Six Feet Under

...intriguing mix the information that Six Feet Under is created, and sometime directed, by the writer behind American Beauty, Alan Ball, and I’m almost thrown into an unbridled orgasmic frenzy at the thought of how good this series could be. “When is this magnificent new series on?”, I pondered, with diary in hand ready to cancel my busy schedule of lounging in order to sit immersed in this new black comedy/dark, brooding drama/whatever you want it ...
...City and The Soprano’s. Six Feet Under, as you may have inferred from the title, is based around death, the story of a hugely dysfunctional family brought crashing down to earth with the untimely death of beloved father and husband, Nathaniel Fisher. He also happens to be the proprietor of the family’s independent Funeral Home, a strangely antiquated (in the American sense, which means it looks like it was built in the 1950s!), almost eerie building ...

jambo5678 21.07.2002 · Read full review
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...written an absolute corker. Six Feet Under is a black comedy drama about the Fisher family, who run a funeral home Fisher and Sons. The family consists of two brothers, one sister, their mother and their recently departed father who died on Christmas Eve, when a downtown bus was in collision with their father driving the herse. The eldest son Nate lived and worked in Seattle, who upon hearing of his fathers death flew directly home to be with family. ...
...named Brenda. Who is also on her way home to California, these two are in my completely sex crazed. David the second son is what can only be described as anal when it comes to the family run business. He is also having trouble telling his family that he is gay and in love with a very good looking cop. Who is a little pissed that his father left him and his brother 50% ownership of the funeral parlour. The sister Claire is a good old rebelious teenager, ...

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...find Channel 4's new sitcom, Six Feet Under is a refreshing change from the pap that plagues our screen and takes up our TV licence money. Written by Alan Ball, the man who master minded the 'interesting' American Beauty, Six Feet Under is certainly unique in that it centres its comedy in a funeral parlour of all places. It may not seem the ideal place to have a comedy, but that's the point - there has been nothing like it before. Revolving round ...
...right word to describe the Six Feet Under as there is none of the canned laughter or the quickfire comments. Instead it takes its time to get going, and if you are patient you can appreciate what ends up to be very funny. It's easy to see why America has taken to Six Feet Under. It's dark and funny, and its now one of America's most popular sitcoms. Along with 24 and Scrubs (starting tonight), Six Feet Under and its American writers, are putting ...

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It is unusual for me to get hooked on a TV series and want to watch every episode possible! Well that was until ‘Six Feet Under’ hit our TV screens! Not even ‘Big Brother’ hooks me like that! I normally wait until the latter weeks before getting hooked! This is a comedy presented to us by Channel 4, which if I say so is just getting better every year! I normally am not taken by these American shows such as ‘Friends’, ‘Ally McBeal’ & ‘Sex In The ...
...be right up my street! It has elements in it that either have directly affected my life or have relevance i.e. death, drugs and homosexuality it is all there and I can relate to it in some way! The good thing about it is that it deals with serious issues that affect people on a daily basis. It is presented in a humorous but deadly serious way! The main characters are based around a dysfunctional American Fisher family who run Fisher & Sons Funeral ...

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2002 was a pretty good year for American television, with accolades being given left, right and centre for shows such as 'The West Wing' and '24'. However, the best TV show to come out of the States last year was undoubtedly 'Six Feet Under', which follows the trials and tribulations of the Fisher family as they try to run their independent funeral home. The first series of the show introduced us to the Californian clan with the death of the father ...
...accident. We are then taken on a roller-coaster ride through their complicated lives as they try to keep their father's business going in the face of adversity. The programme manages to mix subtle comedy with high emotion, and is fantastically written, allowing all of the individual characters to thoroughly develop within the stories. It was written by Alan Ball, who is best known for the fantastic Oscar winning 'American Beauty', and much of the ...

stoffy 05.03.2003 · Read full review
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...like Marmite, you’ll either love Six Feet Under, or you’ll hate it. This is an American series which is based upon the most dysfunctional family you can imagine. Oh yes, and they own an “after life care home”, or a funeral business. With the same writer as American Beauty (Alan Ball), it is no surprise that this program does not apply to convention or even keep within the strict boundaries of our social taboos. It is for this reason that it is so ...
...Every episode of Six Feet Under starts with a death, which usually lays a foundations upon which the rest of the program is built upon. This can sometimes be incredibly disturbing: in the most harrowing episode a gay man was beaten to death by homophobic thugs. This man then haunted David, the gay character in the show, and represented the torment he was going through. By no means is the show itself homophobic. You really warm to David, and feel ...

