The Brady Bunch in the White House

I didn't care for the first "Brady Bunch" movie, but I enjoyed the second one because it savaged the Brady mentality more. When I heard the premise for this third movie, I thought it was a great premise. The square Bradys in a high position of power? It's ripe for humor.

Unfortunately, I found most of the actual execution disappointing. First of all, the productions are inconsistent. Since this entry was made for TV, the budget was obviously slashed, and as a result much of the movie has a cheap feeling.

The second was the acting. I admit that Canadian actor Saul Rubinek was amusing, and Shelley Long and Gary Cole (reprising their roles) give it their best as always, but I didn't care for the new actors cast in the Brady children roles. They seemed to just be reading their lines instead of really making real characters.

But what's really disappointing about this movie is the writing. There is very little story after the Bradys get to the White House, just a bunch of vignettes with little to no relation to each other. And there is surprisingly less footage that you'd think of Mike and Carol Brady actually doing the duties of president/vice president. And what little footage there is is unimaginative. What if Mike Brady hosted Middle East peace talks? What if Carol Brady was interviewed by a political commentator like Rush Limbaugh? Nothing like those two examples ever happens here, despite the opportunities for humor being endless.

Even if you're a fan of "The Brady Bunch", chances are you'll find little to laugh about here.

Mike Brady makes it into the office of Presidency because the President elect (just seconds before accepting office) runs out. Literally. There's a little laugh as we're treated to a super-imposed Bush & Clinton in the background, but that's about the best this solid gold pooper has to offer.

It really is sad to see a good film series come to this. I know it happens, just look at what became of the Police Academy series. It's just too bad good money has to be wasted like this. (I mean my 20 dollars buying the thing, because I was thrilled to see another Brady Bunch movie after all this time. What a let down!)

They couldn't even get kids who looked as much like their alter egos as the first two films did. I mean, come on... these new kids were probably related to someone who financed the thing. That's how bad they were.

At least Shelley Long & Gary Cole stayed on board. They're always great. But the rest? Good grief!!

There was also way too much music in this film. It got uncomfortable to watch after a while. A short song is okay, but three?? Come on. We know the Brady's sang... we don't need to be reminded every film!

If the producers have run the well dry... if this is the best they can come up with... cheaply-filmed (it looked like videotape), amateur hour film school garbage, than just hang it up!

As a maybe, 50% fan of the original series The Brady Bunch, when I heard about the first movie parody of the Brady Bunch, I was excited. And the movie was hysterical. I loved it! It was so funny and dead on to what us in the 90's thought of 'the bunch'. "A Very Brady Sequel" which reunited all of the castmembers of the first flick wasn't half bad either. I thought it was real funny. SO when I tuned into this movie, I thought I'd give it a try. BUT IT IS RUBBISH!!!! The first two redid some of the original storylines which made it funny, but this one put the bradys in the whitehouse... uh huh. Also NONE of the kids are played by the same actors. What's the point? This is a piece of garbage and I can not believe money was actually spent MAKING this! I give it a BIG 0/10 and I recommend going out and seeing The Ring in the theatre or renting Frailty from a video store. Don't waste your time or you may end up missing a piece of your brain.

All and all it's a pretty fun romp despite some discrepancies. Just sit and enjoy the ride. A big plus also are the actors playing the Brady girls. I thought they were the best of the bunch for these parts considering that Christina Taylor, Elise Cox and Olivia Hack are too old for these parts right now.

This movie is BAD, but I still find it quite charming. I've been a Brady Bunch fan for as long as I remember and I'm an even bigger fan of the two theatrical features that parody the show. The movie's title "The Brady Bunch in the White House" pretty much screams, ...ummm... well it screams something, what it is, I don't know, but it's pretty obvious that this made for TV movie wasn't trying to take itself too seriously.

I did notice that the strengths of the first two theatrical features were in the way that the world treated the Bradys' wholesomeness. As long as the world outside of their house was as real as our own, the gimmick worked. It worked effectively in the first two movies, but in this one it suffers a bit because it seems that the world in this feature is just as kooky. Not wholesome or 70s groovy, just strange. This doesn't work in favor of the movie and it suffers because now all the Bradys have to work against is cartoon villains and strange sexual innuendo that doesn't gel as well this time around. Also, I never really liked how the movies portrayed Jan. I don't think she's at all like how the Jan I remember. Alice in the previous movies was a pretty good character and the actress brought new life to her. The Alice in this movie however doesn't look a thing like Alice. She does bring in enough energy though to sustain the illusion of Alice, but she physically doesn't look like an Alice. The script is pretty bad as well. It was obviously rushed.

I still find it a cute addition to the Brady Bunch franchise and worth at least a watch. It's not that bad, I mean, it's not Gigli.

Ok, this movie was definitely stupid. But I liked it because it was stupid enough to be really funny. It was a lot more made fun of than the one made in '95 . . . especially when Peter tells everybody what he'll buy them with the lottery ticket. (Cindy - speech therapist, Jan - new glasses, braces, etc.) What I didn't like is how Cindy was so little when she's supposed to be the same age as Bobby, and Peter was supposed to be the same age as Jan. They could have at least did that! Don't go out of your way to see this movie, but if it's on, check it out!