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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794051294524 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen Item Dimensions: Label: BBC Warner Languages: Manufacturer: BBC Warner MPN: WARDE2945D Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: BBC Warner Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 19, 2007 Running Time: 509 minutes Studio: BBC Warner Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 06/19/2007 Run time: 500 minutes Rating: Nr Amazon.com: "I've been in more hot water than a tea-bag," declares rapscallion antiques dealer Lovejoy, played with devilish charm by Ian McShane (Deadwood, Sexy Beast). And indeed he has: Whether his quarry is a forged snuffbox, a pair of pistols, or an Arab wedding headdress, he always seems to run afoul of greedy collectors, unscrupulous dealers, and scheming lowlifes. How does he triumph? By being just as greedy, unscrupulous, and scheming as they are! This raffish mysteries series, set in the world of English antiques, revels in roundabout plots and oddball characters, but its success rests on McShane's shoulders. Some episodes are sluggish (the one with an axe-wielding lunatic after a Welsh dresser never quite takes off) and some are deft (a forger's heart attack in the middle of a cricket match leads to an underground crypt, with a phony priest and an upper-class nymphomaniac along the way), but McShane is always captivating as he zips around the countryside in his battered yellow station wagon or clings to his assistant's motorcycle sidecar. The ten episodes of this first season (followed, after a hiatus due to some contractual problems, by five more) feature a Japanese firefly cage, Roman coins, mysterious love letters, and Machiavellian identical twins, as well as run-ins with Lovejoy's prat of a rival, Charlie (Malcolm Tierney) and flirting with the posh Lady Jane (Phyllis Logan). The supporting cast does a decent job (particularly Dudley Sutton as a boozy antiques expert), but they know they're just along for the ride. With his heavy-lidded eyes, rolling voice, and dangerously seductive smile, McShane's charisma is off the chart. He even carries off talking to the camera--you wish he was talking to you all the time. Fans of English mysteries who tire of the usual moral rectitude should give this bad boy a try. (The only extra is a brief interview with McShane, pleasant but unrevealing.) --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Lovejoy - Season 1Overall, one of the better British series. A wonderful way to escape into a fun world of mystery, comedy, beautiful homes and gardens and above all; the inner workings of the antique business. A refreshing nice series. Rating: - Lovejoy Season 1Pretty good quality, only reason it does not recieve a 5/5 stars is because in some episodes the sound quality is a but poor. Then again can't have a perfect dvd from old tapes I imagine =P, other than that a great product to own. Rating:  - Lovejoy - The Complete Season 1I am a huge fan of Ian McShane and he "is" Lovejoy in this series. The Lovejoy books are my favorite and this series is a cleaned-up version of them. I can recommend them to anyone who enjoys antiques, humor and murder. Rating: - Lovejoy Season 1We've bought the first three years of Lovejoy and are enjoying them as much as we did when they first came on American TV. We hope eventually that all the seasons will be available. If you like British mysteries without violence and with a lot of humor, you'll probably love Lovejoy. Rating: - Loving LovejoyIan McShane from the film the Last of Shelia (see my review) and tv series Deadwood plays Lovejoy. An shifty and always down on his luck antique dealer who finds life and mystery going hand and hand. The original show is from 1986, these three disk DVD set barely dates itself. The mysteries are fun and easy to follow. McShane is a winner with his wink and a smile. All ten episodes of the first BBC series are here. It is British mystery drama without all the trapping. Read More |
