Mrs Brown's Boys kinda reminds me of "When the Whistle Blows" in Extras. "Is he aving a laugh? Are you aving a laugh?!". Except one is a satire of that comedy genre.
I couldn't really get my head around it when Mrs Brown's Boys first aired on the BBC because, as you quite rightly pointed out, it looks like a sincere version of 'When the Whistle Blows' in Extras. I asked myself "How can you air a show that openly satirises and mocks catchphrase/innuendo/wig based comedies and then air a show that is a sincere catchphrase/innuendo/wig based comedy? Stewart Lee cleared this up really when he described the BBC and it's decision making as a weathervane i.e. weather isn't "for" you nor "against" you, it just happens.
Bob LobLaw I was referring to the original French film that I saw in class once. It was honestly so boring that I almost feel asleep. I never saw Diner for Shmucks, but it probably wasn't as bad as the original film.
@@davidjames579 In which case, please cease to use any services or provisions funded - or in any way part-funded - by the state, and repay any debts you may have in terms of historical use of public health care, education, roads, etc.
I'm so glad that Mark found this totally unfunny, as it backs up the reaction of a cinema full of people who watched the trailer for it with me, (we were all waiting for Godzilla to start). Trailers are generally meant to show you the good stuff to get you to pay to see the film....If that's the case then it must be totally dire....Not one person in the Cinema laughed.....A sort of deathly miasma fell over us all. Not only that, but 'Mrs Brown' turned up again later in the adverts to plug something, and there were actually swear words being muttered around me about this horrendous character.....
You know we have programming with sign language overlaid, so that deaf people can watch too? Perhaps we could implement a similar thing for Mrs Brown programmes, but totally the opposite? Maybe we could overdub the sounds of genocide being committed, or superimpose imagery of decomposing corpses or something, just to make Mrs Brown more palatable for normal people. Just a thought.
There was no humour at all in that clip. Is that because the jokes were unfunny, or because there were no jokes in it full stop? Anyway, now we have Keith Lemon and Mrs Brown's Boys films, what we (don’t) need is a Michael McIntyre film to complete the Trilogy of No Laughs.
Someone once said in recommendation of Mrs Brown's Boys that it's very similar to Father Ted. I almost had an aneurysm at the sheer blasphemy of that statement (pun very much intended)
I don't see the appeal in Mrs Brown's boys, it's terrible, I've tried giving a chance ( twice as a matter of fact, because I'm nice like that) and I just find it painful
Steve Thomas It's just Irish accents and people saying 'feck', it's mind blowing how it has managed to reach the height of popularity it has, which isn't ridiculously large but it just confuses me that it has a fanbase at all haha
Its_only_martin I knarr. There's far more worst things out there, admittedly. I don't watch TV anyway, thank Christ. Certainly not this sort of dog toffee anyway. Something completely non-TV related I heard last night but it just made my soul shrink up like a stone cold scrotum; Kim Kardashian's new book which is nothing but selfies. It's sold out in record numbers from most stores. Yeah. I really don't need to say much more, do I?
Family guy explained this perfectly in a cutaway when it comes to British humour (it's majority British who watch the show and find it funny) A guy says something to demonstrate his new comedy material and not one person laughs, he then says the exact same thing while wearing a dress and everyone collapses laughing The epically unfunny David Walliams has also made a career out of this
Little Britain Catherine Tate Show Vicious Citizen Kahn Mrs Brown's Boys And they say British Comedy is great. I'd never make my worst enemy watch these things
I think Old Mother Riley did it better, more convincingly, much funnier, & more importantly, 80 YEARS BEFORE this tripe!! The BBC Charter says it's job is to Educate, Inform, & Entertain, & this does NONE of them!
