Just so you know, the record producer the turns Greg down is the actual Greg from the sitcom, and also the teacher who stops the kids picking on Peter during school lunch is the original Peter from the sitcom. Also, if you were a fan who had watch most of the episodes / reruns of the Sitcom. This movie becomes even more funny, because classic episode plot lines and character tropes were incorporated into the movie script very creatively and well executed.
I always liked this movie. Personally, I interpreted it as the writer's making fun of the show and paying homage to it at the same time. It was well done.
I was an original Brady Bunch fan. My kids and I fell in love with this movie and spent many hours watching and re-watching this movie! The parts of Jan you highlighted are our favorites, also, In fact, Jan's face (where Marcia says she doesn't have any friends) was actually my daughters phone screen for awhile! The writers wove so many of the original Brady stories into this movie...I thought it was brilliant, and I still do. Thank you for taking the time to review this iconic movie!
It's quite literally one of the funniest movie's I've ever seen. Pure genius plucking the family exactly as-is from the 70s into the very rude, crude, and edgy 90s. The in-jokes and respect to the series is top notch and just ends up actually creating hilarious situations. Also, not that it's totally required but you owe it to yourself to be familar with the orignal series or a lot of the intricacies and details in this movie will totally fly over your head.
That comment from her made me feel like I was 100 years old. My generation ONLY knows Michael as a physical comedian. Then when we see him in roles like Chuck, it's a reminder of what a gifted actor he is.
There was a seismic shift in fashion, culture, and style in the 20 years between the TV show and the movie, yet 30 years after the movie not much has changed except for cars and phones. And Sears. Poor Sears.
Well said. The huge shift in culture between 1974 and 1994 was something the movie played up again and again, to hilarious effect. You wouldn't be able to do that with a culture clash between 2004 and 2024: the tech has changed, but fashion and culture isn't vastly different. Also: I mourn the loss of Sears, and am sad that they became so irrelevant. When my local Sears closed, one of the last things they took out of the stores were those dated cash registers from the 1990s... the same ones they must have been using when The Brady Bunch Movie came out.
Michael McKean is probably best remembered who played Lenny on _Laverne & Shirley_ opposite of the late David Lander who played Squiggy, which in itself was a spin-off of _Happy Days_
As much as I loved The Brady Bunch Movie, it is A Very Brady Sequel that holds a special place in my heart! This and Can’t Hardy Wait are peak Deborah Kaplan / Harry Elfont work.
Excellent review! I watched this at the theatre back in 1995. I was 14 and I absolutely loved the lesbian story-arc. As a gay teen I was rooting for Noreen and I loved that the director gave her a happy ending. This was definitely a milestone in gay and lesbian cinema. :)
Of the 3 Brady movies I still think the funniest scene is in the first sequel when Roy says to Marcia "you've gotten so gorgeous," followed by "and Jan . . . isn't Marcia gorgeous?" Cruel, but hilarious.
This movie is one of my favorites. I enjoyed the sequel as well. Great lines and great casting! If you close your eyes and listen to Gary Cole he sounds just like Robert Reed!
