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    Fat Actress: The Complete First Season
    Genre: Comedy

    Reviewed In Issue 98 (Jul 2005) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Kirstie Alley, Bryan Callen & Rachael Harris

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 2.5
    DD Sound Rating: 2
    DTS Sound Rating: NR
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    Critics' Composite Score: 3
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    Special Features
    Audio commentary is included on all four episodes included on Disc One. Disc Two adds three more episodes, a seven-minute making-of featurette, brief footage of premiere footage, nine-minutes worth of deleted scenes, Showtime Shorts


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Showtime Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): SHO2100D
    (MPAA Rating): TVMA
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    (Retail Price): $34.95
    (DVD Type): Two-Disc Set: DVD-9 & DVD-5
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 206
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2005
    (Theatrical Release): No
    (Direct-To-Video Release): Yes
    (DVD Release Date): 05/24/05
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Keith Truesdell
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Kirstie Alley pokes fun at her real life experiences in an unforgiving Hollywood. Starring as herself

    DVD Picture:
    This series is presented on two DVDs and is anamorphically enhanced at 1.78:1. Images are often soft and hazy, though details are generally adequate. Colors are bright and loud and can have a smeared appearance. Fleshtones occasionally seem a but ruddy. The picture exhibits compression problems typical of DVDs with bit rates as low as 2 Mbps. Overall, the picture is passable at best. (Suzanne Hodges)

    Soundtrack:
    Dialogue is overly bright, to the level of strident, in these Dolby

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