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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097368889644
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Running Time: 968 minutes
Sales Rank: 4828
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 2003
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Description:
An average 16-year-old, Joan is going through the growing pains typical of any teenager. But after she and her family (Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, Michael Welch) relocate to Arcadia, her life gets especially interesting when God starts paying her visits.
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For two years, CBS's Joan of Arcadia managed the neat trick of warming the heart, while keeping the gag reflex at bay. And for a family drama based around faith--and the lack thereof--preachiness was always in short supply. At the end of the first season, Joan (Amber Tamblyn) decides it's all in her head: God isn't really speaking to her. Over the summer, she attends a camp for troubled kids, and now she makes lamps. Her boyfriend, Adam (Christopher Marquette), is as confused as ever; he was just starting to believe her. While Joan questions God's existence, her mother, Helen (Mary Steenburgen), plans a return to the Catholic Church. To that end, she starts meeting with chain-smoking former nun Lilly (Constance Zimmer, Boston Legal) to help with her confirmation. Joan's father, Will (Joe Mantegna), older brother Kevin (Jason Ritter), and Helen must also contend with the lawsuit filed by the boy who caused Kevin's accident, while Joan's younger brother, Luke (Michael Welch), continues to see the surly Grace (Becky Wahlstrom) in secret.
New Arcadia arrivals include Will's controlling boss, Lucy (Annie Potts), Joan's "crazy camp" friend, Judith (Sprague Grayden), and enigmatic do-gooder Ryan (Wentworth Miller, Prison Break), who shares Joan's gift. Despite critical kudos and respectable ratings, Joan of Arcadia wasn't picked up for a third season, but its spirit lives on in such disparate shows as Medium, in which a woman communicates with the dead, and My Name Is Earl, in which a man goes around doing good deeds. This six-disc set features commentary by creator Barbara Hall, producer James Hayman, and writer Stephen Nathan. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Rating:  -
THE GOOD
+ The Joan/God missions are far more interesting than last season. Aside from a few cheesy missteps like "Out of Sight," the standalone plots were fairly well done.
+ The romance between Luke and Grace takes center stage for a lot of the season, and managed to have the two characters bond without compromising Grace's outlook on public happiness or Luke's pride.
+ Kevin had an interesting plot, and was definitely a more interesting character this season. The stuff with ... Read More
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It is an excellent series. The characters are real. The dialog and situations are excellent. I highly recommend this series.
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A great series that was doomed for failure on Friday nights. The DVD set is a great way to remember what good TV can be like. I still can't believe that Seventh Heaven went so long and even got revived when they cut this show off. *sigh*
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I was disappointed when this series only lasted two seasons.
Had sort of forgotten about the series until I saw a rerun of it on SciFi channel.
Purchased the season one and have now ordered season two.
Was actually better and more thought provoking than I had remembered.
Glad I now have it in my library.
The opening song was a favorite of mine.
What if God Was One of Us?
Indeed, what if God was one of us, just a stranger on a bus. If we all thought that was ... Read More
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I was sad when they canceled Joan, and was sad again when it seemed like the second season might never come out on DVD, but then it did and I was happy to be able to buy it. I'm a Christian and I think Joan's fictional struggles with God are not far off from real-life struggles by people of faith. (No, he doesn't talk to me out loud or show up as various characters in my life.) The second season is darker than the first, but the quality is still good.
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