SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Laura Hryluk I don't know how I happened upon this show, I think I needed background noise for something, but it sucked me in. I've cried more times than I care to admit, and even found myself yelling at the TV a few times. However, one thing that never ceases to amaze me: every single dude that came in contact with Amber got that glazed look over his face, and then proceeded to, or try to, sleep with her. Did I miss something? Aside from Mark (Sarah is an idiot), every single guy. I should make a YouTube montage. I get that she was supposed to be some cool laid back chick, but after awhile it was nauseating. All in all it's a good show, it touches on a lot of things I've not seen TV shows get into. It definitely hooked someone who despises this genre.

Magblaster Spoilers.........................Sorry for my really bad english. This show is not only fun. The parents are under a gigantic pressure from all the demands around them in the society. And they dont trust their nearly grown up teenagers. Especially the girls. Give the teenagers some room please. This show grows on me as the episodes goes by. Really hard work to be a parent. And even more hard word to be af teen as their parents dont trust them at all !!!

dest-faith What a great series. Watching this show has motivated me to be a better mother and person in general, while reminding me of my strengths in those areas. I find, too, that where we tend to judge people for their decisions in real life, the show gives you an insider view to their decision- making that you wouldn't otherwise have. I'm describing a story, so obviously this cannot be taken literally in the strictest sense; but this has to seriously be the most relatable show character-wise I've ever had the pleasure viewing. If you're a single mom, a married one, a stay-at- home dad, marrying at 40+, moving back in with your parents, struggling with autism-spectrum disorders as a family member or self, in a mixed- race family or marriage, adopting, adopted, male, female, gay, straight, flexible, underachieving, perfectionist...I can go on. It's just great. "Tugs at the heart strings" has never been a truer description in my viewing experience (and I watch way too much TV).Now the show isn't perfect (but almost). A couple actors have been too clearly type-casted (particularly those who play Sarah and Adam). I just started watching Gilmore Girls, and Lauren Graham is the same free-spirited, jittery, out-spoken single mom who has a friendship with her daughter as much as a parent-child relationship. She dates her daughter's pivotal teacher in each series even. She recently becomes more involved with her own parents in each series, having a reunion of sorts, and the kids in each are just getting to know and bond with their grandparents. She has a potential romance with a cynical guy who borders on hating people altogether in each series. I mean, there are a lot of "coincidences," and I'm still in the first season of Gilmore Girls, so I'm sure there are more to come. I guess "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," but when you see one actor play essentially the same character in a different story, it reminds you amid your viewing experience that this is only a story and thereby takes from that swept-away factor. Adam (played by Peter Krause) is basically Nate Fisher (Six Feet Under) in a parallel universe. His temperament and many aspects of his life situation were so similar that I expected Kristina not to make it when she had cancer, just going off Nate's loss in Six Feet Under. There are also minor plot holes, particularly in the final season, which are bound to annoy the fastidious viewer. No big deal in the grand scheme, but again, please sweep me away! I want to forget that this is all fiction for 45 minutes. I can get to appreciating the writing, production and cast later.Overall, I'm very pleased with this one. Very tasteful, endearing, down-to-earth and *almost* perfect.

duraflex This is a wonderful, realistic TV drama about a big family living in the San Francisco bay area.It features a large cast of characters that spans 3 generations who actually love and care about one another. Casting is excellent.To heighten dramatic impact, every human joy and problem is experienced by someone in the group - dating, marriage, teenage angst, job problems, health problems, infidelity, Aspergers syndrome, business problems, PTSD and on and on. Each issue is dealt with in a credible and sensitive way. The dialog and acting work and the series has been informative and entertaining. There's also humor and lots of good will.Once you get into the series, you really wind up caring about the characters - even if you don't share their religion or politics - which are implied but usually not overtly expressed.PARENTHOOD is good quality television that thankfully NBC has kept on and allowed to conclude with dignity - unlike the abrupt boot the network gave to a similar family-themed show American DREAMS which aired in the early 2000s.In all, PARENTHOOD will include 103 episodes that have run from March 2010 to January 2015.---- Unfortunately, the PARENTHOOD writers chose to kill off the family patriarch Zeke in the final episode. What a completely unnecessary downer. WONDER YEARS killed the father off in the last episode as well. I like happy endings and this left a bitter taste for both series.