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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Buena Vista Home Video EAN: 0786936754216 Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 16, 2008 Running Time: 394 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Sales Rank: 1121 MPN: DISD56366D
Product Description: UPC: 786936754216 DESCRIPTION: Private Practice is a spin-off of the highly popular ABC series Grey s Anatomy starring Kate Walsh as Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery, a renowned neonatal surgeon. After realizing that her life isn t advancing at Seattle Grace, Addison packs her bags and heads off to Santa Monica to start a new life. She reunites with her newly divorced med school friends, Naomi (Audra McDonald) and Sam (Taye Diggs), and joins them in the chic private practice along with the other doctors on staff. END
Amazon.com: 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 Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes to capitalize on Walsh's popularity, Private Practice 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. --Jae-Ha Kim
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Show!
I enjoy Private Practice very much. I suggest watching it from the beginning; it is very interesting to see how these characters worked out their early encounters and situations. So, if you are looking ... Read More
Rating: - Simply Hilarious and Enjoyable
The first season of Private Practice has the right balance of fun and serious storylines. The characters are both funny and easy to relate to. Addison Montgomery is even better than when she was on Grey's ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing show!
I was instantly addicted to this show when it came out on its own. When there were bits and pieces thrown into Grey's Anatomy (end of season 3) I didn't care for it. But, I love this show now and forever! ... Read More
Rating: - Overpriced for the number of episodes
I rather like "Private Practice". It's often implausible, but that's one of the features of escapist entertainment. The cast is talented and attractive. I'm looking forward to watching the new season. But ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty awful, but theres hope
The fact that they did not bother to bring the show back after the strike, and one only recently started showing reruns leading up to the season primiere tells you that there were problems. I am hopeful that Shondra ... Read More
- Great Show!
- Overpriced for the number of episodes