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DVD ~ Calista Flockhart
3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol, Portia de Rossi
  • Writers: David E. Kelley
  • Producers: Bill D'Elia
  • Format: Box set, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Feb 2003
  • Run Time: 45 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00007KFOM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,983 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The fifth season was the last series of Ally McBeal, and probably the least satisfying. While always at least slightly entertaining, it was troubled by two conflicting imperatives: first, to steer its neurotic characters and multiplicity of sub-plots towards a coherent and credible resolution; second, to sustain another series of a programme which had, by now, exhausted all the plot possibilities that were remotely believable. The result is a bemusing onslaught of new characters (Ally's Mini-Me Jenny and a barely distinguishable phalanx of lantern-jawed male leads), celebrity cameos (Edna Everage, Christina Ricci, Barry White, Matthew Perry, Jon Bon Jovi), several storylines that would test the credulity of any of the curiously indulgent judges before whom Ally's firm practises (notably the arrival of a 10-year-old daughter that Ally didn't know she had) and one misbegotten attempt to anchor the programme to the real world (the "Nine One One" episode, an unwatchably mawkish allegory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States).

Granted that Ally McBeal was never intended to be realistic drama, but when the programme spirals entirely off into the realms of the surreal, any possibility of the sort of identification with the characters on which the programme once relied is lost. Though not without its moments, the sudden redemption of Fish, always the best-written character, is deftly handled. Series Five will be of chief interest to adherents who stuck with it through the first four and so wanted to see how it all ends; in keeping with the central character's defining motifs of solipsism and self-pity, it does so with a whimper.

On the DVD: Ally McBeal has episode selector on each disc, and a scene selector within each of those. The final disc contains two short and desultory documentaries on the series billed, somewhat hopefully, as "Special Features". A French audio soundtrack is available, as are subtitles in English, French and Dutch. –-Andrew Mueller

Special Features
1.33 Full Screen
4.3
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars The Fall of Ally McBeal, 28 Dec 2004
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One of the vital ingredients of a good sitcom, is continuation, bewteen episodes and between series. Season Five of Ally McBeal breaks continuation, you begin watching it and think that you have some how missed several episodes, half the characters have abandoned ship, with no on screen expanation. The Law Firm is light of two of its lawyers Mark Albert and Jackson Dupher, as well as Jane, Fishes new secretary he bought back from LA, while the script writers offer no explantion as to their absence. While even more importantly, Renee Radick, Ally's long term best friend and confidant, has also vanished without trace, leaving Ally now living alone. With John Cage and Ling Woo only putting in guest appearances in the show, the series is hollow and groundless. The new characters are unable to provide the same chemistry as their predecessors and the show has lost all credibility.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars It practically limped to its finale, 6 Jan 2005
By L. Omelasz "brekkie_tiffs" (Dundee, UK) - See all my reviews
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After a far-from-great fourth season, the show goes further downhill. Bringing in about a hundred new characters doesn't help and neither does neglecting the characters we actually like (ie Elaine and Nelle). Ling appears briefly and her leaving isn't explained on screen; John is absent for several episodes; new characters Glenn and Jenny, who obviously represent Billy and Ally from Season One, are dull and irritating and the court cases are overly ridiculous which is saying something for a show that generated most of its publicity from its ridiculous storylines. It's just a shame that something that started off so brilliantly ends tragically. Thank god this season improves in the second half...

Best episode: Lost and Found
Worst episode: Friends and Lovers

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to give it a 5* rating.., 22 May 2006
By S. Ramsey (England) - See all my reviews
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If you're reading this, its because you love "Ally McBeal". For those of us who find its ludicrousy so lovable and appealing, we are to watch this final series regardless of any reviews - and you know it. Its been an honour to watch our favourite characters mental breakdowns, their squeaky shoes, their troubled love lives, their "bigons" and "fishisms", their huge big boxing gloves, their "Billy-girls", their knee-pits, their nose whistles and those tiny little happy moments that just show us what life is really about and how even the simplest of things can truly effect a person. It seems our duty, somehow, to watch this final series to see what becomes of the lonely, deep, neurotic woman whom we have followed for so long, the woman who may never be able to make sense of all that is life. And although it pains me to admit it, the final series is not the great ending we all want to see. Where do our favourite characters go? I certainly don't know, and you won't find out watching this series. I didn't want to watch the new characters who were simply dull and in no way match our expectations of people at cage and Fish. Series 5 will never be a part of the purely magical Ally McBeal DVD collection that sits on our shelves to be watched over and over like the others, but Ally McBeal fans like us will watch it for what it is......an ending to something unforgettable and magnificent.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Season 5 is by far the worst
After watching 4 extremely good seasons of Ally McBeal I was very disappointed with Season 5. Half of the characters had vanished without any explanation and the favourite... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars great
I have all of the Ally McBeal boxsets and i must say that season five is the best. I love Claire Oatams i think she is so funny. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2003 by J. E. Bamber

2.0 out of 5 stars lost its steam
The last season of Ally McBeal was a bad one. I bought and watched these six DVDs in spite of warnings about the deterioration of the show. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2003 by Zoubouli

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing has changed!
It sad to see that over the past five years this character hasn't changed at all... still desperatly seeking love and attention and still the same ol' hallucinations! Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars How can anyone not love this?!
Ok, so no seies will ever compare to series one... but this one really does have a good go at it! A perfect posession for any lady out there... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2003 by dollysuckthumb

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