@melissaisloud7404 Actually the Brady Bunch movie was a prequel to a 1989 episode of Day By Day with actor Christopher Daniel Barnes in a Brady Bunch dream sequence which included most of the original Brady Bunch cast reprising their roles LOL! Ross Harper as Chuck Brady the 7th Brady sibling LOL! Christopher Daniel Barnes would finally become Greg Brady in the Brady Bunch movie and it's sequel. A third film was made but only Shelley Long and Gary Cole reprised there roles in the Brady Bunch At The White House. Everyone else was recast! 🤗🤔📺👍
Something you wouldn't know if you aren't familiar with the original series (which I grew up with, and have seen in its entirety multiple times) is that the characteristics/actions of the Brady kids in this movie often reflect plotlines from specific episodes, rather than being traits that the kids maintained throughout the series. For example, there is one episode where Bobby was named a hall monitor in school and became unpopular for reporting his peers. Being a narc wasn't a trait he displayed outside of that episode, though. Peter's voice changed in one of the episodes involving the Brady kids being a singing group (there are a couple), with the drama being that he felt like he couldn't participate any longer because of the puberty-related changes. The movie ran with that, even though I don't think Peter's cracking voice was heard outside of that sole episode. In terms of plot points or side details, many of them were recycled. There was an early episode where Cindy lost her Kitty Carry-All doll (stolen by Tiger, it turned out), and blamed Bobby for it. The Marcia/Jan conflict appeared in multiple episodes (though not the majority by any means), which occasionally focused on Jan's difficulty finding her own identity. Jan did once don a black wig (though not a gigantic Afro wig) in a silly and short-lived attempt to change her image. There was an episode where Marcia got whacked in the nose with an errant football pass from Peter, shortly after using "something suddenly came up" to excuse herself from a date so that she could go out with a more popular boy she liked better (who, upon seeing her nose, used the same excuse on her). There was absolutely an episode where Jan made up a boyfriend named George Glass because she was chafing at her older sister's greater popularity, and of course, a moment where Jan uttered the immortal "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia," after the teachers at school kept comparing her to her older, socially successful sister. And Mom always told the boys, "Don't play ball in the house," which kept being repeated in Peter's dream after he accidentally tossed a basketball out the boys' bedroom door, which bounced down the stairs and broke Mom's favorite vase. (I recall a reference to that scene being in one of the two movies.) When i first saw this movie, I loved it and thought it was a unique way of parodying the original show, but I also got all of the references and knew the songs (Sunshine Day!) from the series, which made it fun. (There wasn't much in the way of meta moviemaking back in 1995.) It's interesting to think about someone stumbling on this movie without knowing any of the references, and still loving it.
The Brady clothes 1969 to the 70s were so OBVIOUSLY Sears clothes. Tuffskin jeans, those smock dresses, and the parent's polyester lesiure clothes after 1970. Sears and to a lesser extent Pennys were a style unto themselves. A 50s 70s fusion. Going to Sears was the center point of the movie...along with the voices Jan heard.
I grew up watching Brady Bunch reruns and I liked the movie a lot when it came out. I recently rewatched the movie and it holds up. Such great '90s satire, too!
This movie & the sequel is the absolute best. I did not think this was the show due to my aunt telling me about the show vs the movie. Thanks for doing this.
Haha Michael McKean in This is Spinal Tap is one of the greatest goat comedy performances of all time. Also he was terrifying as a clown in that one episode of Star Trek Voyager
This is super funny to hear the perspective of a millenial/GenZ regarding a show I grew up with! I can't imagine watching the movie first and then the TV show. Would definitely be a let down. I absolutely LOVED both of the 90's movies - the casting and direction were perfection. Thanks for sharing your experience. And also - OMG I was today years old when I realized Mrs. Dittmeyer is DEBORAH VANCE!!!!
When I was a kid in the 90s they used to show The Brady Bunch all the time on Nick at Nite and TV Land, but I didn't fully understand the passage of time, apparently, so I thought it was a current show until my dad asked me what I was watching and then said "oh, I loved the Brady Bunch when I was your age!" I think that's when I learned what syndication was. 😂
Gurl your review is cute and it’s fun to see this film through the eyes of someone who doesn’t know anything about the TV show. The unfortunate part is things you’re confused by or just toss aside are really amazing “in” jokes and nods to classic episodes. For example the reason Peter’s voice keeps cracking is in one of the most famous episode the Brady kids form a singing group called The Silver Platters (they’re trying to win money to buy a silvervplatter for their parents anniversary) and just before they’re set to go on TV for the contest Peter’s voice starts breaking and OH NO! What are we gonna do if he can’t sing? !! This is also why Greg wants to be a rock sta r. Also the actor who plays the next door neighbor dad that you point out we might know from Better Call Saul, if you watched TV back in that time you’d know he’s much more famous as half the duo of Lenny & Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley. The actress playing his wife played Charlene on Designing Women. The movie is great on its own but when you “get” the hundreds of inside jokes and nods it’s spectacular!
I loved your review - you did such a great job of hitting all the important points - I'm old enough to remember when the show was on originally, and even back then it was old-fashioned and unreal, more like the sitcoms of the 50s - but the cast was so darn likeable - and don't feel bad if you missed some in-jokes, I grew up with it and I missed some too - I hope you do more reviews like this - you're quite good - btw, one more thing I noticed - the actress who play Cindy later went on to play Rory Gilmore's roommate at Yale who was only like 15 - she was fun in that too - and finally, I loved the line about shopping at Sears - I always thought it was just that I was boring - now I can blame it on leaded gasoline - brilliant! - thanks for this!
