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Break out the double knits and roll out the Astroturf, because
the Bunch is back in a groovy, good-time comedy. It's the
'90s and even Bradys get the blues. Mike and Carol have just
one week to come up with $20 000 in back taxes, or they'll
lose their house to a scheming neighbour. To make matters
worse, Marcia gets a swollen nose on a date night, Cindy's
addicted to tattling, and Jan's hearing a psychotic inner
voice...
The
Brady Bunch Movie
sounds, in theory, like a total nightmare. Take one terribly
dated 60s TV comedy and transfer it to modern day America
and you can see box office bomb all over it. However, thankfully
the movie is entertaining and certainly worth renting, if
not buying.
I
loved the way the writers transferred the 60/70 values and
fashions of the original show and transported the family,
in their own little out of date bubble, into the 90s.
The
first 15 minutes or so sees the new cast aping the original
show. This could have killed the movie instantly, but there
are enough terrible lines of dialogue to make anyone who remember
the original series sit up and smile. I
kept expecting canned laughter to materialise out of thin
air - thankfully it didn't
It
is Gary Cole (He was the DJ in Midnight Caller in case
you are scratching your head trying to recall where you've
seen him before) and Shelley Long as Mr and Mrs Brady, Christine
Taylor as Marsha and Jennifer Elise Cox as Jan, who steal
the show with their dead-on impersonations of the original
Brady mannerisms and ridiculous line deliveries.
There
is a plot, just, with a money grabbing neighbour attempting
to move the Brady's out of their house in order to sell off
the land for development. But the plot is really unimportant,
it is the Brady's who make this movie enjoyable.
A
surprisingly entertaining movie. Sadly there is not a single
extra included on the DVD.
Pete
Boomer
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