As I love the british version of this show I was a bit skeptical about the US version, but for this price I thought it was worth checking out and im pleased I did. This is a much goofier show than the british one with a lot more slapstick humour, and so it feels like your watching a comedy and not a proper documentary so the effect isnt really the same.
But on the plus side everything isnt crammed in to a couple of short seasons and so there are more characters and more time to get to know them. I cared a lot more about Pam and Jim for example than I did Dawn and Tim by the tim I was at season 3, and even Michael Scott has you routing for him a lot sooner than David Brent did. Best is Dwight though. He starts off a lot like Gareth in the british show, but he ends up leaving him for dust. Rain Wilson is the star of the show easy.
I hope a box set comes out soon in this price range for the last few sesaons because I cant wait to see whats coming next!