Les dessous de Melrose Place

Original title: The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story

TV Movie
2015
TV-PG
1h 26m

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Launched in 1992 as a companion for "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Melrose Place" quickly became a giant television hit in its own right. Originally designed to be an authentic, grounded look at 2... Read allLaunched in 1992 as a companion for "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Melrose Place" quickly became a giant television hit in its own right. Originally designed to be an authentic, grounded look at 20-something life in Los Angeles, the program soon became "90210"'s soapier, yet equally po... Read allLaunched in 1992 as a companion for "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Melrose Place" quickly became a giant television hit in its own right. Originally designed to be an authentic, grounded look at 20-something life in Los Angeles, the program soon became "90210"'s soapier, yet equally popular counterpart. The 'Unauthorized Melrose Place Story' highlights the remarkable behind... Read all

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3travinitrav

Not very good. Not good at all.

The first scene of the movie gives a big hint as to how medicore the rest of it will be. There's a very nostalgic 90's party with some of the right hair and fashion and music but its not very convincing. It isn't Gen X nostalgia its Gen Z nostalgia. Nostalgia from people who aren't actually there but love it anyway. An overly fruity portrayal of Aaron Spelling makes it clear this TV movie isn't taking itself too seriously but that just makes it boring. Not one of the characters is given any real depth or development or arc. There's no confrontation and the teeny bit of drama never hits hard, such as the disappearing of the two less-popular women before season 1 was finished. This was made to cash in on the popularity of a 90's TV series but its not nearly interesting as the series itself. Even at 85 minutes it is a waste of time for hardcore fans and casual fans alike. If there's a proper documentary about Melrose Place I would much prefer watching that. Or just air reruns of the E! True Hollywood story episode.

1Beth1965

😢

Omg! Sorry but the actors were so much less attractive than the actual cast? Hard to get over them portraying the beautiful people whose lives we were obsessed with😢

4paranoja

Does what it says

An "Unauthorized Melrose Place" story was never going to be overly exciting, as unlike the predecessor Beverly Hills 90210, there was never any major drama on the set that one could build a story around like the Shannen Doherty/Jennie Garth drama. So they end up focusing on non-issues like Laura Leighton not wanting to step on anyone's toes or Thomas Calabro's supposedly smug New York theater background.

It also only covers seasons one through three and they barely touch upon the fact that Amy Locane was dumped after the first 13 episodes (and shockingly, they don't milk her recent legal troubles).

So, it's a pretty calm movie that chugs along nicely. Nothing overly revealing and a few factual errors, but what can you expect from a made-for-TV movie by Lifetime?

1salmineo

Cheaply made,boring, and terrible casting

BORING! Worse than the actual 1st season. Cheesy, unrealistic, badly cast mess! The actress playing Heather Locklear looked like a teenager playing dress-up. Unattractive cast. Acting was wooden at best. This was a waste of time. Everybody knows the Melrose Place cast got along great, and there were no behind the scenes drama. So, why even make this? It was like, NOTHING! No purpose. MP is my fave prime time soap ever. This TV movie was like a Disney Channel movie. There was never a need to make this. I would suggest you avoid this mess. Melrose Place is iconic. This TV movie is painfully boring. Watching paint dry would be more exciting.

6griffiths-brent

Is what it is.

It's a D reel portrayal of C list celebs... Why would anyone be shocked that they aren't as skilled or attractive as the people they are playing? LOL!!! Except for the girl playing Tori Spelling... She did her a great service there.

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Trivia
Dan Castellaneta has played Aaron Spelling three times during his career.

Goofs
Towards the end of the story, Aaron Spelling and Darren Star are talking together, this is during the end of season 3 as they had been dropping ideas for the season finale which included Kimberly tying Sydney to an airplane and crashing it into the Melrose apartment complex. Aaron talks to Darren if he had ideas for Models Inc. (1994) which would be a spin-off of Melrose Place (1992) about the world of fashion because so much drama goes on in it. Models Inc. (1994) however, had already been spun-off into a series in the summer of 1994 and had concluded in the winter of 1995. At the time this event was taking place between Aaron and Darren in the story, Models Inc. (1994) had already been cancelled.

Quotes
Darren Star: Of course we'll have an attractive cast just like we do on 90210, but what's different here is that these characters are out on their own, some for the very first time there's no family to catch them when they fall and they only have each other.