pleaseratemyreview 27.06.2003 · Read full review
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Andrew and I have just started watching this from start to finish and although I have seen it all before, I am blown away by how amazing this series is. The series follows a family who live and work in a funeral home. One day the dad tragically dies and the rest of the family are left behind to deal with the strange and wonderful happenings that go on there. At the start of each episode you see a random person die and the that particular hour is ...
...morbid, I love this part. I find that I always look forward to seeing who it is and how they die. Some of the ways that the people do go are a little strange but they are never unbelievable to the point where you think 'Well that's never going to happen'. The programme is a strange combination because although it revolves around a funeral home and death, it's not morbid. It is however very deep so I wouldn't recommend it as a light hearted laugh ...

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...for the first series of Six Feet Under, i knew it was a programme that would appeal to me. However, I only thought it would do that on a comic level. I was wrong (I am glad to say!). Here in the UK we have just finished with Season 3 which was in my opinion the best yet. Furthermore, season 4 is due to be aired any time soon! Well the show itself is set in a Funeral Home in California. The main characters are the Fisher family who own a funeral ...
...The most compelling thing about Six feet under, however and in many ways the most ignored is the themes it deals with. It is not your average run-of-the-mill American drama, although I'd be lying if I said it doesn't carry some of the traits! It deals with controversial subjects such as homosexuality (and how family reacts), death (a given really!), drugs, nymphomania, brain tumours, new relationships, insanity, disfunctional families (not the fishers-despite ...

ashtonluke 27.06.2004 · Read full review
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...do with myself now?'helplines. Six Feet Under hit our screens earlier this year and kicked off with a series of eye catching trailers which had me hooked before the program had started. Six Feet Under is based around an American funeral parlour,and the lives of the people who run it 'The Fishers' Nate Fisher returns home after the death of his father to join his brother in the family business of funeral directors. Nate joins David his homosexual ...
...funny but compassionate way. Six Feet Under is nothing short of genious,brought to us by the same people who gave us American Beauty.It is well directed and superbly acted by the fantastic cast.Brenda (Rachel Griffiths) of Muriels Wedding is especially talented.She plays Nates girlfriend.Brenda is talented and gifted but her physcopathic brother just keeps getting her down. Best thing Ive seen all year,well done Channel 4 ...

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...match how I feel about Six Feet Under. It is a darkly comical drama, written by American Beauty's Alan Ball. It is set in a family-run funeral home in California, and the storylines revolve around the family's lives, and the lives of those around them. Each episode begins with a death, each one very different. Certainly the most memorable is the one that kicks the first series, the death of Nathaniel Fisher Sr, family patriarch and owner of the ...
...by a dough-mixer and Santa falling off his motorbike. The show's comedy is used subtly and darkly, but in an imaginative way. The show tackles death, sexuality, nature and all that which governs how we live our lives. Ball's intelligent style makes this show believable and thought-provoking. However, I would not recommend this show to you if you aren't ready for something heavy, as this show weighs like a ton of bricks. In conclusion, this show ...

SimonFortune 05.06.2003 · Read full review
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Have you Seen Six Feet Under? Well if that answers a no then you must see it NOW!! I t has many advantages and is really funny as well as it's Serious parts. If you enjoy anything dark and funny PLEASE I beg you, will you watch this? It is a drama Comedy Thriller which is the loves and lives of the fishers who are marked as the freak family whre they live in the U.S.A. The Fishers are Funeral Directors But you wouldn't think it the way they where!!! ...
...Catholic Mother who is torn between two men. The men are her Italian Florist boss and a hairdresser/Cook! The Son who left home to travel the world has returned to his home town and is having an affair with a woman who is mentally disturbed (with her brother) and the shrink who's patient she was has written a world bestselling book about how mad she was. Oh by the way she's Australian!!! If you think that's bad then you haven't heard bout the other ...

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