Hats off to the people that manage to laugh at this but it's one of the worst TV show comedies I have ever seen. Watched the 2018 Christmas and New Years specials to see what all the fuss was about. Tired gags which included the F word which I might add is a word that seems younger and more funnier on its own than any of the jokes in the show and a programme that seems so full of itself that it will pause so they can have a big laugh at each other when someone gets their line wrong. Presumably it's a private joke aimed at the TV licence payers expense.
The film is not funny, unlikable, poorly acted, cheap, & the film’s one of the worst films made & that’s all I want to say. (0%) (0/5 stars) (negative)
I know that this is a dated and otherwise unrelated topic to Mr Kermode's review of an undoubtedly terrible movie, but i doubt i will get any responses due to the age of the review I'm about to talk about. I've just watched Transcendence. What Mark saw in the film I have absolutely no idea, how he was so enthusiastic about it and was critical, indifferent if I'm being optimistic, to Her baffles me. It's making Mark lose his credibility in my opinion. I'm not alone in that, I've read previous recent comment sections on Mark's reviews that have raised fairly valid criticisms. I'm a big fan of the doctor, have been for a long time. But transcendence>her COME ON
If there were no laughs, a better script was needed. It's a big jump from a 30 mins sit-com to a full-length feature. Should have hired a tried and tested comedy-feature writer. BTW I love the TV shows!
The character actually started out well when O'Carroll first wrote the books (and also the Angelica Houston film Agnes Browne), however the sitcom is utter rubbish. Though, admittedly, I did enjoy the first series.
My parents love Mrs Brown, I don't. Not exactly right up there in the premier league with Black Books and The IT Crowd, more like second division comedy for people easily amused by a man wearing drag.
I've seen as much as Mark of this on the T.V. but have the reaction of Simon towards it. I think it's that I just don't find men dressing up as women funny, I struggled with Python sketches to raise a smile. Hell's Grannies and that's it. Nah that was funny to be fair.
when i saw it before the movie was on the trailers had a green tint to it and they fixed it, but that didnt help that i paid 8.70 pounds just for one ticket, well my mate had an cinema unlimited card so i guess he wasnt crying over paying 10 quid to see it
I agree with the movie it is not as funny as the TV shows that they did but Mr Brown boys is one of the best comedy's made in the world as the movie did try to put some effort into it as it is hard to create a movie based on what type of comedy they are looking towards and the humour towards the public based by what you can do and what you can't do
The show can be very funny if you take it for what it is - its far from high brow but they do it very well. I did think they would struggle making a movie out of it tho as i couldnt see it translating and i think that s the problem. These shows rely so much on an audience reaction (imagine watching a filmed pantomine with no audience-its just not going to work) The laughter of the studio audience makes a big difference in shows like these.
Hmmm I would have thought the same before I saw some of the tv show but I think some of this is snobbishness. Have seen a couple of clips/trailers and certainly laughed at some of it. How can Mark say there's no laughs with a line like "I don't pay tax, I changed my name to Google"? (wouldn't surprise me if that corp' removed this comment). I will go and see it to make up my own mind
What REALLY gets these two bummed out is the overall success of the show they dislike so much. How DARE people contribute to the continuation of a show they hate! And after the movie was a dud, too! (...A relative financial success of a dud, from what I hear.) Stop liking *Mrs. Brown's Boys*, all you people! Stop it RIGHT NOW! This is the comedy police talking! Stop it!
Peter Harrison : Then don't watch it if you're so sure the world would be better off without it. I'm sure no one will blame you... or notice... if you don't watch *Mrs. Brown's Boys.* There. Wasn't that easy?
Mrs Browns boys movie is terrible also the show still going but it's really declined it's so crap now. The first few seasons were decent enough but now it's just awful.
I'm English and enjoy the show and find the humour in it really funny and I have seen this movie in cinemas twice in 5 days and both times I've been the whole cinema were laughing all the time throughout this film and I laughed a lot even though I'd already seen it... I do think it wasn't as funny as some of the shows but still a really good film it's not super hi tech or Hollywood that's the whole feckin point we should be supporting British movies like this and it love Keith lemon but agree the film was awful but this is much better and is really popular as it should be so all you haters shut your face because why spread negativity from a honest GOOD and FUNNY film ... Rant over just leave mrs browns boys alone you miserable bastards!
![Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie World Premiere in Dublin [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/34GQkm235OE/mqdefault.jpg)
Mrs Brown's Boys kinda reminds me of "When the Whistle Blows" in Extras. "Is he aving a laugh? Are you aving a laugh?!". Except one is a satire of that comedy genre.
That's most BBC comedy these days.
I couldn't really get my head around it when Mrs Brown's Boys first aired on the BBC because, as you quite rightly pointed out, it looks like a sincere version of 'When the Whistle Blows' in Extras. I asked myself "How can you air a show that openly satirises and mocks catchphrase/innuendo/wig based comedies and then air a show that is a sincere catchphrase/innuendo/wig based comedy? Stewart Lee cleared this up really when he described the BBC and it's decision making as a weathervane i.e. weather isn't "for" you nor "against" you, it just happens.
I AM VELLY VELLY SOLLY!
Spot on mate
I feel like watching Extras now
On the plane to hell they play this between Keith Lemon The Film and The Harry Hill Movie.
And Le Diner De Cons, The Village and Kevin And Perry Go Large as well. The music they probably play is non- stop Limp Bizkit. ;)
Mr. Veteran "Le Diner De Cons" thats Dinner for Shmucks? man that was bad..so disappointing even with the cast it had..
Bob LobLaw I was referring to the original French film that I saw in class once. It was honestly so boring that I almost feel asleep. I never saw Diner for Shmucks, but it probably wasn't as bad as the original film.
Mr. Veteran
Limp Bizkit is too generous, clearly it would be nonstop Crazy Frog and Cheeky Girls.
HiNRGItaloLover True, but Limp Bizkit are still rubbish anyway. They probably play non-stop Young Money songs as well.
I can't stand the tv show, but my mum will be reduced to tears of laughter watching it, Mind boggling,
Weird isn't it. Must be a generation thing. That said, I know people my age who love it too.
taffwob
In my family it's a generation thing in the sense that my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and I ALL hate it.
My parents also! - Crying with laughter when it's on. I seriously cannot understand it. It's just awful.
I dont get it either. It makes me want to throw the television out of the window.
Because its made for mums? Hardly mystifying
I'm pleased to hear Simon actively dislike something that the BBC has churned out - I didn't think that was his style.
I only watched this to see Mark slag it off and he didn't disappoint hahah
I wasn't the only one then. ;)
I was a little disappointed by the semi-rant. Was hoping for a Run for your wives/ Sex and the City 2 style rant.
"Are you havin' a laff? Is he havin' a laff?!"
Mark was saying how the movie feels so long. I did hear that this film does drag...
I misread the subtitle as "D-movie," which is fitting.
"I don't pay tax" is pretty funny in light of the Paradise Papers
@@davidjames579 That seems an extremely greedy attitude, why do you sound so proud of it?
David James oh dear, a writer for Ms.Browns boys
@@davidjames579 In which case, please cease to use any services or provisions funded - or in any way part-funded - by the state, and repay any debts you may have in terms of historical use of public health care, education, roads, etc.
@@davidjames579 This guy has never driven on a road or walked on a pavement. Quite a feat.
@@davidjames579 going to guess you're a tory
A bit of role reversal at the beginning there. Funny to see Mayo as the hater and Mark questioning his criticism.
I'm so glad that Mark found this totally unfunny, as it backs up the reaction of a cinema full of people who watched the trailer for it with me, (we were all waiting for Godzilla to start).
Trailers are generally meant to show you the good stuff to get you to pay to see the film....If that's the case then it must be totally dire....Not one person in the Cinema laughed.....A sort of deathly miasma fell over us all. Not only that, but 'Mrs Brown' turned up again later in the adverts to plug something, and there were actually swear words being muttered around me about this horrendous character.....
