Familie Robinson aus Beverly Hills

BEVERLY HILLS FAMILY ROBINSON is a light-hearted flick, and should be viewed from that perspective. The opening scenes are "supposed" to be in Beverly Hills, but was it was filmed in Australia. There was a telltale oversight regarding this, and am surprised that someone didn't catch it at the time. When Martin Mull got in the golf cart, I noticed the steering was on the opposite side from what it would be in America.

The black pirate, Michael Edward-Stevens, was excellent...the funniest in the entire movie. He did an excellent job!

I loved this movie when I was like 10! Wish I could stream it somewhere to show my kids. I bet my opinion may change a bit now, but it was a fun movie to watch! Let us stream this movie! I bet I'm not the only one who remembers it!

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When this little number came round to the dregs of Channel 5 on UK television (and the name of C5 should make all those who live in the UK quiver with disgust), I watched it against my better judgement, as all the adverts were screaming "starring Sarah Michelle Gellar".

Actually it doesn't! Although Dyan Cannon - now more known as Judge Whipper from Ally McBeal - is refreshing. Unfortunately Martin Mull (the dastardly Headmaster from Sabrina) also stars in this tale and he is fairly awful at the best of times.

This is definitely a tale for children - it has a bad plot, no real emotion and just a few wide holes in the plot. It can still be enjoyable and the tree house and its contraptions amused me for a little while. Yet the introduction of the pirates, the tourists, and the random windsurfer were very stupid.

In the end it's a shame that 90% of the people who watch this film will do so to look back at Sarah Michelle Gellar before she became famous. Oh, and also the dirtier ones to catch a glimpse of her in a bikini.

" Beverly Hills Family Robinson " is a dull,uneventful film that just did`nt work at all

The direction was patchy,the script was awful and some of the acting bad ( both Dyan Cannon and Martin Mull were mr and missus boring ) but worst of all there was simply not enough Sarah Michelle Gellar to make it even passable.

In short not one of the greatest movies ever to come from Disney !!!!

Rating $$ out of $$$$$ ( those marks are for Sarah and nothing else )

I sat through the entire film for one reason only - glimpses of the delightful Sarah Michelle Gellar. While SMG does appear several times (invariably in some form of bikini top) it's not often enough to make up for the rest of this execrable production.

A well-to-do Beverly Hills family find themselves stranded on a deserted island and pull together to 'make do'. One of the hilarious aspects of this film is just how well they manage to adapt to their new surroundings. Within a few weeks we not only have a 3 bedroom house constructed, but we've got a working power supply, dishwasher and electric lights. The air conditioning is on its way. Basically, the technology on the island is best described as Gilligan's Island on crack.

Of course, there are some nasties on the island too, but I wouldn't want to give too much away.

Now, on to the acting. Martin Mull (dad) and SMG (daughter) put in pretty good performances. Everyone else does a very poor job, the sort of stuff you'd expect on a low-budget Disney family movie. I had serious problems deciding whether the Ryan O'Donohue (son) was actually male or female too.

There are plot holes you could drive a truck through, and many leads are not followed up.

The soundtrack is appalling, the usual children's TV type of muzak. Bad stuff indeed.

All of that said, I must admit to laughing heartily at just how pathetic this production was, so it is worthwhile from a comedy perspective. I would imagine that little kids would love the movie too - unsurprising as they are the target audience.

All up, 3 out of 10 (2 for the laughs at how bad the film was, 1 for the occasional glimpse of SMG in a bikini top).