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Super Funny Aug 05, 2009
Gavin and Stacey is funny. I can't wait for season two to come out here in the States! watch it and you will love it.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Incredibly Funny Show! A Keeper! Jul 31, 2009
Absolutely adore this show. The humor, characters, storyline are all top notch.
I do not think there is someone who can't relate to one of the characters on one level or another. Sitting on the edge of seat for the release of the next season. Please make it soon.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Please Release Season 2 of Gavin & Stacey in the USA Jun 11, 2009
Please release the Second Season of Gavin and Stacey in the USA ASAP. I purchased the first season as soon as it came out.
The first time I saw Gavin and Stacey I was so pleasantly surprised. I couldn't believe I found a show I loved even more than coupling. In a time when our American stations are so flooded with reality tv, I tend to tune into BBC America, Turner Classic Movies or Masterpiece Theatre. Ruth Jones and James Cordon seem to be the best writing team since Amy Shermam-Palladino and David, her husband, yet they surpass both and Steven Moffat.
The marriage proposal scene was the best on film proposal I have ever witnessed. Absolutely classic. This scene alone is worth the purchase. So many scenes cause one to laugh uncontrollably. British humor at its best. Ruth's character (Ness) is my absolute favorite. I love her dark humor. I like the fact that she doesn't let her weight hold her back, yet they also use her weight as a point of humor during the show. They are not so annoyingly politically correct as all American shows are, or have to be. I like Nessa's strength. She rocks and totally gets the best lines.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 A remarkably good (though short) first season May 17, 2009
You could argue that the romance of Gavin & Stacey is a whirlwind, but that depends entirely on whether or not you value the modern relationship-by-proxy. Going for months with nothing but phone and online interactions, Gavin and Stacey decide to meet one fateful evening with their best friends as back-up. What could easily have been played off as just another romantic-comedy drama series, blossoms into a delightful romp in the world of youthful love. Gavin & Stacey: Season One shines for a new series thanks to spot on comedy writing and only a few lackluster episodes here and there.
Stacey (Joanna Page) and Gavin (Mathew Horne) knew each other before they'd even met. Employees at cooperating businesses, the two go for six months before working up the courage to meet face to face. After endless coaching from her family (Melanie Walters, Rob Brydon) and his (Larry Lamb, Alison Steadman), both head off to London with their best friends in tow. After an initial first night of romance, Gavin and Stacey are swept up in a relationship that begins moving at the speed of light: a proposal, meeting the parents and planning a wedding - but obviously hitches will arise. As Gavin and Stacey run ahead full tilt, Gavin's friend Smithy (James Corden) and Stacey's friend Nessa (Ruth Jones) find themselves dancing around the one night they spent together in the first episode. The series as a whole keeps a crackling pace and only every stumbles in episodes where the great ensemble cast is unnecessarily sidelined.
What shocks me most about Gavin & Stacey is its strikingly short 22 minute episode format. The stories of each episode feel like they could easily support a 42 minute frame, and yet the series mercifully keeps them reined in, taut and lean. It's an oddly paradoxical complaint as I think Gavin & Stacey excels thanks to the episodes coming in easy to digest 22 minute bits - and yet, it's enjoyable enough that you want it to go on longer and give you more. It may be the best criticism a show can receive.
Similarly, it's hard to find something negative to say about the performances of the cast. Joanna Page bubbles with just the right amount of heart and none of the overly-sweet nature that would be all too easy to inject into a character like Stacey. Mathew Horne walks a fine line and never takes Gavin into the helpless man-over-his-head field. James Corden and Ruth Jones do superbly as the best friends who dispense advice and yet can't ever be considered the best sources for such. Where the cast truly excels is in the parental figures - especially comedian Rob Brydon as Stacey's uncle. Brydon is incessantly hilarious; the man's every line elicits laughter.
DVD Extra Features:
Apart from a reel of outtakes and commentaries on assorted episodes, the set of Gavin & Stacey: Season One really only has two featurettes to speak of. However, the commentaries are quite funny, so don't just pass them over - try the first episode's and go from there.
"How It Happened" - The cast members of Gavin & Stacey sit down and talk about their initial auditions, who they favored to play which parts and what they remember about getting the experience off the ground. I actually didn't know that Ruth Jones and James Corden were the creative forces behind the series, but it's really interesting to hear the two talk about how they cast the parts and who the parts were written for. After watching this, it becomes clear why Brydon's role as Bryn feels so perfect - it was written for him. Go figure.
"Behind the Scenes in Leicester Square" - This series of video diaries from the set of Gavin & Stacey on Leicester Square was originally available off of iTunes. Now, instead of watching them in pieces as they were originally offered, the entire series is mish-mashed into one long ADD-inflicted sequence with no warning as it breaks from one episode to the next.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
I'm Not going in there bareback! May 13, 2009
If you're a fan of the British show" The Office", which I consider one of the best "sit coms" ever made, than you will love "Gavin and Stacey." I will go on record and say it's just as good as "The Office.". If you liked the romance of Tim and Dawn (or Jim and Pam in the U.S. version) , than this is the show for you. While "The Office" humor was rooted in the uncomfortableness of life, this show is rooted in pure charm. Most importantly, it's laugh out loud funny. Like "The Office", "Gavin and Stacey" has great re-watch value and has tons of quotable lines.
Created by James Cordon and Ruth Jones (who play Smithy and Vanessa), "Gavin and Stacey" is all about brilliantly written characters. They are all the kind you would love to have as close friends or as relatives. As great as the writing is, the acting is just as fantastic. Everyone creating full 3 dimensional characters that deserve to be up there on the top lists of great TV characters.
The show is such a delicious treat, that I hope everyone gives it a shot and you can thank me later. I've been pimping this show to every person I come in contact with. If you don't find the show utterly charming, than you have have no soul and I pity you. OK, that's a bit harsh, but I know you will be because I'm a tough critic about stuff and this show won me over on just one episode. I anxiously await the release of the 2nd season and the Christmas Special here in America...so get crackin' BBC.
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