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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: HBO Home Video
Salesrank: 17400
Released: August 30, 2005 |
| Our Price: $3.02 |
| Used Price: $4.18 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Can married men survive in modern times? Today, there are more responsibilities. Obligations. Temptations. At the dawn of the 21st Century, it's getting harder and harder for men to stay happy and stay married. So why do we even try? HBO presents an all-new comedy series that shows what really goes on inside, The Mind of the Married Man.
DVD Features:
3D Animated Menus
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Episodic Previews
Episodic Recaps
Description of The Mind of the Married Man - The Complete First Season:
Often (misleadingly) compared to Sex and the City, The Mind of the Married Man is more like a buttoned-down Curb Your Enthusiasm or saltier Everybody Loves Raymond. Created by Mike Binder (The Upside of Anger), the HBO comedy revolves around Chicago reporter Micky (Binder), wife Donna (Sonya Walger, C.S.I.: NY), and fellow ink-stained wretches Jake (Jake Weber, Medium) and Doug (Taylor Nichols, Metropolitan). Unlike the glamorous Carrie Bradshaw, Micky's just a regular guy with a pretty decent life, but he often feels as if something's missing.
Things get off to a shaky start in the pilot when Donna finds pornography on his computer. Then he hires the impossibly leggy Missy (Ivana Milicevic, Love Actually), because he finds her attractive. He fires her for the same reason--she had become distracting--then has to rehire her, because she hadn't done anything wrong. (M. Emmet Walsh plays his droll boss, Randall.) Mickey is nothing like the adulterous Jake, but as the theme song puts it, "The neighbor's grass may seem much greener than the grass right here at home." So then Jake introduces him to sensual massage ("The God of Marriage"), which starts out innocently enough--although he neglects to tell Donna about his new "hobby." By the end of the season, Missy will have moved on, but the situation with the masseuse (Michelle Krusiec, Saving Face) will have crossed a line, leaving Micky's marriage more precarious than ever.
Aside from Binder, directors include Danny Leiner (Dude, Where's My Car?), Nancy Savoca (Household Saints), Bob Saget (The Aristocrats), and Bruce Paltrow (St. Elsewhere). Recurring characters include Larry Miller (Mad About You) as host of the TV show on which Micky regularly appears and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) as a fellow guest. (Interestingly, Binder and Morris both appeared in Minority Report.) --Kathleen C. Fennessy
The Mind of the Married Man - The Complete First Season Reviews:
Why are future dvds being overlooked. 
2008-11-13 - I was fortunate enough to watch the show when it aired on HBO. It was wonderful. I hate seeing New shows out here on DVD that are just a waste of time and not have the other seasons Of this series released. This show was amazing a look into the life of a true man and get to see what is happening in his head. HBO should run and release the rest of the seasons and fast.....
I bought this for $3......
2008-10-10 - This is a great show, that found completely by luck. I bought this DVD at Big Lots for $3 in their assorted DVD bin; if only the other seasons has been released on DVD.....?. happy hunting. : )
male version of sex and the city!!
2008-08-25 - my husband and i found this at Ross the other day... we're recently married and thought it would be funny to watch. I've never heard of the show before until i saw the dvd... we watched the first disc last nite and we were hooked! it is def. a show for guys, but still funny nonetheless. it totally reminded me of sex & the city, but guy version. yeah theres some nudity, cussing, etc... all the same things you see on satc. I'm sad to see that there's no way to get the season 2 dvd... did it even come out??
Woman Power 
2008-06-11 - MOMM was killed by women because men enjoyed it. Period. This show was axed because men derived adulterated pleasure from it. Because it was meant for men. And because women just couldn't take it that men could enjoy something without women's blessings.
I used to watch MOMM together with my wife on HBO back in New Delhi, India. From the very first episode I realised this was going to be a mindblowing experience. I used to latch on to every word that the characters spoke. It was amazing, like I was seeing myself walk and speak on screen. I sometimes felt exposed and naked, but in a good way. Often I'd wish my wife was not watching because Binder was so open and honest.
Sadly, my wife's reaction, on the other hand, was hostile. She used to call men "bastards", or some other expletive, during the show. I would sometimes chuckle (I used to be a tolerant husband then), sometimes be exasperated at her behaviour and other times I would tell her: "See I'm not the only person who thinks or acts like that. Even American men, and men worldwide do that!"
Of course, she would simply say men are sick. She would shake her head and would act like she was lapsing into some sort of depression!
I noticed that there were very few ads during MOMM, which in an ad-ad-ad country like India, was a sure sign of low ratings. Obviously, companies decided they could not sell women's hygiene products, cooking oil, detergent and other stuff because their target audience was long asleep (it was shown at 11pm on a Thursday).
I guess, women in America are too powerful when it comes to media influence. It is sad this serial went down the tube. On the other hand look at the hype over Sex & the City. This ran considerably longer than MOMM in India. As an impartial viewer, I can say Sex and the City was basically the same thing. Except that it was from a woman's point of view. And how that view was accepted in the popular media and by the public! The episode on the Manolo Blahniks (i don't even care i spelled it right) was pure disgust. Carrie was practically a prostitute after she used the money that the French executive threw on her after a night with her. But this was all acceptable despite the fact that it is highly improbable someone would be so lucky in real life.
There were no frothing-at-the-mouth feminists waving placards at HBO execs. Nobody minded that women were being shown as totally shallow. The reason was simple: women loved it, which sent the ratings up.
I hope there is some backlash from the male lobby at some stage so that men can have shows like MOMM, so they can enjoy them, record them, re-play them again and again... without being labelled perverts.
funny but ...hard to watch
2008-06-03 - I ran across this on DVD, having never been aware of its existence on HBO. After watching the first episode or two, I began to find the characters and their relationships really funny and interesting and it kept me wanting more.
Although there are at least a couple scenes to chuckle at, I couldn't help but feel sad for each of the couples as the show explores the insecurities, pain, and lonliness that infidelity and dishonesty can bring to marriage. Unfortunately, most of the situations aren't all that unrealistic in today's society.
I almost bought a copy for one of my soon to be married girl friends, but after watching it I realized that would be a very bad idea, haha! It doesn't exactly portray marriage as the MOST desireable experience. Watch with caution, don't let it trick you into thinking that all marriages are destined to float over a deep underlying unhappiness. I did find the characters overall loveable even though I felt sorry for them, though.
For mature audiences only, if you're offended by nudity and sexual situations find something else to watch.
