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This wildly popular show has come to be considered by many to be the pinnacle of Canadian comedy. Filled with quintessentially Canadian humor and storylines, Trailer Park Boys, a show about "big plans, little brains," is brilliant homegrown satire. It will undoubtedly have an influence on Canadian TV in the years to come.
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This is a great Canadian comedy series. The movie tells of how the stars Jean Paul Tremblay-(Julian) and the head writer of the show and his buddies Rickie and Bubbles play it over the top in what is a true life satirical look at trailer parks and the denizens of said trashy hoods. The movie will tell you why Rickie and Julian begin doing their more advanced forays into the world of crime. WHY and the reasons behind everything would be a spoiler so I shall not give the real reasons behind their more brilliant escapades. Their friend and oft-time partner(Bubbles) is a brilliant character. The whole show is brilliant and missing the movie will not affect the way you see the sit-com one bit. It is a comedy with a capital C and a brilliant satire on trailer park living and small time crooks with small time ideas but big time dreams. If you ever have the opportunity to watch--buy--steal this program grab it. You will be glad you did. And to my American friends---It will break you up also. 10 out of 9. Brilliant. TV how TV should be.
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb acting,
By Spiral (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trailer Park Boys: The Complete First and Second Seasons (Collector's Edition) (DVD)
At a minimum, TPB offers polished character development and a unique mix of superbly performed personalities that guarantee absorbing every viewer. A typical comment during background holiday viewing was, "What the h*** are you watching?" -- with that individual converted to TPB in about an hour. No one left the room during our TPB DVD unveiling and short of seats, people sat the carpet.As unique as the inhabitants are, TPB never beats the old "fish out of water" mule as there's nothing hackneyed about this series; the characters barely fit in amoungst themselves but are certainly their funniest interacting with the non-trailer park world. Paraphrasing season 3: Bubbles (in a scolding hush): "Ricky, you can't shout 'dope' in a bank!'" Ricky (proudly, out of jail about 20 minutes and still in his numbered orange jumpsuit): "Sure I can Bubbles, I'm rich as f*** now. Dopity-dope-dope." How many people do you know that've been tossed from a bank? Or get arrested at their wedding before kissing the bride? The scripts never force or focus on nonconformity, become self-conscious or betray their characters, like "Jackass", or most US shows that substitute overemphasis and preachiness for lack of talent or perspective. TPB never goes through the tedium of lecturing on societal ills, as there's too much of that out there and we all see it anyway. They're too busy exploiting it: crime, alcoholism and drug usage, in which almost every episode owes, never get lionized but remain weaknesses to leverage, deal with or circumvent. Given their extreme dysfunction and nonconformity with the outer world, TPB remains in control, very unextreme, unforced, certainly owing to improv somewhat, with an easy acting and visual style -- it matches well with the hyper-sharp hand-held video and could be your own personal footage on the TV. Until you see someone smashing a bottle on your windshield. The show's still at cult status, except maybe in Canada where the actors are reportedly recognized everywhere, so there's no reason it won't pop internationally once aired -- honesty works hand-in-hand with universality and is its own reward.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
best adult tv series ever,
By demcorhyp (between canada and the usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trailer Park Boys: The Complete First and Second Seasons (Collector's Edition) (DVD)
insanely irreverent and hilarious mock reality show comedy with incredibly well developed characters and brilliant acting and writing. set in a trailer park in atlantic canada, and follows the antics of the dope growing ricky, the always run and coke drinking julian, and bubbles, who wears the craziest glasses ever seen. they are helped by their friends and hindered by the trailer park supervisor lahey and his shirtless assitant randy. watch them and fall in love...
5.0 out of 5 stars
No frills re-pack,
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This review is from: Trailer Park Boys 1/2 (DVD)
Both Trailer Park Boys movies for one low price! There are no extras or frills here. Just the two movies in their original packaging at a discounted price. For someone who doesn't have either film yet, this is the obvious no-brainer route. See my individual reviews for the two films. I highly recommend both.5 stars not for the package itself, but just because these are two really funny and well made Trailer Park Boys movies. With the series and movies now over, time to pick these up! Use these to gear yourself up for the debut of their new show, "The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour".
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