Don't say that.
Aye am absolutely Davastated!
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So with Simon on this, revolting is the best word for it.
You know we have programming with sign language overlaid, so that deaf people can watch too? Perhaps we could implement a similar thing for Mrs Brown programmes, but totally the opposite? Maybe we could overdub the sounds of genocide being committed, or superimpose imagery of decomposing corpses or something, just to make Mrs Brown more palatable for normal people. Just a thought.
The big joke in this show seems to be, ‘Man in a Dress’. This apparently, even after several centuries, is still the height of hilarity.
I'm Irish,don't understand how people like that show,we are nothing like that,strangely most of its fans are British.
I'm not Irish but live in Ireland. I despise it too.
Northern Ireland is a part of Britain
There was no humour at all in that clip. Is that because the jokes were unfunny, or because there were no jokes in it full stop?
Anyway, now we have Keith Lemon and Mrs Brown's Boys films, what we (don’t) need is a Michael McIntyre film to complete the Trilogy of No Laughs.
5:02 no it's not D'Movie because he's talking about the TV show.
mrs browns boys d movie with a plot involving tax which is something the actor playing mrs brown doesnt like to pay
"It's watched by thick people and their thick kids"
"Yeah, the thick demographic! I get it... That's the career over."
Someone once said in recommendation of Mrs Brown's Boys that it's very similar to Father Ted. I almost had an aneurysm at the sheer blasphemy of that statement (pun very much intended)
Thank god other people hate it. Everyone at work loves it & I'm the odd one out!
You're in hell
@Anthony KirkwoodWell, we can't all like and dislike the same things but I cannot be in the same room if this is playing
'I just looked at it' lol
It's kind of ironic that part of this film's plot is about a tax bill?
Simon's summary is just lovely.
I don't see the appeal in Mrs Brown's boys, it's terrible, I've tried giving a chance ( twice as a matter of fact, because I'm nice like that) and I just find it painful
Its_only_martin That's because it is
Steve Thomas
It's just Irish accents and people saying 'feck', it's mind blowing how it has managed to reach the height of popularity it has, which isn't ridiculously large but it just confuses me that it has a fanbase at all haha
Its_only_martin
I knarr. There's far more worst things out there, admittedly. I don't watch TV anyway, thank Christ. Certainly not this sort of dog toffee anyway.
Something completely non-TV related I heard last night but it just made my soul shrink up like a stone cold scrotum; Kim Kardashian's new book which is nothing but selfies. It's sold out in record numbers from most stores.
Yeah. I really don't need to say much more, do I?
+Steve Thomas dog toffee never heard that before, I think I'll use it.
Toad Lash That's almost verbatim what I said when I first heard it too
I cannot abide the TV series but... I did like the 1999 movie starring and directed by Anjelica Houston.
Family guy explained this perfectly in a cutaway when it comes to British humour (it's majority British who watch the show and find it funny)
A guy says something to demonstrate his new comedy material and not one person laughs, he then says the exact same thing while wearing a dress and everyone collapses laughing
The epically unfunny David Walliams has also made a career out of this
This is not popular in Ireland and is regularly rinsed.
Phew. I almost literally had nightmares he'd like this. I'm in Mayo's camp on this. It's god-awful.
Aaron Wood it's Irish comedy. You won't understand.
Except I love Father Ted (possibly my favourite sitcom) and despise Mrs Brown. So clearly it's not just "Irish humour" I don't like.
This review would have been funnier if Mark told Simon he liked the movie just to screw with him.
Completely sympathise with Mayo's overall view of the show; it is utterly and undeniably revolting.
come on Mark. We're all waiting for the Transformers rant.
Mark will take any excuse to use the "bath in Clorox" quote.
comedy for morons
What a surprise they did not screen it.
I suspect this review will be far more entertaining than the movie. Eccch.
