay, Simon and Neil and find that they have managed to go to the wrong pub, and the barman won't serve them. The story continues and you see Will come up with a cunning plan on how to get served. Superb!
Episode 2 Episode two shows us the four main characters playing truant from school. They decide to stay at home and get drunk which Will gets really excited about because he has never done anything this naughty before. They lads soon realise that they haven't actually bunked school at all because they are sixth formers and don't legally have to be in school. The boys continue their day getting drunk and Simon managed to make himself look like a wally in front of the love of his life, Carly.
Episode 3 Episode three is set at Thorpe Park. This episode also shows Simon passing his driving test in a rather bizarre way! Once he has passed, the lads persuade him to drive them to Thorpe Park for the day. Everything seems to go wrong for the lads with Simon losing his car door, will upsetting some other riders on one of the rides and Neil dancing around naked in front of his friends after being stung. There are some really laugh out loud moments in this episode.
Episode 4 Episode four shows us Will unexpectedly getting a date and follows him as he attempts to have sex for the first time which goes horribly wrong and makes for some extremely amusing viewing. Their school puts on a Blind Date context and Neil feels proud of himself for picking the right girl... that is until he sees her!
Episode 5 Episode five follows the four lads as they go to the caravan club. Jay's family go every summer and Jay has promised them all some action with the girls when they get there. Jay is known to exaggerate the truth and Will doubts that what he says in true. This episode follows the boys as they attend a disco at the caravan club and one by one, they all do something to embarrass themselves, although Neil ends the night with a smile on his face.
Episode 6 The final episode of series one shows the lads at their school prom which Will is organising. The boys all hire suits and are all set for a delightful evening. But does everything go to plan??
Extras This DVD consists of six thirty minute episodes as well as special features including: Audio commentaries by the writers and cast members Video diaries from the four main cast members The making of The Inbetweeners Meet the cat which is basically where you learn about the real life people who play the four main characters Deleted scenes – where you get to see all the scenes that didn’t make the final copy.
Cost You can buy Series one from many shops such as www.play.com where it will cost you £12.99
Advantages: Great performances and realistic dialogue Disadvantages: A bit gross at times!
WHAT IS IT: The Inbetweeners is a sitcom featuring four young men in Sixth Form at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. It charts their trials and tribulations as they face the difficulties of adolescence such as desperately trying to get with girls, drinking too much and trying not to make complete fools of themselves. Throughout the two series they are under the watchful eye of the imposing Mr Gilbert, head of Sixth Form. NEIL: The slow one ... ...and is often the butt of everyone's jokes; particularly when he turns up at the school disco in an outfit even John Travolta would have rejected for Saturday Night Fever. He is played (brilliantly) by Blake Harrison who perfectly captures 'that idiot from school' without pushing it too far. JAY: Jay really fancies himself as a ladies man and is constantly boasting about his sexual exploits. No-one believes him of course but he carries on undeterred. ...
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Wouldn't say no... Review ofThe Inbetweeners - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)by
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Advantages: A very funny comedy, with some funny extra features. Disadvantages: I just wish the episodes wouldn't end.
The Inbetweeners series one DVD Rating: 18 (Reason- sex references, swearing and some violence) Running time: 138 mins approx Extras running time: 53 mins approx Subtitles- English H-0-H Aspect ratio- 16:9 Colour- PAL Region Code: 2 Written by Damon Beesley Heat- "Hilarious...It's like the anti skins; buts is equally great *****" The London Paper- "Brilliant..The inbetweeners nails disappointment, frustration and friendship perfectly" The times- ... ...and the office? If yes, then this is the DVD for you. The inbetweeners is a comedy with plenty of swearing and witty sarcasm. What is the inbetweeners all about? The inbetweeners focuses on a group of four teenage lads growing up. The story stars with the geeky know it all character by the name of Will (played by Simon Bird) who has just moved from a posh private school and moved to a local comprehensive school, due to the fact that his parents divorced ...
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Advantages: All of it is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Disadvantages: Could do with more deleted scenes, but who really cares about extras!
...me just start by saying The Inbetweeners is a brilliant series and anyone who compares it to skins hasn't go a clue what they are talking about for these reasons;
The Inbetweeners = Brilliant
Skins = Crap
The Inbetweeners = Funny
Skins = Em?? Crap!!
The Inbetweeners = Good, solid and funny storylines.
Skins = Crap nonsensical storylines.
The Inbetweener = Great character, almost like the ones you remember from school
Skin = 2D characters, ... ...system. Now back to the matter at hand, the brilliant Inbetweeners. Main theme - Well it's all about the main character will, whose mother can't afford his private school fees anymore so he is sent to a comprehensive school. Not being the coolest of character he associates himself with the best group he can;
Simon - He is obsessed with a girl called Carley and is properly Will best friend of the group, this is because he's a bit more sensitive than ...
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Advantages: Different areas of teen life covered every episode and a great pick me up. Disadvantages: Epsiodes not long enough.
...without a doubt one of the funniest programmes I have ever watched in my life, saw a clip off it on E4 and nearly wet myself and after a bit off a nudge the wife bought me it for christmas even though she thought it was a bit of a stupid lads programme but we will come to that later. This show is exactly what most teens are feeling, experience etc. The pressures off every day life and what comes with it. It is based around a new lad Will starting ... ...refer to as exactly as the title says, they are not in with the hip crowd nor are they as the programme covers in with the geeks. In the five episodes you get with the first series it covers love, sex, bullying, friendship and everyday worries off a teen in a lighthearted way, after buying this DVD and asking my wife to watch an episode with me she is also now hooked and can not wait for the new series. If comedy is your thing and you are looking ...
