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List Price: $49.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 26579
Released: March 8, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2005 Run time: 440 minutes
Description of Sweet Valley High - The Complete First Season:
More Beverly Hills 90210 than Freaks and Geeks, Sweet Valley High looks at the lives and loves of the popular kids rather than the outcasts. Cynthia and Brittany Daniel star as twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield in the television version of Francine Pascal's best selling book series. With their seemingly perfect Southern California lives, Liz and Jess are more Betty and Veronica, from the Archie comics, than the high school girls of any other TV series. In other words, Sweet Valley Highis escapism, pure and simple--and what's wrong with a little escapism? While both girls are part of the in-crowd, there are differences between them. Liz, a reporter for the school newspaper, is the good one, while Jess, a cheerleader, is the not-so-good one.
Created by Josh Goldstein (American Dreams), The Complete First Season includes all 22 episodes broadcast between 1994-1995. Supporting characters include Liz's boyfriend Todd (Ryan James Bittle) and best friend Enid (Amy Danles) and Jess's best friends Lila (Bridget Flanery) and Patty (Amarilis). Rich kid Bruce (Brock Burnett), his pal Manny (Harley Rodriguez), token nerd Winston "Eggman" Egbert (Michael Perl), and a few teachers--but no parents--round out the cast. Most of the conflicts the girls face are created by devious, self-centered Jess, who pretends to be her sister whenever Liz has something she wants, like a potential college boyfriend ("Dangerous Love"), a broadcasting gig ("Oracle on Air"), or praise from the hot poetry teacher ("Poetic Injustice"). Sweet Valley High ran on FOX for three seasons, followed by a fourth and final season on UPN. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Sweet Valley High - The Complete First Season Reviews:
never got to see this show, cuz I never got the channel 
2009-06-13 - I didn't have cable as a kid, so this was a cute addition to my collection since I am a huge fan of the books. There's one episode where Jessica is cast in a commercial and if you pay attention, you can see the power rangers practicing! I wasn't paying attention though when I checked out, and I was sent and charged for two of them.
Very Different 4rm the books 
2009-05-23 - Well as we all know about Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield from the beloved books Sweet Valley High. Now comes the 1st season of SVH on DVD. This DVD has some funny parts and a lot of drama but with comedy mixed in it. It's not like One Tree Hill drama or BH 90210 but it's a worth a shot.
Very different 
2008-12-08 - This DVD is very different from the books. I was dissapointed. Where is nice and kind Elizabeth who always protected Jessica? In this movie Elizabeth is humiliating her sister, trying to teach her a lesson. And Jessica is just mean. The movie doesn show what a wonderful parents sisters have. And a good brother. I found this movie mean and boring. Very sad, because i am a big fan of books. They are interesting and kind. Each book teaches you a good lesson. You want to meet this twins-girls. You want to be their friend. And the movie is going the opposite direction. No wonder movie wasnt popular. And the first season was the last one.
One good thing- sisters are pretty in the movie too. Just admire their beauty!
Interesting take on the book series...
2008-10-27 - So I was a fan of the book series who decided to check out the DVD set. It was...interesting. Obviously, it was filmed in a different day and age, so some of the filming was rough. It was pretty cheesy, but I still watched them. If the other seasons were released on DVD, I'd definitely watch them, just to see how they compare to the book series, but without high hopes or anything. I think the only thing that kept it interesting was Winston Egbert :D
Decent Show 
2008-10-18 - I remember being introduced to this drama-comedy sitcom by one of my younger cousins a couple years back. The two main characters being Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield who are played by non-fictional twins Brittany and Cynthia Daniel. Francine Pascal created these books and the show is a loose based sitcom of it. I think the show does not set a realistic frame of life because most of the scenarios created to have a problem are all solved by the characters in less than ten minutes. It is just not this way in life and I wish the creators and directors would have taken the time to develop the characters, and thus make a better show. Buena Vista Home Entertainment did a poor job with copyrighting the DVD and did not take the time to put in any special features. I would like to know about what happens behind the scenes, cast interviews, or even a blooper reel and without these I can't give the show itself any better than a C-. If you are into a comedy-drama sitcom buy this DVD. If you feel though like you wasted $42 on it because Amazon sucks though, like me, then don't even bother.