The fact that all Father Ted fans seem to at least dislike this seems to make the fact I dislike it all the more correct.
Can't stand Brendan O' or the programme.
It's on BBC One right now I had to come here first.
Perhaps all those people turning their nose up at The Love Punch now appreciate just how bad comedy aimed at an older demographic can possibly get.
The film was on Tv last night and today this video pops up on my TH-cam list ..spooky
I think Mark didn't like this one. To be fair it was dire
Little Britain
Catherine Tate Show
Vicious
Citizen Kahn
Mrs Brown's Boys
And they say British Comedy is great. I'd never make my worst enemy watch these things
British comedy is awful
CK was alright, vicious was good tho!
I think Old Mother Riley did it better, more convincingly, much funnier, & more importantly, 80 YEARS BEFORE this tripe!!
The BBC Charter says it's job is to Educate, Inform, & Entertain, & this does NONE of them!
Calm down,
Calm down.
We can't all be Brainiacs.
Hats off to the people that manage to laugh at this but it's one of the worst TV show comedies I have ever seen. Watched the 2018 Christmas and New Years specials to see what all the fuss was about. Tired gags which included the F word which I might add is a word that seems younger and more funnier on its own than any of the jokes in the show and a programme that seems so full of itself that it will pause so they can have a big laugh at each other when someone gets their line wrong. Presumably it's a private joke aimed at the TV licence payers expense.
I'm irish, but I don't get it or like it either, everybodys humour is different I guess :p
I'm Irish as well and Mrs. Brown's Boys just uses recycled jokes
@@aineraznatovic919 yep it uses jokes from the first series that was released from 2002-2007
Awful, awful show.
I kinds wanna see it now
I've seen perhaps 30 secs of the show. It was diarrhea.
Bloody awful, that's my review of this sewage like mess of a so called film.
The film is not funny, unlikable, poorly acted, cheap, & the film’s one of the worst films made & that’s all I want to say. (0%) (0/5 stars) (negative)
My guilty pleasure I must admit.
I know that this is a dated and otherwise unrelated topic to Mr Kermode's review of an undoubtedly terrible movie, but i doubt i will get any responses due to the age of the review I'm about to talk about. I've just watched Transcendence. What Mark saw in the film I have absolutely no idea, how he was so enthusiastic about it and was critical, indifferent if I'm being optimistic, to Her baffles me. It's making Mark lose his credibility in my opinion. I'm not alone in that, I've read previous recent comment sections on Mark's reviews that have raised fairly valid criticisms. I'm a big fan of the doctor, have been for a long time. But transcendence>her COME ON
If there were no laughs, a better script was needed. It's a big jump from a 30 mins sit-com to a full-length feature. Should have hired a tried and tested comedy-feature writer. BTW I love the TV shows!
Is that priest Graham Linehan?
No
The character actually started out well when O'Carroll first wrote the books (and also the Angelica Houston film Agnes Browne), however the sitcom is utter rubbish. Though, admittedly, I did enjoy the first series.
Thats nice!
The only thing a lot of you might find funny is that most people in America don’t know about the show.
My parents love Mrs Brown, I don't. Not exactly right up there in the premier league with Black Books and The IT Crowd, more like second division comedy for people easily amused by a man wearing drag.
+Rex Mundi Don't forget Father Ted
As Mrs Brown would say, "Feck off!"
she says she has 6 kids she only has 5 who the other one?
I've seen as much as Mark of this on the T.V. but have the reaction of Simon towards it. I think it's that I just don't find men dressing up as women funny, I struggled with Python sketches to raise a smile. Hell's Grannies and that's it. Nah that was funny to be fair.
when i saw it before the movie was on the trailers had a green tint to it and they fixed it, but that didnt help that i paid 8.70 pounds just for one ticket, well my mate had an cinema unlimited card so i guess he wasnt crying over paying 10 quid to see it
I don't get Mrs Brown's Boys... But... what can I say?.... it is-what-it-is...
