Good concept, poorly executed.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I would just like to reply to all of the anal people who run this show down that it is supposed to be stupid! Get it?? For God's sake, quit expecting The Sopranos and just enjoy the insanity! Tony isn't showing up--but now that'd be way cool! Forget worrying about how smart Paris is-- you're wrong-- and just enjoy her. She's funnier than hell and you're gay in the wrong direction if you can't just enjoy the scenery. She's an incredibly gorgeous woman and her sidekick ain't bad either. This is the best comedy on TV and it gets a 10 from me. So there. Why is it that we Must Learn Something or a show isn't worth watching? What's that about? Lighten up, people. Watch this and learn to have fun. See-- educational. By the way, the victims get paid well for whatever the girls wreck. Trust me. Also trust me that the hosts of this thing are equally anal. This was a far better comment before it was emasculated into its present lame form. Thank you. Get back to All Things Considered now.

Nearly every review of the Simple Life misses its essence -- its a staged show. ALL reality shows are in fact staged, with a script. The "reality" part is a bit of improv. allowance, and the illusion that its really happening.The Simple Life is just as staged as the Lucy show in that generation. Most of the jokes are already written. All the bits, even down to Nicole's purse getting stolen, are staged. If the girls did some of this stuff in real life, they know they would at least get a misdemeanor offense. Instead, a little town is signed up to play along with the jokes and pretend.The moral condemnation of Paris and Nicole, as spoiled rich girls with low IQs, is just what the producers want adults to think. Any kid with a brain knows they are just goofing off, and its no more real than the Three Stooges. Relax, folks, the stealing and lying and screw ups are all jokes.

Watching the first season of this show back to back thanks to a friend who owned the DVD, I was amazed (and still am) that people are willing to pay good money to watch the children of rich people abuse those around them.Paris and Nicole were consistently incapable of putting forth any effort, physically or mentally. They saw everything as a vehicle for their amusement. Couldn't even help out with dinner. These two adult-children live a life of luxury, where they clearly expect people to do everything for them. I can imagine that when these two get old, they will expect servants to pre-chew their food.They were so incompetent they couldn't think to take a pie they had worked all night on baking inside the house with them to prevent the dog from eating it up.. They put it right on the eff-ing grass and walked inside to fetch something. Real MENSA caliber genius.They are cruel, rude, condescending, conceited, and basically terrible human beings that deserve to be outcast and shunned by the rest of society, if not stoned to death by an angry mob.Do we really need to reinforce their egos? Do we need to make them richer? I think not! Boycott these jerks.

I honestly can't see what is even vaguely entertaining about this show.Sure, I've tuned in out of the same morbid curiosity which causes you to stick your finger in an electric outlet once in your life. One has to wonder "just what IS this"; yet what compels one to continue watching? I really see nothing amusing here. Merely pathetic. There's no clever satire or scathing commentary. It's merely mental depravity and an attempt to make the poor feel superior. I doubt even these ditzes are quite as stupid as they portray themselves. Yet what stupidity is real and what is scripted becomes a moot point; it's stupidity without redemption.Crud like this is an indicator of how poor American society has become.