Such an enjoyable movie that's both a parody and loving homage to the classic sitcom and never in a malicious or mean-spirited way unlike certain spoof movies tend to.
My generation grew up on The Brady Bunch TV sitcom (which I couldn't stand) so when I saw The Brady Bunch Movie I was satisfied and thoroughly amused. I love this clever, irreverent version of the series. I recommend this to anyone.
When Mike Brady is giving his speech to the neighbours at the end of the movie there is a gay couple in the group. The two men in purple and blue, standing behind Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince. I love this movie. I had seen all the original Brady Bunch episodes from when they had reruns on TV. If you have seen the original, it will make the movie funnier to you.
Having grown up with the original series in syndication, I saw this in the theater probably a dozen times and definitely got it on VHS. I haven't seen it since VHS went obsolete, but I still remember it fondly
oh if you wanna see another fun movie with Michael McKean in it, have you seen Clue? It's also got Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Khan, Tim Curry and Martin Mull who sadly passed away a few weeks ago.
I love that they took a family from the 1970s and just stuck them in the 90s with absolutely no explanation. And the family seems oblivious that they're 2 decades behind everyone. Like why in the hell would a teenager in 1995 give a shit about Davy Jones? And why can't Mike Brady understand that his 1970s house is not in style anymore?
I never knew the movie existed I always thought there was just the old classic from 1969 to 1970 my parents loved it during their childhood as well and it was my grandparents childhood when it came out. I've seen a couple episodes here and there because of my parents and grandparents. However I didn't know they tried to bring it back in a 1990s movie.
I Remember The 1995 The Brady Bunch, because I was 13 years old when The Movie Came Out, And My Parents Remember The First Brady Bunch Show, because I Was Not Around On This Earth 🌍 In 1969 At All.
I forgot that Mr. Brady was played by Gary Cole who also played Bill Lumberg from Office Space and the captain from Babylon 5 Crusade. Also he played the cop in the 1988 series Something is Out There.
The '90s were a time for '60s and '70s revival movies, we had Coneheads and Beverly Hillbillies in 93, then the Brady Bunch movie, all comedies about people being a fish out of water in modern times, which very likely inspired Mike Myers to make Austin Powers a few years later
Okay, you now have to watch the original Brady Bunch TV series from start to finish all five seasons and then you will be able to really appreciate all the references to all the different episodes from the series in this movie! I grew up with the TV series in the 70's and I LOVE all things Brady! After you watch the 70's TV series check out "A Very Brady Christmas" TV movie from 1988!
In Israel, they don’t know the TV show but they heard of the American “cultural phenomenon” called the Brady Bunch. When the movie played there in the theatres, most people who saw it said they “didn’t get it”. I myself, grew up in the US during the 70’s and 80’s so I was very familiar with the show and sang the theme song on long bus trips ect. I tried to explain to my Israeli friends about how the theme song lures in a young child with a catchy tune and an interesting story “about a man named Brady” and how I watched it because I thought it would explain where babies come from… and the show explained nothing about that… they were even more confused.
I worked in video rental in the late 1990's and early 2000's. This movie, and its sequel, were always favourites to play on the in-store video system. So campy, so much fun and so very, very quotable. I think the first film must have been a moderate hit here in Australia, because one of the local networks (Channel 10) had a failing prime time drama series called Echo Point, which was canned at the end of 1995 and replaced by reruns of the original Brady Bunch TV series in early 1996, which actually faired better in the ratings than Echo Point ever did.
Interesting that it works for someone who hadn't seen the original. I appreciated the satire, and some of the uncanny aspects. Now, it looks like a throwback to both the 90s and the 70s.
If you think this movie shows Alanna Ubach's (a.k.a. Noreen) range, check out Freeway (1996). It's a weird and clever take on Little Red Riding Hood, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland.
I thought it was hilarious because the movie was in the 90s world and while in the family is in the 70s mode, the way this movie acted was hilarious, for example the Brady girls don't know Guess Jeans is a brand! And they don't know what Grunge and hip hop is. I find these movies enjoyable!
