Brady Bunch Movie

Synopsis
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.

Production Notes
Filmed in Deluxe and Panavision.
Copyright 1995 Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Reviews
"...Fans will revel in the dead-on impressions of the original actors..." -- 3 out of 4 stars (USA Today)

Ranked #9 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Best Movies of 1995" -- "...A wonderful surprise. Exuberantly witty..." (Entertainment Weekly)

"...A clever, engaging adaptation....Thomas has a wonderful cast of young performers....Best of all is Cole -- he makes Mike Brady his own..." (Variety)

"...Particularly outstanding is Christine Taylor as Marcia....It's Jennifer Elise Cox who steals the film as Jan..." (Sight and Sound)

"...Not only does the new cast look uncannily like the original Bunch, the ensemble acting is uniformly right as well..." (Los Angeles Times)