Michael Bluth, a widower with a 13-year-old son, named George-Michael, is forced to keep his large and dysfunctional family together after his father is arrested for shifty accounting practices at the family-owned conglomerate and the Bluth family assets are frozen, making each member of the eccentric family panic. Michael's snobbish mother, Lucille, finds herself living alone in a penthouse without the financial means to maintain it, while Michael's two brothers, GOB and Buster, and his sister Lindsay with her husband Tobias and her daughter Maeby also find themselves having to recreate their lifestyles to fit their new financial status.
This is the funniest show currently on television. All you need to enjoy
this show is an appreciation for high-quality acting and incredibly
hilarious writing. Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth is perfect as the
under-appreciated do-good guy who's just trying to keep his family
together
and himself sane. Other highlights of the show include Will Arnett as GOB
(George Oscar Bluth II), Michael's lame-excuse-for-a-magician brother;
Jeffrey Tambor as George Sr., Michael's incarcerated father (he was
jailed
for "shifty accounting practices"); and Michael Cera as George Michael
Bluth, Michael Bluth's perpetually nervous 13-year-old son (who just
happens
to have a strange infatuation with his cousin, Maebe, played by "State of
Grace"'s Alia Shawkat). All in all this show is sure to be a hit, at
least
with those people whose level of understanding of comedy is above
slapstick
and bathroom jokes. TREMENDOUSLY hilarious writing and outstanding
performances by the whole cast will have you laughing the whole time.
Ten
out of ten!