I loved your review but you did not see the original show you missed a lot of the references and there were many. Too many for me to list. I will tell you one reference you missed about Ann B Davis, the trucker she played was named Schultzy and that was the name of her character on The Bob Cummings show in the early '60s. Also, Michael Mckean played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley in the '70s; yes, he can do comedy. He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live. Thank you again for the review and the memories of a favorite television show. I watched it on its original run and The Patridge Family was on right after. That was the first TGIF Friday lineup for ABC before it was even a thing.
How can you not realize that the reason it is not "tighter" is because this film's main audience grew up on the Brady's? This should have included you. Everything in the film references the television show in some way. I don't know any kid born before 2005 who did not watch the Brady Bunch as a child. It was always on in reruns.
Wow, I've never heard from someone who saw "The Brady Bunch Movie" but never watched the TV show. I was born 8 years after "The Brady Bunch" was canceled, but I watched the show in reruns for years before the movie came out, so I and presumably everyone else around knew of its basis. I guess there is a whole other generation who will probably be in the same boat as you.
You can't be a true fan of the movie without knowing the t.v. show. Not only did you miss 100 percent of the references, I guarantee you missed about 99 percent of the jokes.
I'm just about 44 years old, and I desperately wanted to see this movie at the time because I HATED the Brady Bunch. I came away from the movie with a new appreciation for it, though I still prefer the two theatrical films that came out in the 90s. The sequel even has a reference to the awful Brady Kids cartoon.
@bulbasaurcowboy Well you see that was part of the joke LOL! If you pay attention to the first movie notice how close they try to duplicate the exact music and setting of the tv series in the opening credits! Also note the difference in contrast aka lighting between the Brady scenes and the scenes in the real world outside the Brady household. This wasn't as noticible in the second film. Plus some of the original cast make cameos in the movie!
I didn’t like this movie at all. It sexualized a series that was good precisely because it was innocent. It alienated its core audience by mocking the show. I can’t believe anyone would think this trash was the original show. You really should have watched the original series before watching the movie.
You really need to do some research before you review a movie. There were some hard hitting actors/comedians in this film. You really have no clue what they are known for. To think this was the original and not a parody shows your lack of insight.
As a kid I never watched the Brady Bunch series, only the movies. So I thought it was as whimsical as the movies and then I realised the movies were parodies
Just so you know, the record producer the turns Greg down is the actual Greg from the sitcom, and also the teacher who stops the kids picking on Peter during school lunch is the original Peter from the sitcom.
Also, if you were a fan who had watch most of the episodes / reruns of the Sitcom. This movie becomes even more funny, because classic episode plot lines and character tropes were incorporated into the movie script very creatively and well executed.
You wrote almost exactly what I was thinking.
Clowns never laughed before… and beanstalks never grew…
Clowns....beanstalks...what the hell is this?
Don't forget Alice was the truck driver and Carol was the Grandma
@@TheRobobuck Jan......cut the crap!
I always liked this movie. Personally, I interpreted it as the writer's making fun of the show and paying homage to it at the same time. It was well done.
I was an original Brady Bunch fan. My kids and I fell in love with this movie and spent many hours watching and re-watching this movie! The parts of Jan you highlighted are our favorites, also, In fact, Jan's face (where Marcia says she doesn't have any friends) was actually my daughters phone screen for awhile! The writers wove so many of the original Brady stories into this movie...I thought it was brilliant, and I still do. Thank you for taking the time to review this iconic movie!
I just love that Greg is the actor who was Peter Parker/Spider-Man from the 90s animated series
Now all I can hear in my head is Spiderman saying "hey there groovy chick"
It's quite literally one of the funniest movie's I've ever seen. Pure genius plucking the family exactly as-is from the 70s into the very rude, crude, and edgy 90s.
The in-jokes and respect to the series is top notch and just ends up actually creating hilarious situations.
Also, not that it's totally required but you owe it to yourself to be familar with the orignal series or a lot of the intricacies and details in this movie will totally fly over your head.
I saw the Brady Bunch movie -- in a theatre, remember those? -- 29 years ago! Great art never dies!
I found it funny you thought the parody movie was the sitcom . It’s just like when you find out a song you like is a cover .
Micheal McKeon -- a physical comedian? Well, he spent almost eight years on Laverne & Shirley 😂
That comment from her made me feel like I was 100 years old. My generation ONLY knows Michael as a physical comedian. Then when we see him in roles like Chuck, it's a reminder of what a gifted actor he is.
And we can't forget Micheal McKeon in that hilarious comedy rock mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap"!
