David Duchovny, Fran Kranz, Frank Kranz
A hair-raising comedy of art and compromise, "The TV Set" follows an idealistic writer as he tries to navigate his TV pilot down the mine-laden path from script through production to the madness of pr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 25, 2007
Stats: 782 reviews
I great idea, great cast, just not very well executed.
To those of us who feel like network TV is (for the most part) SHIT...this will seem like a very tame (sometimes ammusing) attempt to point out why network TV is so bad. It could have been done in a much more effective a...( read more)
It has the kind of humor that you might find in the Arrested Development show. Which is my cup of tea. The cast is what really made this film most enjoyable for me, though.
One bright star each for Ioan Gruffudd and Judy Greer. In an otherwise plodding look at the compromising of principles in the battle for TV network success, these two actors stand a cut above a very mediocre attempt at telling us something we all already know.
Equal parts funny and alarming, Jake Kasdan's The TV Set hits all the right bases with its one-two punch of merciless writing and across-the-board terrific acting. It's actually much more than just a sharp satire of the dynamics of a television network-- it's a story about the ev...( read more)
A comedy and a drama about a writer trying to get his vision and story on television. But he of course encounters problems from the producers to the actors. The film is full of funny moments and also full of serious scenes. David Duchovny is excellent as the writer trying to get ...( read more)
solid entertainment. but I'm kinda tired of these "movie biz" pics (for your consideration, the nines, etc.)
A mild little comedy/drama about a man trying to get a television show off the ground. Makes some very good points about the state of television and entertainment today, although it's not a deep probing look at it by any means. Sigourney Weaver and Judy Greer are both extremely f...( read more)
Kasdan stages scenes with a loose, cheerful spirit that suggests how much better TV itself might more often be if it weren't so in thrall to idiot focus groups and nervous, turf-protecting executives. full review
Call me crazy, but there's a lot more going on in The TV Set than first meets the eye. You'll have major fun at this movie. But what makes it something special is the way [director] Kasdan laces the l... full review
The TV Set isn't in the same league with Network or The Player, but it's very good, and its cast is accomplished. full review
The TV Set skewers the television industry in a manner that occasionally feels familiar and at other times is humorously incisive. full review
The jokes are things people shooting a pilot might actually say; the telling episodes of vanity or stupidity are entirely believable. full review
It gets high ratings for razor sharp writing and direction as well as a wonderful ensemble cast delivering terrific performances. full review
[Except for Sigourney Weaver] everyone else looks so damn solemn, it's as if neither they nor their director understood this was meant to be a parody. full review
It's deftly calibrated and acted with relish: [writer-director] Kasdan is really good! full review
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