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Arrested Development - Season Three
Actor: Arrested Development
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $29.98
Release Date: 2006-08-29
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-11-02
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 285 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Discs: 2


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), a widower with a 13-year-old son, named George-Michael (Michael Cera), is forced to keep his large and dysfunctional family together after his father (Jeffery Tambor) is arrested for shifty accounting practices at the family-owned conglomerate and the Bluth family assets are frozen, making each member of the eccentric family panicking. Michael's snobbish mother, Lucille (Jessica Walter), finds herself living alone in a penthouse without the financial means to maintain it, while Michael's two brothers, GOB (Will Arnett) and Buster (Tony Hale), and his sister Lindsay (Portia DeRossi) with her husband Tobias (David Cross) and her daughter Mae (Alia Shawkat) also find themselves having to recreate their lifestyles to fit their new financial status.Episodes: The Cabin Show The British Bombshell Forget Me Now Notapusy Mr. F The Ocean Walker Prison Break-In Making a Stand S.O.B.s Fakin' It Family Ties Exit Strategy Development ArrestedFormat: DVD MOVIE

2) Amazon.com
Arrested Development--one of the greatest comedies in the history of television--went out in a blaze of glory. The truncated final season packed more biting humor per minute than ever before. In only 13 episodes, dozens of intertwining storylines spun in all directions: In addition to the overarching story about the fractious infighting of the Bluth family and the family's housing development company being investigated for treason in Iraq (a plot arc that comes to a dazzlingly surreal conclusion), the put-upon "good son" Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too) pursues romance with a lovely British woman (Charlize Theron, Monster) who turns out to be woefully inappropriate; swaggering magician Gob (Will Arnett, Monster-In-Law) flees from his newly-discovered teenage son while still pandering for the affection of his self-absorbed father (Jeffrey Tambor, The Larry Sanders Show); flighty Lindsay (Portia de Rossi, Ally McBeal) and her sexually blurry husband Tobias (David Cross, Mr. Show) both get the hots for the family's new lawyer, Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio, Charles in Charge); and much, much more. It's difficult to describe what makes Arrested Development so brilliant. The ensemble is uniformly superb (Jessica Walter, as the family's boozing, scheming matriarch, is particularly devastating this season) and the surprising guest stars (including Andy Richter, James Lipton, Justine Bateman, and many others) are perfectly cast; the characters' abominable behavior defies conventional television notions of "likability", yet they only grow more endearing the more you watch; the humor embraces wild slapstick and sharp satire, often within a single scene; and the nimble documentary style allows for sly glancing references to jokes and scenes from long-past episodes, rewarding devoted fans. But the key is that, no matter how screwball Arrested Development becomes, the show offers a rich, textured, and wonderfully coherent world in which these characters feel genuine, a world completely unlike the flat, plastic simulacrum offered by the average sitcom. Arrested Development was true to itself to the end. Its followers will cherish it forever. --Bret FetzerStills from The Third Season of Arrested Development (click for larger image)

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) Fantastic!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
One of the funniest shows to ever be on t.v.! It was cancelled way too early, but at least it left on a high point. This last season is as funny as the first two, and you won't be disappointed!

2) Great Show   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This is by far the best show ever on tv. I don't own any other television shows on dvd. It is so quick and witty, with subtle jokes in there, you can watch it over and over and maybe catch something new each viewing.

3) An instant classic!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Arrested Development is a perfect example of studio executives not knowing what the heck they're doing. This show should never have been cancelled! The acting was amazing, the writing perfect and the inside jokes were definitely something to look forward too. I have the entire series and it was WELL worth the money, in fact I would've paid much more than I did.

4) the end of an era   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
It is hard to pick up a season of arrested development and say this is the best season (at least for me) they were all good and they will be missed. Why! why! Didn't we watch it when it was on tv. another good show canceled before its time.

5) Arrested Development is the best show ever   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Arrested Development is an amazing show and this third season just solidifies that fact in my mind. I would highly recommend this product to anyone that likes quirky, intelligent comedy!