“The Brady Bunch Movie is forgotten!!”
“Sure, Jan.”
There was a seismic shift in fashion, culture, and style in the 20 years between the TV show and the movie, yet 30 years after the movie not much has changed except for cars and phones. And Sears. Poor Sears.
Feel like that mostly happened in the early-mid 80s when more formal dress completely gave out to comfortable.
Well said. The huge shift in culture between 1974 and 1994 was something the movie played up again and again, to hilarious effect. You wouldn't be able to do that with a culture clash between 2004 and 2024: the tech has changed, but fashion and culture isn't vastly different.
Also: I mourn the loss of Sears, and am sad that they became so irrelevant. When my local Sears closed, one of the last things they took out of the stores were those dated cash registers from the 1990s... the same ones they must have been using when The Brady Bunch Movie came out.
@@TheRetroGuy2000 Sears, Bradleys, Woolworths, Toys R Us, Caldors, Sam Goody, New Mark And Lewis. Tower Records. Blockbuster Video. 🤔😢🏪🛒
Jan's inner voices drove the movie. If you had done any research (like watch the actual series), the voices would be your favorite thing about it.
Michael McKean is probably best remembered who played Lenny on _Laverne & Shirley_ opposite of the late David Lander who played Squiggy, which in itself was a spin-off of _Happy Days_
This is Spinal Tap is another movie with Michael Mckean. Highly recommended if you love satire and rock’n roll
When I remember Michael it's from my youth and films like CLUE, D.A.R.Y.L, and Short Circuit 2.
As much as I loved The Brady Bunch Movie, it is A Very Brady Sequel that holds a special place in my heart! This and Can’t Hardy Wait are peak Deborah Kaplan / Harry Elfont work.
Excellent review! I watched this at the theatre back in 1995. I was 14 and I absolutely loved the lesbian story-arc. As a gay teen I was rooting for Noreen and I loved that the director gave her a happy ending. This was definitely a milestone in gay and lesbian cinema. :)
Same! I was 14, saw it in the theater! I was such a big fan of the original. 🤓
Of the 3 Brady movies I still think the funniest scene is in the first sequel when Roy says to Marcia "you've gotten so gorgeous," followed by "and Jan . . . isn't Marcia gorgeous?" Cruel, but hilarious.
I love this movie.
This movie is one of my favorites. I enjoyed the sequel as well. Great lines and great casting! If you close your eyes and listen to Gary Cole he sounds just like Robert Reed!
7th Heaven was the Brady Bunch of the 90s
They should spoof that next
Now for the sequel!
@melissaisloud7404 Actually the Brady Bunch movie was a prequel to a 1989 episode of Day By Day with actor Christopher Daniel Barnes in a Brady Bunch dream sequence which included most of the original Brady Bunch cast reprising their roles LOL! Ross Harper as Chuck Brady the 7th Brady sibling LOL! Christopher Daniel Barnes would finally become Greg Brady in the Brady Bunch movie and it's sequel. A third film was made but only Shelley Long and Gary Cole reprised there roles in the Brady Bunch At The White House. Everyone else was recast! 🤗🤔📺👍
2:25 - nah. Gary Cole will always be Lumberg from “Office Space.”
Yeaaaahhhhhh… that would be GREAAAAAAT!! 🤣
For me, Lumberg will always be Mike Brady from "The Brady Bunch," as I saw it first and loved it
Something you wouldn't know if you aren't familiar with the original series (which I grew up with, and have seen in its entirety multiple times) is that the characteristics/actions of the Brady kids in this movie often reflect plotlines from specific episodes, rather than being traits that the kids maintained throughout the series. For example, there is one episode where Bobby was named a hall monitor in school and became unpopular for reporting his peers. Being a narc wasn't a trait he displayed outside of that episode, though. Peter's voice changed in one of the episodes involving the Brady kids being a singing group (there are a couple), with the drama being that he felt like he couldn't participate any longer because of the puberty-related changes. The movie ran with that, even though I don't think Peter's cracking voice was heard outside of that sole episode.
