The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
BDRemux 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 28,8 Mbps | 88 min | 20,25 Gb
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 @ 3831 Kbps | Subtitles: English, French
Genre: Comedy
BDRemux 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 28,8 Mbps | 88 min | 20,25 Gb
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 @ 3831 Kbps | Subtitles: English, French
Genre: Comedy
Director: Betty Thomas
Stars: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor
Break out the double knits and roll out the Astroturf, because The Bunch is back in a groovy, good-time romp for all ages. Mike (Gary Cole) and Carol (Shelley Long) have just one week to come up with $20,000 in back taxes or they'll lose their house to a scheming neighbor (Michael McKean). To make matters worse, Marcia gets a swollen nose on date night, Cindy's addicted to tattling, and Jan's hearing a psychotic inner voice crying "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" Of course, these are the Bradys, and when the kids enter a talent contest with a $20,000 purse… well, let's just say, "It's a Sunshine Day!".
The 1970's family The Brady's find themselves in the 1990's but still with the same virtues we all know. However their next door neighbour is trying to get all the land around the area acquired to build a mall. He has been hiding their mail and causing them to build up $20K in unpaid taxes. The kids set about trying to raise the money to save the family home.
Reading the reviews shows me that people just don't get this film. I think this is a great example of what should happen when you remake a cheesy TV show from all our childhood's. The whole film is one big self-mocking joke about the values of the Brady's. The plot is not really important but it is a good summing up of the daft plots they had back then, however here it is just a device for the jokes.
The joke here is that we have a slightly modern spin on the family. We see them being all cheesy and full of morals even when surrounded by the dog eat dog world of LA in the nineties, but they are still the same. I find this funny and the moral lessons etc are all delivered tongue in cheek. The best bit of self mocking is the modern expansion of the characters this thing is full of innuendoes and nice touches like Jan hearing voices etc
The cast are all spot on. Long and Cole talk it straight but let their looks and glances tell a different story (Long is excellent), while the kids are all very very good. I'd never seen the show till after this so I didn't see any cameos or anything but really this isn't important.
This is great you don't need to have seen the show. It's wonderfully self mocking and very very funny. Those who criticise it for not being serious or for being a joke just are getting it at all. Great fun!
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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
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