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The Inbetweeners Review ofThe Inbetweeners - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)by
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Advantages: Great Comedy Disadvantages: Only 1 series SO FAR
Introduction : The Inbetweeners is a great comedy aired on the channel E4. This hilarious sitcom is the first comedy to be featured on E4 and is one of my most favourite programms on TV and DVD right now. The DVD is to be bought by anyone over the age of 18 due to it's heavy load of strong language and adult themes. The program is about a young school student at the age of 16 going up to 17. His name is Will , who then finds 3 new friends Neil,Jay ... ...has had many girls in the past down at his caravan in Camber Sands caravan club. Neil is too stupid to have a relationship and does not know how to start one off. Simon is obsessed with a beutiful young girl called Carly D'Amato , when he tries to get Carly to go on a date , he ends up making it worse. The program follows these young teenage boys through there days to find some fit girls. Advantages : There are many advantages of this great product. ...
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Advantages: Superb comedy, tackles real teenage issues, absolutely hilarious Disadvantages: Episodes not long enough, not enough episodes in a series, very rude
...The Inbetweeners is an English comedy show revolving around four teenage boys. They aren't in the popular gang in their school sixth form but neither are they in the geeky group, hence the name 'inbetweeners'.
The show sees these average boys going through their lives with all the usual teenage worries and how they cope with them, including the panic of getting a girlfriend and losing their virginity, being let into the 'cool' guy's party, getting served in a pub and, of course, what the best position is for a good w**k.
~ Will (Simon Bird) ~
At the beginning of the first series, Will is just starting out at a new school (a comprehensive one - much below his usual standards of his old private school), having moved due his parents divorce. He is a typical geeky lad - wears glasses, tucks his shirt into his trousers and, worst...
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Advantages: Laugh out loud funny and very true to life Disadvantages: Some scenes may offend!
...at the school he attempts to make some friends. There are 2 other ?nerds? who start at the same time but he doesn?t want to be friends with these so he befriends a group of 3 lads called Jay, Neil and Simon. At first they don?t like him, but as time goes on they realise he isn?t that bad and they become the best of friends.
It is called the Inbetweeners because this group of guys don?t really fit into any of the groups that exist in a school. Will is the posh nerd, Jay thinks he is the school stud and has bedded most of the girls. Neil is the dumb one who doesn?t always understand what is going on and Simon, is most respects, is quite normal.
In the beginning of series1 Simon passes his driving test so most of the lads adventures involve the freedom of driving around.
What makes this programme so funny is that it is so true to life. I spent...
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Advantages: A refreshingly new show to E4 Disadvantages: Not enough episodes in a series, not for the easily-offended
...'s lives, through their school troubles, dating dilemmas, family issues... with each of their goals being: a) sleep with a girl, b) stay away from embarrassing parents, c) don't get in trouble in school.
In series one we are introduced to Will straightaway. We hear his story from his voiceover (portraying his own thoughts) about how he used to go to a private school but unfortunately his mum couldn't afford it anymore so he has been made to go to a public school/sixth form. We hear his posh voice and spy his thick-rimmed glasses and briefcase and immediately know he's the sort of boy who will be picked on in school. On his first day, he manages to pal up with Simon, another sixth former, much to Simon's reluctance. Simon is a nice guy, although in his friend's eyes he's a bit of a loser due to the fact he's completely obsessed with his...
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The Inbetweeners - Series 1-2 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)
Product details
Genre: Comedy
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 2008
Franchise Name: Inbetweeners
Video Category: Television
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Plot: Briefcase-carrying nerd Will has recently left the relative sophistication of private school to join Rudge Park Comprehensive, where he befriends Simon, Jay and Neil; a group precariously straddling the social gulf between the in-crowd and the outcasts.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): 4DVD; SPIRIT ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Deleted scenes, 'Meet The Cast': featurette, 'This Is A Day In The Life Of Simon Baird': featurette, 'This Is Joe Thomas' Video Diary': featurette, Cast interiews, 'James Buckley Went To A Party': featurette, Outtakes, The Making Of THE INBETWEENERS
Sound: Dolby Digital
DVD Description
Combine the juvenile smut of SUPERBAD with the cringing embarrassment of PEEP SHOW, against the 'stylish' backdrop of GRANGE HILL, and what do you get? E4's hilarious comedy THE INBETWEENERS. A super sharp, one-liner packed celebration of the highs and lows of being a teenager. Perfectly capturing the relentless disappointment of suburban adolescence, the show's four main characters yearn for sex, booze and cheap thrills, without the emotional maturity, money or ID to get them. Briefcase-carrying nerd Will (Simon Bird) has recently left the relative sophistication of private school to join Rudge Park Comprehensive, where he befriends Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison); a group precariously straddling the social gulf between the in-crowd and the outcasts. This release contains the complete first series, and features a wealth of rubbish insults, even more rubbish come-backs, and plenty of mum-jokes. With some invaluable life-lessons on wooing the ladies, bunking off school, getting served in the pub, and why you should always, always remember proper etiquette on a roller coaster.
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