Simply Perfect

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

It's a Sorkin show. It's witty. It's comical. It's fast-paced. It has an emphasis on elements other than the sexual relations of the characters, whilst maintaining a subtle longing from the viewer of those romantic desires. There are some love stories (Dana & Casey, Jeremy & Natalie, and Dan &….well, Dan and his adoring ego probably) but the premise of the show manages to place them lower down in importance than the actual running of the show (there's a joke here, I'm pretty proud of it). Peter Krause (Casey) shines in his role. Josh Charles (Dan) is perfect for his. I personally think that Felicity Huffman (Dana) is the standout actress of the show, this paralleled with the dialogue stand this show miles above most of the sitcoms I have watched. Sorkin creates a fictional Sports News show, and somehow gets everything right. I'm under the impression that Sorkin can do no wrong. It's like the Newsroom, but funnier!

*SPOILERS* This interesting dramedy was about the behind-the-scenes of a cable sports program, 'Sports Night', produced by Dana Whittaker (Felicity Huffman, 'Transamerica', 'Desperate Housewives'), hosted by Casey McCall (Peter Krause, 'We Don't Live Here Anymore', 'Six Feet Under') and Danny Rydell (Josh Charles, 'Dead Poets Society', 'S.W.A.T.'), with the work behind the camera done, among others, by Nathalie (Sabrina Lloyd, 'Sliders', 'Numb3rs') and Jeremy Goodwin (Joshua Malina, 'The American President', 'The West Wing'), and the boss of which was Isaac Jaffee (Robert Guillaume, 'Soap', 'Benson').This show is the first of three created for TV by Aaron Sorkin; the other ones are the recently concluded 'The West Wing' and the new 'Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip', which has the strongest connection to SN of the two, and is simply a great show people didn't get.I don't know why; some people say they felt it was preachy, pompous and boring, and I think those were the same people who found 'The Fog' remake scary, or who think 'American Idol' is 'teh best show eva' (a rape of the English language if there is one); these people should get their heads checked.A lot of people say that it has a misleading title: gee, really? So you never noticed the ads saying 'It's about sports... the same way Charlie's Angels was about law enforcement'? Or never read what this is about? Some people! And the last insult? In Italy it is rarely shown, and when it is it's at 02:00 in the morning! Oh, how I wish the DVD box-set was out in Italy, too...Sports Night: 10/10.

Why do all the good shows get canceled? I was captivated by this witty, intelligent, and very serious sitcom about the life on a sports channel. The interaction between especially Josh Charles and Peter Krause as Dan and Casey is highly intense and believable, and alone makes it all worth watching the show. This, along with the very clever scripts, and an unusual depth to the characters, make Sports Night much more resemble a drama series than a comedy show. It doesn't deliver any predictable one-liners and superficial plots, but paints a picture of a stressing working schedule, where friendships have to be strong to survive the day. And the acting is just brilliant by all. I cannot recommend this show enough!

The biggest compliment I can give Sports Night is that it is the only show in the last 10 years that kept my interest enough that I made a concerted effort to catch it every week which became quite difficult sometimes with baseball playoffs.I am so pleased it is collected on DVD. If you have the time and the means I would recommend picking it up and giving it a try. Sports Night was an under appreciated gem and it's a shame that a show like Sports Night couldn't last on network TV while junk like 'Life with Jim' just keep getting renewed season after season.Maybe if they called it CSI:SportsNight or something people would have paid more attention to it : )