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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792190516
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792190513
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 9875
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1995
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The big-screen version of the hugely popular 1970s television sitcom takes an original angle: instead of simply re-creating the old series, the film spoofs it by presenting the merged family as blithely unaware that fashions and customs have changed in the '90s. Shelley Long and Gary Cole are hilarious as the ultra-square yet libidinous Mr. and Mrs. Brady, Christopher Daniel Barnes is an ideal Greg, and Christine Taylor seems practically cloned from the original Marcia. But director Betty Thomas (Private Parts) shifts the emphasis away from comparisons between old and new Bradys and concentrates on quasi-surreal parodies and set pieces featuring the Brady kids doing their spirited, singing thing for a disbelieving public. Smart, sharp, and happy to share its conspiratorial mood with an appreciative audience, The Brady Bunch Movie is a kick. --Tom Keogh
Description:
THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE brings the lovable family of the 1970's into the modern world, to see how their good old-fashioned values pan out in the streets of Los Angeles. The Brady's house still sparkles with the same orange and olive green furniture as the original show, but the surrounding area has changed drastically. Confronted by carjackers, new fashion trends and popular culture in general, the Brady's remain perky and pleasant to the world around them. When their next-door neighbors try to buy the Brady's home in an attempt to raze the neighborhood and develop a mini-mall, the Brady family must unite and find a solution.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I Like the First Brady Movie Best
When this movie first came out in the mid 90's at the height of the 70's revival and in the midst of an epidemic of TV show inspired quickie movies, I wasn't that interested. I was over it all frankly. I remembered watching it on cable (not bothering to see it in the theater) and while even then I was blown away by the future Mrs. Ben Stiller's dead perfect Marcia Brady, I was put off by the tone of the movie.
How did this 70's family just appear in modern times? Why were they stuck in the 70's? It didn't make any sense.
Of course I needn't have bothered with such worrisome questions- after all this is a Sherwood Schwartz production and thinking is the last thing you need to do while watching "The Brady Bunch Movie".
Watching the movie again recently for the first time in over ten years I was surprised at how fresh it still seems. The satirical version of the Brady Bunch is as timeless as the original TV show! Gary Cole's Robert Reed impression alone is a glory for the ages.
One of the reasons I prefer the first film to the second is the perfect lightness of tone- this film is lighter than air- it doesn't get bogged down in any attempt at "serious storytelling". While most critics prefer the second film "A Very Brady Sequel" to this one claiming the screenplay is better written, I found the screenplay to the sequel to be a bit more labored with far too much focus going to the imposter character.
Another key difference between the films ... Read More
Rating:  - A BRADY BUNCH SPOOF
this a spoof that will not be forgotten. It is so funny. This is one of my favorite comedy movie i ever seen!
Rating:  - Kinda funny. Jan is about the most unlucky middle child spawned from Hell that I've ever seen! 3.6 stars.
It was a delight to watch her life go "down the drain", so to speak. Hahahaha! ( X^D )
The comedy was there. Cindy has the worst lisp ever and Marchia is the horniest virgin ever!
The boys, Pete, Greg and Bobby all had their own charm (not to mention what a stud Greg was!).
The mother Carol and Mike the father played their roles convincingly (especially Carol the wife). She still has that mullet going on. But in a very cute, slightly sexy kinda way. <3
Sunshine Day is one of the best (if not best) songs that has ever been performed by a television celebrity family!!
Story: C
Dialogue: B-
Characters: B+
Length: C
Overall: C+
3.6 stars.
Rating: - It's a sunshine day indeed!
Being just born when the show originally ran, I probably had last seen The Brady's back in the late 70's, early 80's during reruns on TV and had only remembered bits and pieces since then. Snippets like Bobby saving a girl from a falling shelf, orange hair and some sort of model volcano explosion. Nothing very distinctive at all. So when the movie came out in '95, I gave it a shot and didn't like it at all. It just seemed like another fish-out-of-water movie, and the jokes were of the inside type, which was to be expected for a movie based on a TV show. They just weren't funny. So I dismissed the movie (which apparently was pretty popular) and didn't even bother with it's sequel, which came out the next year.
Fast forward ten years to 2005. Thanks to the wonders of TV-on-DVD, I took another shot and bought the 1st season of The Brady Bunch and immediately got hooked. As I watched the episodes, those snippets suddenly became cohesive and the memories flowed back in. The warm, fuzzy, memories of a "simpler" time with the impossibly perfect family. As I eagerly awaited the subsequent season releases over the next year and a half, I held off on giving The Brady Bunch Movie a second chance until I had seen every episode again. I'm glad I did. Basically what I'm trying to say is that you definitely need to be familiar with the show, to fully appreciate the movie(s).
As I mentioned previously the movie takes the fish-out-of-water, squeaky-clean 70's Brady's and places them in the 90's. ... Read More
Rating: - Takes the show and embellishes with magnificent results...
Growing up `The Brady Bunch' was a staple in my house. Sure it was all reruns but they were good reruns! I had never seen `The Brady Bunch Movie' though until just last week when my wife suggested we watch it. She knew how much I loved the show and was astonished that I had never seen the movie. Preparing myself for a letdown I sat before the television and waited. I waited for that said letdown for about 80 minutes but it never came. In fact I'm tempted to say that there is absolutely nothing director Betty Thomas could have done to improve upon this comedy. The cast was perfect (don't get me started on the uncanny Christine Taylor/Maureen McCormack resemblance), the script was ideal and the setting couldn't have been better. Taking the Brady household into the 90's was one thing, but the way they did it was even better. The film is shot like an episode of `The Brady Bunch' and the set pieces are downright identical (even down to the Astroturf which is commented on by their neighbors...Hilarious!).
The plot for this parody has the Brady's trying to raise enough money to save their home. Their neighbor, the greedy Mr. Dittmeyer, has convinced the entire community to sell their homes but if he can't get the Brady's to sell then his business deal will fall through and he won't make the boat loads of money he's counting on. Because of some back taxes the Brady's actually stand a chance at losing their home for good and with Mr. Dittmeyer trying his hardest to stifle any chance of success ... Read More
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