The popular 70s TV show makes a graceful transition to the big screen in this light-hearted feature that's part parody and part homage. The plot here (about a ruthless land developer who wants to buy the Brady home) is secondary to the playful juxtaposition of the Brady's era with our own. The film dotes on the peculiarities of 70s fashion and lingo with an almost religious fervor. The kids seem as lost in their wide-collared, pastel shirts as they do in their anachronistic moral universe. Marcia, for instance, is oblivious to the come-ons from a lesbian friend and she haughtily informs a date that she doesn't go to "third base." Several members of the original cast make cameo appearances.
Filmed in Deluxe and Panavision.
Copyright 1995 Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Classification.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
Stars
Shelley Long: American Film and Television Actress, CHEERS
Gary Cole: American TV/Film Actor
Michael McKean: American actor, THIS IS SPINAL TAP, LAVERNE & SHIRLEY
Florence Henderson: American Actress, THE BRADY BUNCH
Barry Williams: American Television Actor, THE BRADY BUNCH
Ann B. Davis: American Actress, THE BRADY BUNCH
Christopher Knight: American Television Actor, THE BRADY BUNCH
Davy Jones: Musician/The Monkees
Jean Smart: American TV Actress, DESIGNING WOMEN
Henriette Mantel: Actress/"Brady Bunch"
Christine Taylor: American Actress/Showdown
Jennifer Elise Cox: Actress/"Brady Bunch"
Olivia Hack: American actor/voice actor, THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE/AVATAR...
Christopher Daniel Barnes: American Teen Actor
Paul Sutera: Actor/"Brady Bunch Movie"
Jesse Lee: Child/Teen Actor
Director
Betty Thomas: TV/Film Director/Actress
Producer
Alan Ladd: '90s Producer, son of Alan, Sr., former studio executive
Cameo
RuPaul: Cross-Dresser/Actor
Cameo
The Monkees:
Review 1:
"...Fans will revel in the dead-on impressions of the original actors..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.5D 02/24/1995
Review 2:
Ranked #9 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Best Movies of 1995" -- "...A wonderful surprise. Exuberantly witty..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.115 12/29/1995
Review 3:
"...A clever, engaging adaptation....Thomas has a wonderful cast of young performers....Best of all is Cole -- he makes Mike Brady his own..."
Source: Variety
02/20/1995
Review 4:
"...Particularly outstanding is Christine Taylor as Marcia....It's Jennifer Elise Cox who steals the film as Jan..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.38-9 06/01/1995
Review 5:
"...Not only does the new cast look uncannily like the original Bunch, the ensemble acting is uniformly right as well..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F1 02/17/1995