Californication : The Complete Second Season |  | Directors: David Duchovny, Adam Bernstein, Bart Freundlich, Daniel Ducovny, David Von Ancken
Actors: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Pamela Adlon, Madeleine Martin, Madeline Zima
Studio: Showtime / Paramount
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 336 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 894064
UPC: 097368940642
EAN: 0097368940642
ASIN: B001AQR39O
Release Date: August 25, 2009
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Genre: Television: Series
Rating: TVMA
Release Date: 11-AUG-2009
Media Type: DVD
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When we last left transplanted New Yorker and "debauched moralist" Hank Moody (David Duchovny), he was reunited with his ex-girlfriend and runaway bride Karen (Natascha McElhone) and his beloved daughter Becca (Madeleine Martin). Sounds like the makings of a happy-ever-after ending, but Hank's life is no fairy tale. Or maybe it is. Though a total screw-up, he remains irresistible to a bevy of women who throw themselves at him, from the nurse participating in his vasectomy to an A-list prostitute ("You really got under my skin, Hank Moody"). The new Hank is determined to make grown-up and responsible decisions, but before the dust has settled on the season opener, he once again finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong woman, albeit accidentally. No wonder Karen needs time to mull over his marriage proposal. Californication takes as jaundiced a view of Southern California hedonism as did the classic 1975 film Shampoo. In season 2, fast-laner Lew Ashby (Callum Keith Rennie), a legendary music producer, recruits Hank to be his biographer. Hank's agent Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler) is fired from his agency and takes a fledgling female porn star under his wing. Charlie's wife Marcy (Pamela Adlon) becomes a coke fiend. Seventeen-year-old Mia (Madeline Zima) becomes a critics' darling when Hank's manuscript, which she stole in season 1, is published. Sonja (Paula Marshall) the Scientologist is pregnant and Hank may be the father. Duchovny's laid-back charm imbues Hank with what one character calls "infuriating magic." As the precocious Becca tells her mother, "You have to love him for who he is, not his potential." For all its explicit language and graphic sex, Californication is a compelling character study of a seriously flawed man-child. To quote a review of Mia/Hank's book, "It isn't about sex, but loneliness. It's hauntingly hopelessly romantic in the best sense of the word." Big ups! --Donald Liebenson
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 californication season 2 December 31, 2009
Thomas J. Williamson
very happy with this item, brand new Great price and fast delivery . tommy nyc
Life Imitates Art December 13, 2009
Willy D. Reviewer (San Francisco,CA)
This past year, David checked into a rehab facility for "Sexual Addiction".
Wait, he plays that character in his series!
Buy this used. There might not be a Season Three if they don't release him.
Californication DVD Season 2 November 5, 2009
movieart (VT)
Californication is a highly entertaining, often raunchy series that is well-acted & cleverly scripted. I really enjoy the use of music on the soundtrack of this show as it greatly enhances its themes and atmosphere.
Just as Good as Season One October 28, 2009
Vincent (USA)
I watched the entire season yesterday in between reading a Dostoevsky novel, and I absolutely loved it. I accidentally came upon this show about a month ago when I got the entire first season for $2 at a used DVD store, and it instantly had me hooked. Yesterday I rented the second season and was not disappointed.
This season managed to be both hilarious and very sad. There were a couple of times during the season in which it was difficult to keep my eyes dry (such as during Hank's letter to Karen when they first got together, and of course Lew's over-dose right at the moment that he was to reunite with the one that got away). It was a great season with emotional depth and laugh-out-loud black humor. My only regret is that I don't have Showtime, and as such cannot watch the third season.
 This series depicts what's wrong with the country October 1, 2009
I know what you want to see (Atlanta, GA)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
The series showcases a bunch of self-centered degenerates who never seem to take responsibilty for their actions - which, of course, explains how our current affirmative action president was elected. The various characters depict coke fiends, borderline pediofiles and a man who takes zero responsibilty for his unborn child while engaging in drunk driving and doing drugs all while being a glib imbecile. In short it shows what's wrong with the country in general and Southern California in particular. It does have some funny moments.
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