In terms of plot points or side details, many of them were recycled. There was an early episode where Cindy lost her Kitty Carry-All doll (stolen by Tiger, it turned out), and blamed Bobby for it. The Marcia/Jan conflict appeared in multiple episodes (though not the majority by any means), which occasionally focused on Jan's difficulty finding her own identity. Jan did once don a black wig (though not a gigantic Afro wig) in a silly and short-lived attempt to change her image. There was an episode where Marcia got whacked in the nose with an errant football pass from Peter, shortly after using "something suddenly came up" to excuse herself from a date so that she could go out with a more popular boy she liked better (who, upon seeing her nose, used the same excuse on her). There was absolutely an episode where Jan made up a boyfriend named George Glass because she was chafing at her older sister's greater popularity, and of course, a moment where Jan uttered the immortal "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia," after the teachers at school kept comparing her to her older, socially successful sister. And Mom always told the boys, "Don't play ball in the house," which kept being repeated in Peter's dream after he accidentally tossed a basketball out the boys' bedroom door, which bounced down the stairs and broke Mom's favorite vase. (I recall a reference to that scene being in one of the two movies.)
When i first saw this movie, I loved it and thought it was a unique way of parodying the original show, but I also got all of the references and knew the songs (Sunshine Day!) from the series, which made it fun. (There wasn't much in the way of meta moviemaking back in 1995.) It's interesting to think about someone stumbling on this movie without knowing any of the references, and still loving it.
The Brady clothes 1969 to the 70s were so OBVIOUSLY Sears clothes. Tuffskin jeans, those smock dresses, and the parent's polyester lesiure clothes after 1970. Sears and to a lesser extent Pennys were a style unto themselves. A 50s 70s fusion.
Going to Sears was the center point of the movie...along with the voices Jan heard.
I grew up watching Brady Bunch reruns and I liked the movie a lot when it came out. I recently rewatched the movie and it holds up. Such great '90s satire, too!
This movie & the sequel is the absolute best. I did not think this was the show due to my aunt telling me about the show vs the movie. Thanks for doing this.
Haha Michael McKean in This is Spinal Tap is one of the greatest goat comedy performances of all time. Also he was terrifying as a clown in that one episode of Star Trek Voyager
This is super funny to hear the perspective of a millenial/GenZ regarding a show I grew up with! I can't imagine watching the movie first and then the TV show. Would definitely be a let down. I absolutely LOVED both of the 90's movies - the casting and direction were perfection. Thanks for sharing your experience. And also - OMG I was today years old when I realized Mrs. Dittmeyer is DEBORAH VANCE!!!!
When I was a kid in the 90s they used to show The Brady Bunch all the time on Nick at Nite and TV Land, but I didn't fully understand the passage of time, apparently, so I thought it was a current show until my dad asked me what I was watching and then said "oh, I loved the Brady Bunch when I was your age!" I think that's when I learned what syndication was. 😂
Gurl your review is cute and it’s fun to see this film through the eyes of someone who doesn’t know anything about the TV show. The unfortunate part is things you’re confused by or just toss aside are really amazing “in” jokes and nods to classic episodes.
For example the reason Peter’s voice keeps cracking is in one of the most famous episode the Brady kids form a singing group called The Silver Platters (they’re trying to win money to buy a silvervplatter for their parents anniversary) and just before they’re set to go on TV for the contest Peter’s voice starts breaking and OH NO! What are we gonna do if he can’t sing? !! This is also why Greg wants to be a rock sta r.
Also the actor who plays the next door neighbor dad that you point out we might know from Better Call Saul, if you watched TV back in that time you’d know he’s much more famous as half the duo of Lenny & Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley. The actress playing his wife played Charlene on Designing Women. The movie is great on its own but when you “get” the hundreds of inside jokes and nods it’s spectacular!
I did not realize that the actor who played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley was crabby neighbor.
I loved your review - you did such a great job of hitting all the important points - I'm old enough to remember when the show was on originally, and even back then it was old-fashioned and unreal, more like the sitcoms of the 50s - but the cast was so darn likeable - and don't feel bad if you missed some in-jokes, I grew up with it and I missed some too - I hope you do more reviews like this - you're quite good - btw, one more thing I noticed - the actress who play Cindy later went on to play Rory Gilmore's roommate at Yale who was only like 15 - she was fun in that too - and finally, I loved the line about shopping at Sears - I always thought it was just that I was boring - now I can blame it on leaded gasoline - brilliant! - thanks for this!
Such an enjoyable movie that's both a parody and loving homage to the classic sitcom and never in a malicious or mean-spirited way unlike certain spoof movies tend to.
I could not agree more!
