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The big-screen version of the hugely popular 1970s television sitcom takes an original angle: instead of simply re-creating the old series, the film spoofs it by presenting the merged family as blithely unaware that fashions and customs have changed in the '90s. Shelley Long and Gary Cole are hilarious as the ultra-square yet libidinous Mr. and Mrs. Brady, Christopher Daniel Barnes is an ideal Greg, and Christine Taylor seems practically cloned from the original Marcia. But director Betty Thomas (Private Parts) shifts the emphasis away from comparisons between old and new Bradys and concentrates on quasi-surreal parodies and set pieces featuring the Brady kids doing their spirited, singing thing for a disbelieving public. Smart, sharp, and happy to share its conspiratorial mood with an appreciative audience, The Brady Bunch Movie is a kick.
A Very Brady Sequel
This second ironic send-up of the old Sherwood Schwartz sitcom is even funnier than The Brady Bunch Movie. Shelley Long and Gary Cole return as the married heads of the merged family known as the Bradys, and Christopher Daniel Barnes and Christine Taylor reprise their roles as eldest stepsiblings Greg and Marcia. As with the first film, the clever premise finds the Brady clan caught in a kind of '70s time warp, while the rest of the world has moved well into the '90s. Greg is still looking for a "groovy girlfriend," Mr. Brady thinks the idea of a cable that sends 50 channels to one's TV set must be a joke, and Mrs. Brady spends hours at the beauty shop only to look exactly the same as she went in. There's a plot involving an imposter (Tim Matheson) who claims to be Carol's long-lost husband, but the real charge in this comedy comes from the way these pseudohip characters deal with sexual taboos (is there any real reason that Greg and Marcia shouldn't get it on?) and the incredulous reactions of other people. --Tom Keogh
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Betty Thomas, Arlene Sanford |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 17 February, 1995 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies & Family Ent., Comedy Video, Feature Film-comedy, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 097360563511 |
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Customer Reviews of The Brady Bunch Movie / A Very Brady Sequel
Ohh Marcia, you are hot. A very funny film but what a tragic ending. Mike Brady dies of Aids, Carol on a donkey at the Grand Canyon, slips and plummets to her death. Alice and Sam the butcher die in a horrible meat grinding accident. Greg makes it the the big leagues and is hit in the head with a 100 mile per hour fastball and killed. Peter blows up after eating too much porkchops and apple sauce. Marcia becomes Playmate of the year only to be shot by Jan and then turns the gun on herself. Cindy, portraying Shirley Temple on Broadway, falls off the stage and snaps her neck. Bobby is in rehab with fellow actor Danny Bonaduchi, they become lovers. The dog is run over by a tripped out van with three stoners aboard. All in all, good stuff.
A Dumb TV shows makes an even worse movie....
The camp and the patheic jokes of the TV show found their way to the big screen in these two very stupid movies. Try this, when they live at home, it's a like a time wrap back to 1972, when they go out, it;s the 1990's, needless to say when they get mugged, the muggers think that the kids are distrubed and run away....Thankfully audiences ran away from the 1995 sequal, and we will not be forced to watch a thrid.
30 years later... Still poking fun at Mike & Carol
Shelley Long (as Carol), Gary Cole (as Mike) and Christine Taylor (as Marsha) were born to play these roles. The rest of the cast is great too (no-name Jan, Jennifer Cox, has some great lines and confused looks). Gary Cole nailed all of Mike Brady's mannerisms, voice inflections, and all around character to a flipping tee. Shelley Long was a great choice and she played the part of ever upbeat and quirky Carol beautifully. I couldn't have chosen two better actors to play Mike & Carol - these two performers knew their charactors like the back of their hands. For those of us who grew up in the late 1960's and 70's when the Brady's were on prime time TV - these movies are a great flashback. The Brady's are still stuck in their 70's time warp with all of America changing (1990's style) around them. The house interior and backyard scenes were just as I remembered them. While each of these movies are not deep or valuable as far as the material goes... the entertainment value in my book is still high. These 2 movies were just plain fun to watch and I found myself laughing out loud many times. The "Sequel" is equally good and just as funny. Cameos by most of the original cast and a few other stars including Michael McKean (Lavern & Shirley's "Lenny") and Davey Jones and The Monkees. DVD extras are minimal, but worth it on the low price alone.