Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

hit_the_turf As a citizen of Australia rather than of the TV-land that has become the United States of America, it is in times such as these that it becomes quite apparent to me just how an individual can hold a grudge. A well-written and compelling production (as people surely have come to expect from the dynamic team found in Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme) that was backed by a versatile and rarely short on brilliant cast, one would have hoped that the good people of America would have done the rest of the world a favor and supported Studio 60. Perhaps it was the layered story lines or the subtle instances of wit that burst from each character's corner flawlessly that saw this drama be terminated, two traits for which it instead should have been celebrated for.However, if weakness must be discussed in relation to the show's demise, many would suggest that the sketch-show in which the real show was based upon didn't live up to the humor it was supposed to. Instead of delivering side-splitting laughs as heard by the show's studio audience, many were left to think that these sketches were only amusing at best.Yet, the performances of the always charismatic duo in Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford as two young executive producers under pressure to produce a live show critiqued to no end drew the focus of the show. It is here that Perry demonstrated himself as being a far more competent actor than late 90s and early 00s sitcom, Friends, would have ever allowed him to be, and a role for which he should have brought upon him far more attention that he acquired.Studio 60 on the sunset strip, though closed, will hopefully continue on in fans eyes.

Elizabeth Ware Studio 60 has some nice elements. There were some moments that were smart, some that were funny. But as a whole, the show never really gelled.We'll at the very end, it got pretty good. After they turned it into "The West Wing". At the very end, they started dealing with war, and the military, and the kinds of big issues The West Wing dealt with.No the reason the show was fascinating was psychological, not artistic. There was lots in the press at the time about the on-again, off-again relationship between Sorkin and Kristen Chenoweth. In the show, Sorkin wrote a TV producer and a really talented performer who were parallels of them. Week after week, Sorkin would show us the conflicts between these characters. Sorkin was still trying to explain himself, win the argument, or accept blame for the conflicts in his own life.It was fascinating and creepy to watch art imitate life.

freemantle_uk Aaron Sorkin has had a tough time with television, his first show Sports Night never gained out a mass audience and was cancelled after 2 short series, he left the great show The West Wing under hostile circumstances, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was cancelled after one season because of low rating. This was a shame because this show had a lot of potential that could have lasted 3 or 4 seasons.Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is set about the events of the running of Studio 60, a Saturday Night Live type show, with the wider events of the National Broadcast Service (NBS). When Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet) takes over as the President of Entertainment programming she is thrown into crisis when the show runner of Studio 60 has a angry rant live on TV over the declaring quality of the state of Television and the nation. Her solution, hire Matt Albie (Matt Perry) and Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford), two former producers/writers to run the show, who left after showing a controversial sketch after 9/11. Within the show Jordan wants to improve the quality of NBS' programming, making more scripted shows, hiring more talented writers and avoiding low-quality reality shows that rely on the humiliation of people. The quality of Studio 60 also quickly rises. But there are problems on the way, facing the FCC, the religious right and conservatives who are always critical of Hollywood, studio executives who care more about profit then quality and want to avoid offending anyone, infighting in the show and their own personal lives. Matt is in the middle of a on-off relationship Harriet Hayes (Sarah Paulson), a committed Christian, with a strong following the Christain community, compared to Matt who is a East Coast Atheist Jew. Danny is a recovering drug addict and has affections for Jordan.If you were an fan of the West Wing then you should like Studio 60. It is a witty dramedy, with a lot of substance. If you are interested in TV and Hollywood then the show would give you a good insight, and should appeal to an audience who long to see this version of Hollywood. The style of the show is very much like the West Wing, following a similar writing, dialogue driven style, with occasional flashbacks, and shot in a similar style. There are also returning West Wing cast members, like Matt Perry, Bradley Whitford and Timothy Busfield. This is a brilliant cast. Sorkin brings in his politics, criticising conservative Christians and the neo-Con who are too quick to criticise, judge and use fear to fulfil their agenda, the FCC for it's dogmatic view on moral and standards. There are criticisms about the Bush presidency and the wars in Iraq and Afghanstan. This was the West Wing mark II.This was a great show and it was shame it never got a second series.

njmollo Having heard such lavish praise of this curtailed series, I finally got a chance to see the first 5 episodes.Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is a show about a comedy show. Where the drama of producing a comedy show is some-what interesting, it is clear that the "so-called" genius who is brought in to save the show is not producing anything funny. The snippets of the ensemble of "comedians" performing their sketches are simply not funny and at times rather pathetic.It feels like the show wants to gloss over the comedy show scenes as quickly as possible because they know they are not funny.So we are told that ratings are up and everyone is happy because the show is so funny! Proof of this we are never shown. I think more time should have been given to actually making the "real" comedy scenes funny, so that the cast of "comedians" could be convincing at what they purport to portray.The casting is rather dubious. Matthew Perry is excellent in his role and within seconds Chandler is a forgotten performance but Sarah Paulson, cast as the popular Christian comic, is totally unconvincing and miscast. Apart from an enormous and immobile top lip that often obscures the lower one, she has absolutely no comic timing or charm what so ever. It is hard to believe that this boring and rather irritating actor could have been given such an important and pivotal role. Also there is simply no chemistry between her and Perry. Amanda Peet is charming but unconvincing as a tough TV executive. The rest of the cast are reliable if slightly uninteresting. The dialogue of the drama sequences is too scripted and snappy. People make mistakes, think about what they are about to say. Because these characters work in television does not mean they all speak at a rapid pace without pause or error. More believable casting and more attention paid to the quality of the comedy sequences could have helped this rather listless and unconvincing show.