A Moody Christmas

I rewatched this over Christmas after watching it about 10 years ago. It's still so funny, excellent characters, and a great story that holds up over time.

I am writing a review from my phone so I am going to make this short. There is no US comedy, in 2013, that can compare to this one. I realize it was done in 2012...but i watched it this year. The Mindy project may be the one show that comes close to providing similar entertainment. I hope they make more episodes for this Christmas season. It is a shame there were only 6 episodes. The Aussie family encounters typical and atypical family matters over 6 different Christmasses. The situations they are in, the wit the characters possess...fantastic. The writers did a brilliant job. Again, I'm just disappointed that they didn't continue with this gem.

Every year Dan Moody returns home to Australia for Christmas and we're given a glimpse into the year that was for the Moodys. It's a brilliant, layered comedy told in an original way with a fantastic cast.

The show not only holds up when re-watching episodes, but the true genius of the writing is revealed as early episodes set up payoffs that come much later. It's a pity there are only six episodes, but the story continues with The Moodys.

I truly hope they'll do another series, but either way, A Moody Christmas is going to be a staple of my holiday viewing.

I write this now only because I just finished choking down the US adaptation, which I knew would not be great, just not as horrific as it actually was when compared to the original.

We found this on HULU in 2013, then bought the AUS dvd's and a multi region player when it left HULU. It is my families go to classic. It is not Christmas without A MOODY Christmas.

The character and story development does in 6 episodes what most series can't do in 6 seasons. Please do yourself a favor and watch this anyway you can, especially if you found any worth in the recent US version.

The first time I tried watching this, I got about two thirds into the first episode and turned it off thinking it was garbage.

Fast forward approximately two years and my wife convinces me to give it another go.

After viewing the first ten minutes of the opening episode I honestly cannot remember or understand what I had against it the first time. The stories are well written, the characters are all people I can relate to, the acing is spot on, and the jokes are funny..

The situations are all completely off the wall and absurd, and yet are completely believable that such situations could actually happen in the real world.

The only two things I could suggest to improve upon it is I wish they had put more effort into changing the hairstyles and clothes to help differentiate the years, and as another reviewer already said, possibly made the episodes an hour each so they could flesh out the characters a bit more.