Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

MaximumMadness Louis C.K. has recently emerged as one of my favorite comedians and actors/filmmakers, thanks in part to his brutally honest stand-up reminiscent of George Carlin, and for his current FX single-camera series "Louie", which is one of the finest comedies on television right now.When I discovered through the magic of Wikipedia that he had a short- lived, single-season sitcom on HBO, I leaped at the chance to see it. Last night, I was able to watch the first four episodes, and I am truly saddened that I missed it when it first aired back in 2006. Despite having a fair share of problems, "Lucky Louie" is a very solid, hilarious, vulgar and self-satirizing, self-parodying sitcom.Louis C.K. stars at the titular "Louie", and the spunky Pamela Adlon (who also guest-stars on C.K.'s current show) plays his wife Kim. They live in a crummy, run-down apartment with their daughter Lucy (Kelly Gould), facing the different aspects of modern, married life.Supporting actors include Michael G. Hagerty and Jim Norton as Louie's friends, Rick Shapiro as Kim's brother (a complete mess of a man) and Jerry Minor and Kim Hawthorne as their black next-door-neighbors (giving the show some humorous racial tensions).Episodes are written and filmed as tradition dictates, even being shot in front of live studio-audiences. It's interesting, because it gives the show a classical sitcom feel, which I normally hate (I'm not a fan of standard, 3-camera sitcoms, but rather prefer single-camera sitcoms like "Community" and "Arrested Development"), but here it works. In part because the show feels like self-parody and self-satire at times, and because of C.K.'s dark, brutally honest brand of humor. It's one of those rare sitcoms that works perfectly.It's also important to note that this is an extremely vulgar at times sitcom, due to it being an HBO show. There is consistent profanity, frank depictions and discussions of sex and nudity, and occasional violent content. However, this gives the show an odd air of realism, and elevates it beyond the norms of the sitcom.That being said, there are some faults. Despite it's groundbreaking darkness and realism, it does fall back on some classic sitcom clichés, which gets grating at times. Also, at other times, it feels very basic. Finally, the laugh track, while a nice touch, does get grating on occasions.However, as a sort-of homage to classic 70's sitcoms, and as a dark, hilarious and graphic modern show, "Lucky Louie" functioned very well. It's a shame it didn't last more than one season. I give it an 8 out of 10. C.K. fans should check it out!

Greatornot This show reminds of the realness of most Brit Sitcoms, turned up a couple of racy notches. This show will cross any line and it is real. The acting chemistry works. Pamela Adlon is basically what makes this show work.She is the same character in every role.... CALIFORNICATION, for example, but thats OK. I believe Louis CK is only adequate as the lead character. He seems to be very ho hum. The supporting cast is awesome.Jim Norton and Michael Hagerty as Lous friends light up every scene when they interact. You have a little bit of imitation from Seinfeld episodes... in the form of an eccentric neighbor that drops in unexpectedly and raids the fridge.Sound familiar ? That is perfectly OK. No beautiful people in this show but REAL people. I like that a lot, the average American can relate to these folks and form a kinship. The language may be a bit over the top but its nice that we live in an age where you can have sitcoms that can cross that line. Can you imagine if Archie and Mike could say what they really want without censorship on ALL IN THE FAMILY??? That would make the show more realistic not less. Overall , a good watch and hopefully this show can come back on another cable channel.

sd_whiteboy619 if you didn't have HBO in the summer of 06 and you missed the original airings of this show you missed out. but you have your 2nd chance on DVD January 30. if you don't have a sense of humor don't even bother watching this. if you enjoy crude and hilarious comedy. its worth the 20 bucks for the DVD. if you've never seen Louis ck's stand up then you're in for a treat. this show basically acts out what everyone thinks, but is too afraid to say out loud. compared to Dane Cook, and also said to be the original source of a few Dane Cook Jokes. filmed before a live audience, it was a new step for HBO and though they didn't find it to be profitable, any fan of this show needs to buy the season 1 DVD as its the only way to save the show, as said by Louis CK himself.

Kevin Conte As a semi-regular listener to the Opie and Anthony show on XM Satellite Radio and fan of O&A Show regular, Jim Norton's comedy, I first heard about Norton's first endeavor into the world of television last summer when he took a few months off of his regular gig on the satellite radio show to tape the new HBO sitcom out in Los Angeles.Norton doesn't have a very big part on the show, Lucky Louie but it's big enough for him to be able to call himself one of the stars of the show. HBO's first, "filmed in front of a live studio audience" type of sitcom and right off the bat, that was where my first trepidations were coming from. The fact that it's a sitcom with a live audience that is expected to laugh at the appropriate points in the show. This never sits well with me anymore. I have grown tired of even the setup involved with any sitcom that's, "filmed in front of a live studio audience." The jokes, no matter how raunchy they may or may not be or even how good they may or may not be, are always setup and predictable to anyone that has watched these types of shows play themselves out over the years. But that was just my first thoughts on the show so I decided to give Lil Jimmy the old benefit of the doubt and watch the show for few more weeks just to see if by some chance the show did get better. Unfortunately, it did not.As I watched the show more and more, I began noticing how God awful the acting was, especially from the star of the show, Louie CK and his co-star Pamela Aldon who plays Kim, Louie's wife. Skipping the fact that it's yet another sitcom with a genius wife, precocious kid and dim-witted father, the acting is absolutely abysmal and week after week you sit there and watch these 2 people that look like they would have a hard time being friends with each other, let alone husband and wife, fidget and flop their way through scene after scene and then you couple all of that with the fact that these characters just aren't all that likable either.There are absolutely no redeeming qualities to any of them at all and you just find yourself not caring so much about any of them at all and it becomes all to easy to eventually just turn the dial. The father, like I said before, is a dim-witted moron that has about as much charisma as a squashed bug and speaking of squashed. It seems that the wife's only purpose on the show is to squash what little dignity that her husband had left and belittle him at every opportunity as well. That brings me to the hell-spawn of a child that they try to pass off as being, the typical cute little sitcom kid. Well, what ever cuteness this kid does have is quickly done in by the miserably, spoiled rotten attitude she puts forth on the show week in and week out and eventually you find yourself rooting for one of her TV land parents to just reach over and smack her across the mouth.Maybe Jim Norton will someday strike it rich on another, more original show but raunchy jokes and dis-likable characters does not make this ground breaking TV and sadly for Jimmy, I fear his days may be numbered now on HBO because I just can't foresee the show with any hope of a future on HBO past the end of this season, which thankfully comes in just a couple of short weeks.