I dig Swedish birds👍
It was crap even worse than Keith lemon the movie and harry hill movie
Harsh words.
@@donmackay7610 Well it's true
@@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22 Don't say that. You unspeakable fiend. I will have a nervous shakedown.
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Video :D
I agree with the movie it is not as funny as the TV shows that they did but Mr Brown boys is one of the best comedy's made in the world as the movie did try to put some effort into it as it is hard to create a movie based on what type of comedy they are looking towards and the humour towards the public based by what you can do and what you can't do
am a fan of Mrs browns boys and I have watch it this week I found it unfunny but the only thing I like was the songs I give it 1/10
Mrs brown boy's D movie is telling a story and that why it not as funny as the TV show. As for people like depend on the sense of humar.
The show can be very funny if you take it for what it is - its far from high brow but they do it very well. I did think they would struggle making a movie out of it tho as i couldnt see it translating and i think that s the problem. These shows rely so much on an audience reaction (imagine watching a filmed pantomine with no audience-its just not going to work) The laughter of the studio audience makes a big difference in shows like these.
Hmmm I would have thought the same before I saw some of the tv show but I think some of this is snobbishness. Have seen a couple of clips/trailers and certainly laughed at some of it. How can Mark say there's no laughs with a line like "I don't pay tax, I changed my name to Google"? (wouldn't surprise me if that corp' removed this comment). I will go and see it to make up my own mind
What REALLY gets these two bummed out is the overall success of the show they dislike so much. How DARE people contribute to the continuation of a show they hate! And after the movie was a dud, too! (...A relative financial success of a dud, from what I hear.)
Stop liking *Mrs. Brown's Boys*, all you people! Stop it RIGHT NOW! This is the comedy police talking! Stop it!
I mean the world would be better off without it
Peter Harrison
: Then don't watch it if you're so sure the world would be better off without it. I'm sure no one will blame you... or notice... if you don't watch *Mrs. Brown's Boys.*
There. Wasn't that easy?
Worst tv show I’ve ever seen and people went on like it was amazing . Won’t waste my time on the movie
Comedy is subjective,i dont like MBB but i never expected Mark Kermode to say he liked it lol(but my mum does,i dont know why).
Not funny then?
irish people will find this funny but everybody else will not trust im irish and i love the show
You have the same name as my brother so it doesn't surprise me... actually my Liam hates this show more than anyone lol
I like the show
Mrs Browns boys movie is terrible also the show still going but it's really declined it's so crap now. The first few seasons were decent enough but now it's just awful.
Mrs brown boys on tv is brilliant and actually made me laugh so lay off the tv series but I haven't watched the movie so still wondering
Mrs Browns boys I think is excellent. It reminds me a lot of my Aunts in Ireland when I would visit when I was a kid. Going to see the movie later.
haters will hate! Mrs Browns d movie made millions!
And that's the most important thing.
I am from Ireland and I'm a Mrs Brown's boys fan I think the tv series is really funny and good but the movie was more sad then funny
I dislike Mrs.Brown...Simon Mayo is worse :)
I'm English and enjoy the show and find the humour in it really funny and I have seen this movie in cinemas twice in 5 days and both times I've been the whole cinema were laughing all the time throughout this film and I laughed a lot even though I'd already seen it... I do think it wasn't as funny as some of the shows but still a really good film it's not super hi tech or Hollywood that's the whole feckin point we should be supporting British movies like this and it love Keith lemon but agree the film was awful but this is much better and is really popular as it should be so all you haters shut your face because why spread negativity from a honest GOOD and FUNNY film ... Rant over just leave mrs browns boys alone you miserable bastards!
The only reason you don't find it funny is because your not Irish,it Irish humor and your English
the movie is the best
I mean what is the actual appeal? Who does it appeal to?! I don’t know ANYONE who likes it!
I loved the movie
Thesec2 are total pratts...
I love this movie
Probably cause I'm Irish
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