The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Betty Thomas

Writers (WGA):

Sherwood Schwartz (characters)
Laurice Elehwany (written by) ...

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They're back to save America from the '90s

Plot:

The original 70's TV family is now placed in the 1990's, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.

Plot Keywords:

House | Neighbor | Homestead | Brady Bunch | Nunchuck

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 23

1:00 PM

HBO

Cast

Shelley Long	...	Carol Brady
Gary Cole	...	Mike Brady
Christine Taylor	...	Marcia Brady
Christopher Daniel Barnes	...	Greg Brady
Jennifer Elise Cox	...	Jan Brady
Paul Sutera	...	Peter Brady
Olivia Hack	...	Cindy Brady
Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Bobby Brady (as Jesse Lee)
Henriette Mantel	...	Alice Nelson
David Graf	...	Sam Franklin
Florence Henderson	...	Grandma
Jack Noseworthy	...	Eric Dittmeyer
Megan Ward	...	Donna Leonard
Jean Smart	...	Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
Michael McKean	...	Mr. Larry Dittmeyer

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for racy innuendos.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Firmament Avenue, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Dayna Price was considered for the role of "Jan".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marsha and Doug Simpson are on the hill in the car and he tries to make out with her and she tells him she is not that type of girl, her nose is back to normal, although it was clearly squashed before that scene and all the scenes following.

Quotes:

Greg Brady: Hey there, groovy chicks. You're all hep in far out ways.

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch: Getting Davy Jones (#3.12)" (1971)

Soundtrack:

The Brady Bunch

Great self-mocking fun

The 1970's family The Brady's find themselves in the 1990's but still with the same virtues we all know. However their next door neighbour is trying to get all the land around the area acquired to build a mall. He has been hiding their mail and causing them to build up $20K in unpaid taxes. The kids set about trying to raise the money to save the family home.

Reading the reviews shows me that people just don't get this film. I think this is a great example of what should happen when you remake a cheesy TV show from all our childhood's. The whole film is one big self-mocking joke about the values of the Brady's. The plot is not really important but it is a good summing up of the daft plots they had back then, however here it is just a device for the jokes.

The joke here is that we have a slightly modern spin on the family. We see them being all cheesy and full of morals even when surrounded by the dog eat dog world of LA in the nineties, but they are still the same. I find this funny and the moral lessons etc are all delivered tongue in cheek. The best bit of self mocking is the modern expansion of the characters – this thing is full of innuendoes and nice touches – like Jan hearing voices etc

The cast are all spot on. Long and Cole talk it straight but let their looks and glances tell a different story (Long is excellent), while the kids are all very very good. I'd never seen the show till after this so I didn't see any cameos or anything but really this isn't important.

This is great – you don't need to have seen the show. It's wonderfully self mocking and very very funny. Those who criticise it for not being serious or for being a joke just are getting it at all. Great fun!