How I Met Your Mother: Season One |  | Actors: Alyson Hannigan, Monique Edwards
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 1929
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 482 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: FOXD2238204D
UPC: 024543382034
EAN: 0024543382034
ASIN: B000HT3P7E
Theatrical Release Date: September 19, 2005
Release Date: November 21, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 08/28/07
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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If the end of Friends left a hole in your life, take a look at How I Met Your Mother. Quirky young urban folk grappling with life and love--check. Charming, good-looking actors who aren't afraid of looking like idiots for the sake of a good joke--check. Crisp, solid writing that sticks comfortably within the sitcom format, but is fresh enough to nudge the show into surprising and inventive moments--check. In fact, the creators of How I Met Your Mother should be embarrassed by how close they hew to the Friends formula--except that they do it so well. Let's face it, Friends didn't invent this territory (tales of twentysomething life), they just refined it. How I Met Your Mother quickly cultivates its own flavor: A little more openly romantic than most sitcoms, willing to let a scene take a quiet or off-kilter turn, trusting that not every viewer has to get every joke. The hub of the likable cast is Josh Radnor, who keeps Ted (a single guy ready to settle down) from being annoying, despite his neuroses and perfectionism. Cobie Smulders gives Robin (the girl Ted thinks might be the one, but who doesn't want to settle down) enough goofy, tomboyish charm that she feels like a person and not an idealized love interest. Jason Segel (Freaks and Geeks) and Alyson Hannigan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, American Pie), plays Ted's soon-to-be-married best friends Marshall and Lily with enough lingering doubt in their engaged happiness to keep them from becoming too comfortable. And rounding out the cast is Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D.), shedding his good-guy image as Barney, a crass, lecherous cad who, nonetheless, comes through for his friends. Episode plots are pretty straightforward (Ted signs up with matchmaking agency; Marshall takes a well-paying job he doesn't like; when Ted gets a girlfriend, Robin realizes she has feelings for him after all; and Lily has second thoughts about getting married), but the show maintains a nice balance of single-episodes stories and a season-long arc--and as you grown attached to the characters, even fairly routine stories are made to feel fresh. This is good comfort television: Smart but not snotty, earnest but not cloying, oddball without being forced or wacky. Check it out. --Bret Fetzer
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 WARNING - full screen only February 13, 2010
R. Cohen (Colorado, US)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't make the mistake I made - this is full screen only. The original broadcast was wide screen, so why o why do they crop it to full screen and don't offer the wide screen version?
 How I Met Your Mother - Season 1 January 27, 2010
E. Weiss
How I Met Your Mother is witty and well written with interesting characters who have are not just funny but have depth and humanity. The better you know them the more interesting they become. The acting and ensemble are great. Episodes stand alone, but the plot is well developed and watching from the beginning introduces the inside jokes and references that re-appear as the show progresses. Highly recommended for older teens and up.
Awesome season January 9, 2010
VO (Phoenix, AZ)
This is a great show - a little cheesy at times, but definitely got hooked from this first season.
Funny! January 9, 2010
Tamara Parks (Tennessee)
I got this as a Christmas gift for my sister. She had Will & Grace, all seasons and wanted something new. The humor is funny, witty, and just fun to watch. The DVD came quicker than expected. Overall, I'm happy!
 Presented in Squishvision for your viewing displeasure January 4, 2010
viodonna (Mos Eisley)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The series is awesome.
On the other hand, the presentation is not only in the aforementioned fullscreen mode, but it's also distorted - everyone's heads are slightly wider than they should be. I find it nearly unwatchable. Why are proper proportions so difficult for Fox?
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