Kyra Sedgwick Movie:

Editorial Review:
An offbeat personality, a tough-as-nails approach and a track record as one of the country's leading investigators: These are just a few of the traits exhibited by Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. For the Atlanta transplant heading up the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, her position on this elite detective squad, which handles high-profile cases of a sensitive nature, is a tenuous balancing act. She faces antagonistic roadblocks, even from her own peers within the department, and must manage a team that remains wary of her unconventional style.

Description of The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season:
"Oh, for heaven's sake, it is a head!" The Southern drawl and mild exasperation are by now familiar to TV crime buffs: Kyra Sedgwick's steel-magnolia-with-a-badge, Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. The fourth season of The Closer finds Sedgwick in super form, as the scattered, ditzy mama's girl with a weakness for junk food and a singular focus when it comes to getting perps to talk. Yet the strength of The Closer goes far beyond just Sedgwick, as formidable as she is. The ensemble cast is also stellar, and very human and believable. Johnson's fellow cops (among whom Johnson is, finally, one of the boys, albeit in frilly skirts) are fleshed-out and battle their own demons. And this season viewers get to know Johnson's fiancé, the FBI agent Fritz Howard (Jon Tenney), much better, along with his "psychic" sister (the unforgettable Amy Sedaris), and Brenda's doting parents, as both families prepare for the happy couple's impending nuptials--if serial killers and terrorist plots will only give them a little break. The boxed set includes the full season, along with delicious extras, including an unforgettable blooper reel (the cast really does seem to have a blast shooting this series, as viewers have long suspected; and don't miss guest star Jennifer Coolidge's R-rated ad lib café scene). There's also an informative featurette with Corey Reynolds (the hunky Sgt. Gabriel) and LAPD Det. Mike Berchem, an adviser to the series; deleted scenes, and more. Thank you--thank you so much! --A.T. Hurley

The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season Reviews:
Closer to perfection
2009-11-30 - This series seems to get better and better..It has the right amount of pathos thrown in with the blackest of comedies.

Brenda and her team face a tough season, as they are asked to allow a reporter to tag along, who along the way manages to throw a spanner in the works of the Proirity Homicide unit. Not only this, but a memeber of the team also has to deal with a personal loss, and with all that going on Brenda and Fitz are about to tie the knot.

The dvd extra's are a bit dissapointing, as there aren't any interviews with the cast and only a few behind the scenes and a funny gag reel..but having said this it's worth buying..trust me you won't be dissapointed.. and in the word of Brenda Lee Johnson 'thank you..thank you very much'!

The Closer -- Great TV
2009-11-23 - The Closer has become one of the best and most watched programs on television. I was hooked on the first season. Each season has been exciting and well-produced.
In the end of this season, Brenda and Fritz finally get married and like all of this series, things are complicated. But, all's well that ends well and I am looking forward to the new season with them together as man and wife. I saw a preview in TV Guide showing Brenda holding a baby kitten. This, I am sure, is a replacement for "Kitty" in the scene where Brenda had to say a final goodby to the cat she had grown to love. It was a very touching scene. I say, Hurry with the new season.



One of the best!
2009-11-20 - I find that I love this show more, every time I see it. This season was remarkable. If you have never watched the Closer, I highly recommend it!

Innocent abroad
2009-11-19 - For a non-TV watcher I find myself watching a surprising lot of TV shows, on DVD, lately. First 'Damages', great stuff, and now this cop series. I am hesitant to give it 5 stars, there are plenty of cliches, and not all the jokes work, and some of the cases are lame, and not all members of the team are real people... But overall, it is good fun.
What carries the mixture of suspense and comedy is the central character, Kyra Sedgwick's drawling Georgian homicide investigator in LA, Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. She is marvellous in her combination of chaos, sentimentality, dishonesty, and ruthless bossiness. I can see how one might also decide to find her unnerving, but I have not reached that stage, I am still enchanted. I don't mind that the whole thing doesn't really seem believable.
Most recommendable for rainy November evenings. Unless you are in Australia, then better watch it in April or May.

The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season
2009-11-15 - Great DVD
Very interesting and entertaining
Great stories and cast
Would recommend purchase