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Big Love - The Complete First & SecondBig Love - The Complete First Season (DVD, 2006, 5-Disc

Movie description
HBO pushes the boundaries once again with this hit show about a man with three wives. Bill Paxton (ALIENS) stars as Bill Henrickson, a Salt Lake City fundamentalist Mormon who appears to have eked out an achingly mundane existence for himself. But scratch beneath the surface and Bill is far from ordinary. Balancing three wives--Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloe Sevigny), and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin)--who live in adjoining houses, Bill also has seven children to raise. He negotiates the strange and stressful setup throughout the show, while his best friend Don Embry (Joel McKinnon Miller) often chimes in with some advice from his own life as a polygamist. This release includes every episode from BIG LOVE's first season.

3 stars out of 5 -- "BIG LOVE veers away from exploitation to deliver an unusual drama that explores both the normality and the unmentionable of such an existence."
Ultimate DVD - Natalie Braine (10/01/2006)

"Although LOVE deals with Utah polygamy, the drama starring Bill Paxton as a man with three wives is surprisingly relatable." -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly - Lynette Rice (11/03/2006)

"[A] fascinatingly skewed, surprisingly complex exploration of the concept of family."
Movieline's Hollywood Life - Movieline Critic (11/01/2006)
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