The United States of Tara: Season 01 (2009) Reviews

	Marvin P.

7 out of  7  people found this review helpful

I saw a Sneak Peek while going through all my episodes of "Dexter" and it was good enough to make me want to rent the first season. At first, I thought this was a Tracy Ullman-type comedy where the three alters of Tara would get in "crazy adventures" each week, but it turns out to be a much deeper show than that, making the condition of multiple personalities a serious matter. I'm hooked,now, and love that I don't have to wait each week for another episode. This is a great idea for a TV series and good to watch, even if it's not always perfectly written, or there are some boring subplots with other characters going on. Also, it seems as though as the show went on, certain Alters started getting more popular than others, like Buck, thus making their on-screen prescence less equal than in the pilot and 2nd episode. I would've liked to see more of T over Alice.

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	Jane F.

6 out of  7  people found this review helpful

Toni Collette is an unbelievable talent. Love the premise, the characters, the story line, love everything but the language. WHY WHY WHY do they spoil such a great show with so much gratuitous foul language? Families...even families as dysfunctional as this one...do not talk this way so WHY? Who finds this entertaining? I think I need to forego season 2 of this otherwise excellent show because the writing is too flawed by the unrealistic use of unnecessary and offensive language.

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	Holly S.

2 out of  2  people found this review helpful

A compelling and heart warming look how a family stays together, supports and accepts each other under the most trying of circumstance.

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	Ralph B.

2 out of  3  people found this review helpful

Just did nothing for us. The idea was interesting but led to nowhere. We are not delicate people but the "intimacy" was so boring. I got tired of Tara hopping on her husband like an ape and rubbing all over him. Nothing sexy about it at all! The kids were useless as characters.

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	Cass V.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

When you see Toni Collette put her feet up on the kitchen counter and thrust her pelvis in the faces of her husband and son, you may admire her flexibility but will strongly question the description of this character as "spunky." This series glorifies mental illness and the writing is completely ignorant of the condition afflicting its central character. The description led me to suppose it fun and wacky but it's actually sick, shallow, and exploitive.

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	Ronni B.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

brilliant

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	Bob D.

3 out of  5  people found this review helpful

I was disappointed because I never could connect with the characters. They are so extreme that It I found it beyond belief that they could stay together as a functioning family. I am not easily offended, but I found their use of language that would offend many viewers to be gratuitous and therefore distracting from what little there was of a coherent plot line. I found this show neither entertaining or illuminating and gave up after 3 episodes.

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	Stacy H.

0 out of  0  people found this review helpful

Excellent series. This also shows that Toni Collette is an amazing actress. I do not watch tv much, but this show is one of the few that has captured and maintained my attention,

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	Heidi V.

0 out of  1  people found this review helpful

This is a fun and interesting series, I loved season one! Toni Collette does an awesome job with all her personalities. I

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	Sharon H.

0 out of  3  people found this review helpful

I can't believe I ordered this movie.

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