Customer Reviews
If you love Amelie, you'll love this - By: E. Murphy, 09 Jul 2008 
A lovely, innovative, romance/detective series. I reallly enjoyed watching the series & the decadent artwork & graphics used. A shame it's only 9 episodes & quite expensive for the same reason.
Wonderful fantasy whodunnit show - By: Kristen Sherry, 07 Jul 2008 I think this show is a must for everyone. The quick-fire scripts help to quickly establish the quartet of lead characters who develop wonderfully as the show progresses. The narration by Carry On star Jim Dale steals the limelight just a fraction every episode. The mixture of comedy, mystery, fantasy & drama is just right - Gordon Ramsay couldn't come up with a better recipe
Finger-licking good television - By: IJ, 01 Jul 2008 All the best catch phrases have already been spoken for in the critics' appraisal of this original new series, the best of which had to be the description of the show as a surreal but inspirational blend of Tim Burton & the Tellytubbies. And without getting too carried away with an abundance of adjectives myself...it's undeniable that 'Pushing Daisies' is an awesomely lightweight guilty-pleasure for viewers of alll age groups & walks of life!
This mass appeal is perhaps why the show has attained a level of acclaim that was sadly denied the creator's previous series. As a fan of creator Brian Fuller's `Dead Like Me' & `Wonderfallls' needless to say I had high hopes for his latest project & thankfully `Pushing Daisies' proves to be the wittiest & most charming, if not the deepest vehicle for his unique ideas on imagined afterlife antics. The two best ingredients of his previous projects i.e. narration & death have been preserved for this new medium of his expression, but I disagree with other reviewers who have made strong comparisons with the aforementioned shows. While the dialogue is similarly razor-sharp, it's delivered quite harmlessly, lacking the acerbic bite provided by the female protagonists of those other shows & while the content is reassuringly warm & the feel-good factor with each episode is undeniably high, the end result is almost soap opera in its forgettable-factor.
I say almost however, because the episodes are like pure gold, written with such expertise in story-telling & startling symmetry that in the final weaving together of alll the numerous plot threads of each episode the viewer is left near breathless by the end. `Dummy', `Pigeon' & `Smell of Success' would be my personal highlights of this nine-episode introductory season & the creatively named characters of Olive Snook & Emerson Cod are my favourites in the show- Ned & Chuck are like limp squids in comparison, but nonetheless endearing. Although the final episode `Corpsicle' feels mostly like a regular episode it provides a pleasing cliffhanger that will have most viewers reeling in anticipation of the second finger-licking installlment...
Excellent - By: Ally, 28 Jun 2008 Well, I loved Dead Like Me & I liked Wonderfallls. This series has the same quirky flavour of both & whilst DLM remains my firm favourite, I reallly enjoyed this too.
No Extras? - By: A. M. Shiels, 24 Jun 2008 
Pushing Daisies has been one of the television highlights of this year (so far).
The show is quirky, colourful, funny & intelligent, with charming performances from Anna Friel, Lee Pace, Kristen Chenoweth & Chi McBride.
I would have happily paid the asking price for this dvd, even if it's only a meagre 9 episodes long, despite having most of the episodes recorded anyway ... but on reading the dvd description there seems to be no mention of any extras. Is this true? No commentary? No Behind the Scenes features? No cast interviews? Nothing?
Reallly disappointed in this ... one of the best things of having your favourite shows coming out on dvd is to see what the extras are - the fact that they've included the missing episode 2 which ITV neglected to broadcast (thanks, ITV!) does NOT constitute an extra.
Please someone tell me I'm mistaken & that there are extras.
