Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

flonker steen In 2008 I bought the DVD-box of the first season of Ally McBeal... and after having bought the other 4 seasons the day after, I saw all 5 seasons in less than three months (5-3-2008/26-5-2008). Was I hooked? Definitely!Did I cry my eyes out with men doing the penguin for Renee, frogs being squatted and subsequently flushed in toilets, only to resurrect as if they had seen the light,the biscuit losing his Barry White, Ally being TOTALLY wet after having had anonymous sex in the car-wash, John residing in his HOLE, Ally pouring her heart out with Larry Paul - no Ally, he never said he was a shrink, AAH Ally, you're quite mad: "Yes, and I LIKE IT!", Ling controlling men in general, and Richard in particular, by their dumbsticks, bygones, babies shooting arrows, BARRY HUMPHRIES/Edna Everidge, unisex bathroom with eavesdropping colleagues, worlds without love? I did.What struck me the first time I saw the series, and again struck me the second time, (and no doubt will strike me within shortly, when I start yet over again...), is the love, the warmth, the wit, the true sentiment - never false, of this gorgeous series!And wouldn't it be so groovy to find out where Ally McBeal and her daughter Maddie, Richard Fish, John Cage, Nelle Porter, Georgia Thomas, Elaine Vassal, Ling Woo, judge Jennifer 'waddle/whipper' Cone, Renee Raddick, Jenny Shaw, Claire Otoms, and all those other dear friends are, some 15 years later in their lives? Would Billy still sometimes return to soothe Ally, if she needed soothing? Would Barry White still inspire John Cage? Would John Cage still sometimes perform in a Mexican band? Would Larry Paul and Ally McBeal ever meet again? Would Ally still sometimes sniff butts? How about relationships? Richard? Elaine? John? Would Nelle and Ling still be friends? Would Richard finally have found his ultimate waddle? Would Ally ever grow up? These questions, and many more, would finally be answered if David E. Kelley & Co. only put their minds to it, in a new series of Ally McBeal! Please?

Tatiana Valeonti I first stumbled upon Ally McBeal many years ago, on TV. I was a little girl then and I found Billy and his chemistry with Ally fascinating. But I rarely watch TV series when they're aired, so I forgot about it. I remembered it this year and started watching it from the beginning, wondering what happened with them. While it's a bit, well, childish in a way, I found the show enjoyable. Apart from the Ally's-personal-life orientation, there are some delicious caustic comments on the legal system that made me laugh a lot. However, *big spoiler coming* Billy's death is a deal-breaker for me. The main reason I watched the series was for them and I see no reason to continue watching it without Billy. The whole point was that they had known and loved each other forever. After all, the first episode is about when Ally accidentally meets Billy again and ends up working with him. I'm all for the unexpected twists, but this wasn't an action or mystery series! It's not a realistic "this is how life is" series either, even though they obviously tried to go that direction... I wish they had embraced the kind of show they were. In my opinion, it's plain cowardice, that they not only couldn't bring them together but also just killed him off!

latam2012 I loved the first maybe 2.5 seasons but started losing interest near the end of the 3rd because of Ally's self absorbedness and generally huge ego, although the season 3 was redeemed in the final few by including Nell a lot more and allowing her some character development.While all the performances were brilliant I especially love John, Nell and Ling. I really think that the show focused too much on Ally and it started to grate. Nell wasn't used enough and Ling altogether disappeared in the 5th. Nell and Ling were great characters with depth and sweetness (underneath) that weren't full of Ally's whiney "me me me" self pity Also are we really supposed to believe that Ally gets all the male attention while the other women are left with nothing even though she was arguably the least attractive of the women, Literally everyone elses boyfriend wants Ally instead/loves Ally more. its an insult! For gods sake let them have lives too, it might be "ally mcbeal" but she got so annoying and doesn't need to be in every scene

hmcusn294 Somehow or other I missed this series when it aired and I came across a good deal on the DVD"s of the entire five season series and took advantage of it, only to discover that it wasn't that good a deal after all. I don't enjoy shows with "messages," and Ally McBeal spent too much of it's energy trying to indoctrinate the audience with political correctness and liberal politics.Jokes are often truly funny the first time you hear them, but after that they lose their humor and cease to amuse, that is the story of "Ally McBeal." It is a continuous repetition of the same one or two jokes, over and over again, and after the first few episodes it gets sillier and sillier and ceases to be funny. It is the story of a group of lawyers made up of two or three certifiable schizophrenics, assorted oddballs, and Courtney Thorne-Smith and Jane Krakowski. Albert Hall is great as a long suffering judge.After watching the first season episodes I found myself fast forwarding to those scenes featuring Courtney Thorne-Smith who played the part of "Georgia," the wife of Ally's former boyfriend and lover, who has to deal with his continuing romantic interest in Ally who in turn makes no secret of her desire to rekindle their old affair. Georgia is the only lawyer in the group who can be described as "normal" and her bemused reaction to the oft repeated foul-ups, combined with her incredible beauty, makes watching worth while.I was impressed with Jane Krakowski. She is a very talented singer and dancer and her acting skills are much in evidence as she portrays "Elaine," the office busybody and slut who manages to dominate every scene that she is in. Contrary to what another reviewer wrote I love the singing of Vonda Shepard. I was really unaware of her before watching the series but have since purchased one of her albums and enjoy it immensely.In closing let me say that I have watched the first three seasons of Ally McBeal but have left the last two sealed and unopened. I think I have seen all that is worth seeing of this series, and too much of what is not. The actors all did their jobs well, but the writing was deplorable. I'm sure they were all happy to see the end of it after five seasons.