Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Python Hyena A Very Brady Sequel (1996): Dir: Arlene Sanford / Cast: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Christine Taylor: Every bit as dumb as The Brady Bunch Movie only far worse and dirtier. When a priceless statue is uncovered it somehow ends up in the Brady home. It seems to be a routine day. The two youngest children play detective to find a missing doll. Dad brings middle son to the job site. Mother gets her hair done. Jan pretends to have a secret boyfriend. Greg and Marcia argue as to who will shack up in the attic. Then Tim Matheson shows up claiming to be Carol's first husband but he is really there to find the statue. Ads emphasize Hawaii but only the last twenty minutes take place there. The relationship between Greg and Marcia all but screams incest. Director Arlene Sanford fails to realize the sitcom for what it was and as a result we are subject to humour that would not have in the series. With that said fans of the sitcom will no doubt find this film offensive. As for the cast, Gary Cole and Shelley Long are cardboard as Mike and Carol in all their happy flare. Matheson plays a cardboard villain who grows to detest the glee and sing-song attitude of this family. The children are reduced to horny teenage updates primped to be the next tabloid fix. The result is a pointless escapade that should be buried. Score: 1 / 10

Wuchak After the great success of "The Brady Bunch Movie" in 1995 the producers didn't waste time in offering a sequel the very next year that's even better. Both films poke fun at the Brady family's wholesome and unified spirit, but also highlight their early-70's outlandishness by having the stories take place in the mid-90s.I'm giving "A Very Brady Sequel" a fairly high grade because it's funny and entertaining from beginning to end. All the cast and guest stars are great, including the villain played by Tim Matheson. Christine Taylor stands out as Marcia, although it's impossible to ever out-do the awesome Maureen McCormick. The funniest subplot is the sudden infatuation between Greg and Marcia (when it dawns on them that they're not REALLY brother and sister and…) while one of the best sequences is the public pool scene, embellished by black versions of Jan and Marcia, lol.The film runs 90 minutes and was shot in Santa Monica & Los Angeles, CA, and Hawaii.GRADE: A-

D.L. Polonsky First off, it should go without saying that The Brady Bunch was one of the worst, lamest, stupidest shows on television, but it goes without saying, too, that a lot of forty-and- fiftysomethings disagree. That, I think, is pretty much solely because it reminds them of their childhood, when most of them were happier, and had their whole life ahead of them, and any show that they remember watching in their youth, and that has some semblance of the styles, values and attitudes of that era, regardless of how bad the writing is, will do the same thing for them. With dialogue and behavior so brain-damaged it's almost a surreal experience to watch, it's perfect fodder for a satire. It should have been done in the late seventies, of course, a few years after it was cancelled, but better late than never. Unfortunately, these are affectionate satires created by people who seemingly actually liked the show, but they still work because the jokes are so dead-on and they string all the elements of the show together to create simple, entertaining plots. They're actually very campy, which is probably the best way to approach this immaterial material. The sequel, for a change, is the superior of the two. The first one was kind of boring, which is the worst thing a satire can be. The plot of the stolen horse in the sequel is appropriately ludicrous. Christine Taylor as Marcia bears a freakily uncanny resemblance to Maureen McCormick. Olivia Hack creates a classic distortion of Cindy. The only characters that don't quite work are Christopher Daniel Barnes as Greg, using facial mannerisms that parody straight-edge 70's nerds in general but not Greg in particular, and Shelley Long as Carol. There's always something subtly sad and pitiful about Shelly Long's face, voice and mannerisms in everything she's acted in. It works for Jay Pritchett's ex-wife and Diane Chambers, but is precisely wrong for Carol Brady. Her character seems like it thinks deeply and gets depressed, which makes the character too three-dimensional. Tim Matheson as Carol's fake ex-husband is humorously self-serving and unctuous. It's just personal taste, but I found the short-sleeve Banlon shirts he wears in almost every scene really annoying. Zsa Zsa Gabor's cameo was great. I don't see the satirical significance of having Rosie O'Donnell there though. There was one missed opportunity for a good joke. After the scene where Roy has a trip after eating spaghetti in which Alice accidentally put his stash of psychedelic mushrooms, he asks Marsha, "Who put the psychedelic mushrooms in the spaghetti?" She should have said, "Go ask Alice. I think she'll know."

Syl Okay, I'm glad that they made a sequel to the original film. In this film, Carol's first husband, Roy Martin, supposedly returns to reunite with his beautiful wife and three blonde daughters. Unfortunately, he's not who or what he appears to be. He seems trapped in Brady's world where cable television is far too out there for them and where dysfunctional seems to be the norm. Greg and Marcia get new digs in the attic with creepy sexual tension between them while Jan fakes a new boyfriend. I love the coffee house scene where Greg and Marcia are double dating and where Jan and her fake boyfriend show up. Well, the fake first husband is only after Carol to get a horse that could pay him 20 million dollars to Hawaii to the anxious buyer. Yes, the plane ride to Hawaii is one to remember. There's singing and dancing and those Bradys are at it again. It's just a fun film to watch over and over. Nothing serious!