Wordiezett So much average

BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Steve Lee When I was a young boy, which probably is more than 10 years ago, every night I would wait in front of my TV to see Growing Pains. It was dubbed into Chinese. I found it really funny and laughed with the spot audience every single night. Well I didn't laugh all the time because even though I was only 11 or 12 years old I could get some of the serious messages in Growing Pains. I remember the episode where Mike gave every teen a lesson about quitting drugs, and another one where he had the whole family help him lie to a girl who's into art and finally told her the truth that he is not artistic. I sure got those, but when I watched the whole series all the way again a few months ago I got more.To do the spoiler click justice I may wanna talk about the episode I remember the most. It was the one where Boner is going to list in the marine and Mike tries to persuade him out of the decision but Boner really feels he's gonna do what he knows he should do and it's the first time in his life he knows what he wants to do. So all Mike can do as a best friend is give him his best love and wishes and see him off. And that was real touching...Not only did I find my favorite episode, I also learned more when I watched it the second time. Well the messages and points are quite simple and easy to understand but there is one thing you have to get out there to feel with your own heart. I think Jason just put it very accurately by asking Maggie: Can you imagine all those kids have just suddenly grown up? I am not a parent myself but I could really feel it when I heard Jason say it... You won't notice the growing if you don't want to but as long as you put a little bit of attention and love you will see the family around you are becoming more mature, more lovable! Just try to imagine if Mike had got the 5000 dollars from his grandparents a couple of years before he got them, would he have used the money to help a homeless guy? And would Carol have bought her grandparents the tickets to Ireland with the 5000 dollars if it'd happened a few years ago? If you wanna find out what kind of kids they were just get back and watch episode one. We see their growing and that's a great feeling to have for us as audience because we all have family around us.Get your dusty family album outta your cabinet and have a look at it, with some smile and love.

superstition2 As with other "family friendly" shows, the underlying theme is how propaganda is good for society. Good people are crafted by presenting a manufactured saccharine reality, rather than actual reality. I can't recall the show doing a good job of demonstrating the pitfalls of hypocrisy and other truly educational matters, unlike Family Ties.It's been a long time since I saw this, but it was similar to Full House, another show that I found unwatchable because of the bland characters and smarminess. At least Michael J. Fox brought energy as well as some reality to his show. Cameron, by contrast, is more interested in knocking cast members away and apparently lobbying against producers to prevent reality from peeking through.The show isn't awful, but when I made a short list of the weakest examples of corporate television, this show was part of it, along with Full House.

GoTheDistance Growing Pains lasted 7 seasons (166 episodes) against the toughest competition in TV history: Cheers, Cosby, Golden Girls, Roseanne… I am very glad that this fun show will join the other shows that have been honored with a DVD. This family was wacky, goofy, smart, smart-mouthed, yet full of heart. The show never gets old. It's important to buy the DVD($23!) soon after it comes out to send a message to the studio that made the DVD that we like the show a lot; enough to buy a 2nd Season. Because the only thing better than the 1st season is the 2nd(The Goofy Glue Incident, etc).The characters are meticulously written, and brought to life well by the actors – like Seinfeld, Friends and Cheers. They're characters you get to know, like, care about, and never forget. Same goes for a lot of the episodes:11. "STANDARDIZED TEST" Idaho I.Q. high school test- Quote: "After this, the whole school will know how stupid we are" 4. "CAROL'S ARTICLE" episode that made up a word: "stinkiosity"(I'm laughing right now-20 years later).16. "THE SEAVERS VS. THE CLEAVERS" – with Annette Funicello in a "June Cleaver" parody. Season 2: 29. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? – a take on "The Sting". - Ben: "Here's your cut, mom." 41. THE AWFUL TRUTH – The Kids are alone in the house, and make a discovery. - One of my favorite eps of all TV. 44. CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS - The Kids are alone at home again - things happen…involving Goofy Glue.I'll be watching this show for the rest of my life (thanks to the DVD and Warner Brothers). I still remember watching the 1st run of some of these memorable episodes 20 years ago!!....."Who knew?" ;)

Syl After the family ties success on NBC, ABC developed Growing Pains to rival it about the Seavers with their 3 children in Long Island, New York. Nobody in this show has the New York accent but it still beats other shows. Kirk Cameron became a huge teen star in the eighties. Tracey Gold shined as the middle sister, Carol Seaver. Alan Thicke finally had a successful show in his lifetime and Joanna Kerns came out of her big sister Donna Devarona's shadows as the Growing Pains mom. The writing could have been better and the show could have equaled Family Ties but nowadays, a show like this would have got Emmys. Sure, it was sweet and full of saccharine but I miss it now.