My generation grew up on The Brady Bunch TV sitcom (which I couldn't stand) so when I saw The Brady Bunch Movie I was satisfied and thoroughly amused. I love this clever, irreverent version of the series. I recommend this to anyone.
When Mike Brady is giving his speech to the neighbours at the end of the movie there is a gay couple in the group. The two men in purple and blue, standing behind Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince.
I love this movie. I had seen all the original Brady Bunch episodes from when they had reruns on TV. If you have seen the original, it will make the movie funnier to you.
Having grown up with the original series in syndication, I saw this in the theater probably a dozen times and definitely got it on VHS. I haven't seen it since VHS went obsolete, but I still remember it fondly
oh if you wanna see another fun movie with Michael McKean in it, have you seen Clue? It's also got Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Khan, Tim Curry and Martin Mull who sadly passed away a few weeks ago.
I love that they took a family from the 1970s and just stuck them in the 90s with absolutely no explanation. And the family seems oblivious that they're 2 decades behind everyone. Like why in the hell would a teenager in 1995 give a shit about Davy Jones? And why can't Mike Brady understand that his 1970s house is not in style anymore?
I never knew the movie existed I always thought there was just the old classic from 1969 to 1970 my parents loved it during their childhood as well and it was my grandparents childhood when it came out. I've seen a couple episodes here and there because of my parents and grandparents. However I didn't know they tried to bring it back in a 1990s movie.
I Remember The 1995 The Brady Bunch, because I was 13 years old when The Movie Came Out, And My Parents Remember The First Brady Bunch Show, because I Was Not Around On This Earth 🌍 In 1969 At All.
I forgot that Mr. Brady was played by Gary Cole who also played Bill Lumberg from Office Space and the captain from Babylon 5 Crusade. Also he played the cop in the 1988 series Something is Out There.
The '90s were a time for '60s and '70s revival movies, we had Coneheads and Beverly Hillbillies in 93, then the Brady Bunch movie, all comedies about people being a fish out of water in modern times, which very likely inspired Mike Myers to make Austin Powers a few years later
Okay, you now have to watch the original Brady Bunch TV series from start to finish all five seasons and then you will be able to really appreciate all the references to all the different episodes from the series in this movie! I grew up with the TV series in the 70's and I LOVE all things Brady! After you watch the 70's TV series check out "A Very Brady Christmas" TV movie from 1988!
I grew also listened to the Brady Bunch kids record growing up. That stuff is classic!
I love this movie so much. The sequel is somehow even better and much crazier!
It's a great fun comedy movie that spoof a great T.V show and I would recommend to anyone who love comedy, not certain groups.
A very Brady sequel is my fav! I wish they made a third , ima go watch it now lol please do part 2 ❤❤❤❤
They did make a third, but it had different kids and a different Alice. It was awful. I couldn't get through it.
In Israel, they don’t know the TV show but they heard of the American “cultural phenomenon” called the Brady Bunch. When the movie played there in the theatres, most people who saw it said they “didn’t get it”. I myself, grew up in the US during the 70’s and 80’s so I was very familiar with the show and sang the theme song on long bus trips ect. I tried to explain to my Israeli friends about how the theme song lures in a young child with a catchy tune and an interesting story “about a man named Brady” and how I watched it because I thought it would explain where babies come from… and the show explained nothing about that… they were even more confused.
I worked in video rental in the late 1990's and early 2000's. This movie, and its sequel, were always favourites to play on the in-store video system. So campy, so much fun and so very, very quotable. I think the first film must have been a moderate hit here in Australia, because one of the local networks (Channel 10) had a failing prime time drama series called Echo Point, which was canned at the end of 1995 and replaced by reruns of the original Brady Bunch TV series in early 1996, which actually faired better in the ratings than Echo Point ever did.
I was just rewatching this movie & the sequel a week ago! It still holds up! Hilarious!
Watch Cheers ASAP I swear you won’t regret it. Then watch its spinoff Frasier bc you just gotta ❤
Interesting that it works for someone who hadn't seen the original.
I appreciated the satire, and some of the uncanny aspects.
Now, it looks like a throwback to both the 90s and the 70s.
"I did just fall out of a coconut tree" F-ing awesome! Bitch'n!
The sequel is equally iconic 👌🏼
I thought the movie made the Bradys be more like The Munsters( like a fish out of water).
