kessiebear-24936 Is been at least a decade since I watched party of five and it just came up on Netflix so thought I'd give it a binge for old times sake.Either I've grown up a hell of a lot since, or I never paid that much attention originally because this show is ridiculously immature; every one of the Salingers are entitled and self-righteous chronic cheaters and abusers.Charlie can't keep it in his pants for even 5 minutes no matter how much it screws up his and everyone else's life and he's constantly yelling at a baby and 11 year old because he has no ability to control his emotions; both Julia and Bailey stole their friends' partners then screwed them over and/or cheated on them, and keep going back and forth with the same people, screwing then over all over again; and all three older kids have no capacity for being alone romantically for even one episode; Claudia's an entitled little whiner who tells everyone how to behave (which actually they should probably consider listening to) even though she over reacts to everything (though again, given everyone else in the family seems to, I'm not surprised she's learnt that trait).. and I have to wonder what the hell their parents were doing given how their kids turned out..And don't even get me started on Kirtsen; she gets cheated on, and rejected at her own wedding in front of everyone, yet she still sleeps with Charlie again and eventually gets back together and marries him... she's got more problems than everyone else on the show.. My god!!The only positive I can muster is that the show itself hasn't aged too badly all things considered.

ComedyFan2010 I haven't watched it then but am very happy that I discovered it on Netflix. The show starts with a bit of an unusual premise where 5 siblings, ranging from a baby to a 24 years old, are left alone when their parents die in a car accident and need to live their life taking care of each other.The show has kind of soapy themes but they still manage to show them in a pretty realistic way. This is thanks to amazing writing and acting. Not one episode felt to be below average to me, only very few were average and the majority were outstanding. I am glad it didn't get cancelled after the first season. Even though it didn't have a high rating at first the fans managed to keep it on air and I am thankful to them for that pleasure. It is also good that it ended after 6 seasons as it would probably go down in quality after that. But we got to enjoy a lot of stories on their relationships., Charlie's cancer and Bailey's alcoholism.The characters are well done and developed. I loved Matthew Fox as Charlie. He shows so well his development from being a regular 24 year old who wants to have fun and is stuck with his siblings to a guy who made all the sacrifices to his family, loved them and managed to put his life on the path he wanted to. All his struggles and mistakes are shown in a very humane way. I don't get how people can not connect to Charlie. And he is my favorite of Matthew Fox's roles now, I like him better than on Lost where I first got to know him.Scott Wolf also makes a great job as Bailey. Sometimes he is annoying because he acts way older than his age but we remember that this is also because he had to grow up so fast. And he manages to make the character sympathetic even when he does bad things. His struggle with alcohol was also very realistic.Neve Campbell as Julia was actually my least favorite character of them. But she was still wonderful and did great acting. I just couldn't connect to most of her stories. But this is how it is, one can't always love every single character. The good thing is that I also never really disliked her.Lacey Chabert as Claudia was my favorite in the beginning. She didn't become worse later but her as a very witty, sensible and courageous child was a great period. She always went on missions such as finding their grandpa or meet the man who killed their parents in the accident. Loved her family and dealt with her growing up as well as she could having only her siblings to help her. As well as Ross who sure was a great role model to her.Besides the main characters we have some outstanding support characters that help us to enjoy the show. Sarah, Will, Justin, Griffin, Kirsten, Ross. I could say a lot about all of them but I will just stick to the fact that they were all well developed, portrayed and played a huge support to the Salingers when they needed them.

Kirpianuscus after 20 years, it remains great. for the science to be more than a teenager film. for the inspired way to show the evolution of siblings in the context of changes around theirs. for the impeccable performances. and for the subtle manner to define the every day problems, ignoring the fake- moral solutions. a film about new start in life and about the options who change everything. about family, friendship, love, competition and the way to say and live the truth. so profound reflecting near reality than it remains fresh at each new meet with the audience. and this gives to it the status of challenge.

DreamChaserTHF i loved this show and i never missed an episode. i think everybody had at least one character they didn't really like, but thats how it is in real life too-lol. i was so happy to find out they were bringing it to DVD. i have watched season one many times and i cant wait for the release of season 2 :). this still is one of my favorite shows of all time. my idol is jennifer love hewitt so of course she is one of my favorite characters (sarah). i also liked julia as far as the salinger family goes, and i liked griffin as well. i think they did an excellent job at casting :). it wasn't like other teen dramas that were on back then (melrose place, 90210, etc). there is nothing like it, and that is why it is so great.