Truly Dreadful Film

Expected more

Excellent, a Must See

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I'm sorry, but if shows like Scrubs and Newsradio can get over 8 ratings, this deserves 10/10! Revolving around various people working in a fashion magazine (the boss, fashion editor, photographer etc) it basically follows their lives with hilarious results! The cast is absolutely superb and the comedy is delivered with class and with perfect timing. There is no overacting like in Scrubs and all this combines to make one of the greatest comedy shows ever! Each character brings his own unique humor to the show and the chemistry created has hardly been marched since (perhaps Will and Grace & My Family come close). Jack, Nina, Finch, Maya and Elliot have only one problem...they left our screens to soon!

I've watched a lot of sitcoms and this is definitely something special. The actors really blend, love what they do and are armed with lightning fast dialogue! Saying that, the episodes walk a very fine line heavily relying on inter-episode in-jokes and stereotypes that sometimes fall short of funny. The show tries very hard to build relationships, especially between the daughter and father which can be the basis for some of the more boring episodes. The funny episodes are the completely absurd spin-offs such as season 3 episode 5 "Two girls for everyone" where Finch attempts to arrange a threesome. This show really boils down to if you're watching it on DVD or not, jumping from a serious episode to a funny episode is essential else you'll find it hard to stay into the show.

Before Ugly Betty came onto the scene and arrived on our TV screens, shows such as Veronica's Closet, Suddenly Susan and Just Shoot Me highlighted the role of the fashion magazine industry during the 90s era. Out of the three, the latter sitcom became the most successful- although for an NBC produced show it was predominately overlooked in favour of the successful big wigs, Friends, Frasier and Will and Grace. Lasting 4 years it starred George Segal as Jack Gallo, boss of magazine Blush and Laura San Giocomo as his daughter Mya, of whom Jack hires after she was initially fired from her previous job. Mya tries to fit in and eventually falls out and forms alliances with Nina Van Horn an ex- model, Dennis Finch and photographer, Elliot.I have to say that when I first saw a couple of the earlier episodes, I thought that this is not going to be good, but later on as the series progressed, the jokes were funnier and the situations were somewhat outlandish but also hilarious.Wendy Malick is just brilliant as Nina- feisty, sassy but also hilarious and her love/hate relationship with Finch, played by former comic David Spade is one of the strengths of the show. She has terrific comic timing and her delivery is almost perfect, she makes it look simple (she also did really well when she appeared during the final season of Frasier as Martin Crane's girlfriend). Wendy is one of those actresses of whom deserves a show of her own. Spade is also good as the sarcastic and often mischievous, Finch. At times, his one-liners can bring the smile to the audiences's faces. Elliot is less shallow and self-centred compared to Nina and Finch and whilst some had raised eyebrows when he and Mya became a couple, he eventually becomes more down-to-earth and subtle. George Segal is also good as Jack as he successfully manages to juggle both on screen roles as boss of a successful firm and a father.It is not an absolute classic by any means, but Just Shoot Me is a fun little sitcom held together by the ensemble cast of Malick, Spade and Enrico. The humour is very much sarcasm laced with shots of insults, put downs and crazy outbursts- and yet that is no bad thing for this show, because it is done in a way that is intelligent but witty at the same time too.If you like your sitcoms but prefer something completely different to Friends, Frasier, Will and Grace to name, then give Just Shoot me a try.

David Spade is great in this hilarious, yet underrated sitcom set in a New York about the staff of Blush, a fashion magazine in the tradition of REDBOOK. The show aired from 1997 to 2003 and while the later episodes were the better ones, the first season (just released to DVD along with the second season) contains some of the best episodes, including my personal favorite episode, titled "In Your Dreams". Despite the fact that the show never really had one main character, the stand out for me as always been David Spade. I've always been a big fan of David Spade and this show was perfect for him. As the assistant to Jack Gallo (the always wonderful George Segal), David Spade provided the show with much needed sarcasm and wise-cracking like only he can. This is especially evident in the first season and the second season. Though the show was canceled last year, it remains in syndication and still remains one of the best sitcoms ever. My rating: 10/10