If you think this movie shows Alanna Ubach's (a.k.a. Noreen) range, check out Freeway (1996). It's a weird and clever take on Little Red Riding Hood, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland.
I thought it was hilarious because the movie was in the 90s world and while in the family is in the 70s mode, the way this movie acted was hilarious, for example the Brady girls don't know Guess Jeans is a brand! And they don't know what Grunge and hip hop is. I find these movies enjoyable!
I loved your review but you did not see the original show you missed a lot of the references and there were many. Too many for me to list. I will tell you one reference you missed about Ann B Davis, the trucker she played was named Schultzy and that was the name of her character on The Bob Cummings show in the early '60s. Also, Michael Mckean played Lenny on Laverne and Shirley in the '70s; yes, he can do comedy. He was also a regular on Saturday Night Live.
Thank you again for the review and the memories of a favorite television show. I watched it on its original run and The Patridge Family was on right after. That was the first TGIF Friday lineup for ABC before it was even a thing.
The actor playing Charlie was in 1983 A Christmas story as a kid
I was a 90’s kid who also saw the movie first and just assumed the movie vibe was what the show was like.
Me too.
Have you watched Clue because Micheal Mckean (Chuck) is very funny in it.
You could recommend this to gen x LGBTQ/+ communities, because it's what the 90s "queer community" had to go through in an excepting family dynamic
I grew up watching The Brady Bunch
How can you not realize that the reason it is not "tighter" is because this film's main audience grew up on the Brady's? This should have included you. Everything in the film references the television show in some way. I don't know any kid born before 2005 who did not watch the Brady Bunch as a child. It was always on in reruns.
I definitely watched the show as a kid, but always thought movie Marcia was TV Marcia
Did not know Noreen was Elle best friend too!
Some of the original Brady cast members were in this also!
I know Ann and Florence made cameos, but who else.
@@cocoaorange1 Barry Williams and Christopher Knight.
@@scherzva the actress who played Marcia also had a cameo, but she was off camera you just hear her voice
@@marlonclark-ky6ub I missed that, thanks
Sure Jan
Wow, I've never heard from someone who saw "The Brady Bunch Movie" but never watched the TV show. I was born 8 years after "The Brady Bunch" was canceled, but I watched the show in reruns for years before the movie came out, so I and presumably everyone else around knew of its basis. I guess there is a whole other generation who will probably be in the same boat as you.
You can't be a true fan of the movie without knowing the t.v. show. Not only did you miss 100 percent of the references, I guarantee you missed about 99 percent of the jokes.
I hope you're going to review "A Very Brady Sequel" :D
18:09 It's Eric Dittmeyer, not Doug Dittmeyer
You should check out the sequel 😊 and if you're game try the third one
15:30 Jan* runs away, not Marsha. You said Marsha runs away.
Original Greg Brady
I'm just about 44 years old, and I desperately wanted to see this movie at the time because I HATED the Brady Bunch. I came away from the movie with a new appreciation for it, though I still prefer the two theatrical films that came out in the 90s. The sequel even has a reference to the awful Brady Kids cartoon.
The only one of the kids that didnt fit for me was Cindy.
I also thought the movie was the show lol
@bulbasaurcowboy Well you see that was part of the joke LOL! If you pay attention to the first movie notice how close they try to duplicate the exact music and setting of the tv series in the opening credits! Also note the difference in contrast aka lighting between the Brady scenes and the scenes in the real world outside the Brady household. This wasn't as noticible in the second film. Plus some of the original cast make cameos in the movie!
Do the sequel! Its so much more absurd but also do your research.. you skipped over so many easter eggs from the show.
Sorry.That's just you
funny😊
Mrs. Ditmeyer was such a tramp, but she was funny!
Like the movie. Bu2the original ups show is better
Yes, I did think this was the original show back in the day. You are not alone.
I didn’t like this movie at all. It sexualized a series that was good precisely because it was innocent. It alienated its core audience by mocking the show. I can’t believe anyone would think this trash was the original show. You really should have watched the original series before watching the movie.
You really need to do some research before you review a movie. There were some hard hitting actors/comedians in this film. You really have no clue what they are known for. To think this was the original and not a parody shows your lack of insight.
As a kid I never watched the Brady Bunch series, only the movies. So I thought it was as whimsical as the movies and then I realised the movies were parodies
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