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Brady Bunch Movie

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Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:22

Rotten:15

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: Though lightweight and silly, The Brady Bunch Movie still charms as homage to the 70s sitcom.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The popular 70s TV show makes a graceful transition to the big screen in this light-hearted feature that's part parody and part homage. The plot here (about a ruthless land developer who wants to... The popular 70s TV show makes a graceful transition to the big screen in this light-hearted feature that's part parody and part homage. The plot here (about a ruthless land developer who wants to buy the Brady home) is secondary to the playful juxtaposition of the Brady's era with our own. The film dotes on the peculiarities of 70s fashion and lingo with an almost religious fervor. The kids seem as lost in their wide-collared, pastel shirts as they do in their anachronistic moral universe. Marcia, for instance, is oblivious to the come-ons from a lesbian friend and she haughtily informs a date that she doesn't go to "third base." Several members of the original cast make cameo appearances. [More]

Starring: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Michael McKean, Florence Henderson

Starring: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Michael McKean, Florence Henderson, Barry Williams, Ann B. Davis, Christopher Knight, Davy Jones, Jean Smart, Henriette Mantel, Christine Taylor, Jennifer Elise Cox, Olivia Hack, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Paul Sutera, Jesse Lee

Director: Betty Thomas

Director: Betty Thomas
Producer: Alan Ladd

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Reviews for Brady Bunch Movie

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[Director Thomas] drawn hilariously synthetic performances from a shrewdly cloned cast.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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While the young actors are all fine at spoofery, we get the impression that only Long, McKean and Cole really understand the joke.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/20/08
Channel 4 Film
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This is enormous fun, one of the best TV adaptations to date, and guaranteed to provoke a nostalgic misty eye and mischevious grin in anybody who's ever owned a crimplene tank top.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/20/08
Caroline Westbrook
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
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The film establishes a bland, reassuring, comforting Brady reality - a certain muted tone that works just fine but needs, I think, a bleaker contrast from outside to fully exploit the humor.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 3 Comments
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A funny, savvy, camp yet family-friendly look at the Generation-X TV icons.

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05/20/08
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Apparently someone else besides yours truly was watching the eighties sitcom "Day by Day".

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
06/09/03
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

John Waterish amalgamation that both pricks and honors the ideal American family

Full Review Source: PopcornQ | comment Comment
04/20/01
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
PopcornQ

The Brady Bunch Movie is just another weak attempt to hit our nostalgia buttons.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

One of the first of the 1970s TV series to get the big-screen treatment, The Brady Bunch Movie remains virtually the only successful film from that genre.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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05/09/03
Cory Cheney
Cory Cheney
Urban Tulsa Weekly

No review available.

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01/14/03
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Broomfield Enterprise

Wonder of wonders, Thomas and her colleagues have turned this mother lode of 1970s kitsch into a pretty tasty little comedy.

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01/01/00
David Lyman
David Lyman
Film.com

A gentle, passable spoof.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

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06/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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09/01/03
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

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01/24/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

The problem with The Brady Bunch is that, satirical or serious, ninety minutes is too much.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

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11/08/02
James Hill
James Hill
BET.com

The actors try hard, but the screenplay isn't solid enough to keep any of them consistently clever.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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10/17/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
 
 
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