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Decent production...the Jennie Garth actress was so spot on. Kinda takes you out of the scene when they are watching a HDTV in 1990...details missed over and over...but it fit the style of a TV show thrown together fast. Seeing Dan Castellaneta outside of Homer Simpson is always good...he looked like Spelling. The behind the scenes is actual...all the network control issues is very true...business and art always collide and the real star is Darren Star...he kept the show running.

It's a Lifetime movie of the making of the popular 90's teen show. Aaron Spelling reluctantly produces the show at first which goes on to become an international hit. Newcomer Darren Star is the showrunner who becomes a hit maker himself. The young cast becomes world famous. This movie has Shannen Doherty's meltdown and ends with her firing in the fourth season. It misses the opportunity to really make the audience feel Shannen's isolation amidst the hateful whirlwind. It's also rather cheesy especially when it tries too hard to be funny. One gets what the title suggests. It's fun to revisit for fans of the original show although they will get a funhouse mirror version of the behind-the-scene.

Having watched the original show, I was looking forward to yet another 'unauthorized' version from a 90s TV show as I did with the 'Saved by the Bell' and 'Full House' versions but this one really disappointed.

First off, unlike the other two, none of the actors look like the actors they are portraying with the exception of the Jennie Garth actress. In fact, the actress that played Tori Spelling could also have played Jennie Garth as well due to their resemblance.

Why you would make a behind-the-scenes movie and limit yourself only to the first four seasons of a ten season show I don't know but that puts the focus of the movie more on Shannen Doherty and her attitude and exploits over the other actors some of which don't even get a mention at all as pointed out by other reviewers.

There were a couple things I did like. When Ian says to Shannen that she is like a shark and a tornado, we get the reference to the Sharknado movie franchise which Ian was later a part of. I also liked the realistic portrayal of Brian Austin Green's dancing style. I remember how we mocked it back then as did the fellow cast members in this movie.

I believe this to be Tori Spelling's version of events but you can decide for yourself if you choose to kill a couple hours with nostalgia.

I actually turned on Lifetime and watched this movie. I don't know why because I never saw 90210.

And it wasn't very good.

The main reason? There's not much of a story there, and if there is, it wasn't all told. Yes, Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth had a fistfight, and there was a fight over a red dress (though in real life, the fight was between Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling), but that was about it.

We see how the series was developed, which went along with what I thought. The demographic advertisers want is 18-49. The boomers were in that group during the days of the prime time soap operas - Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, Dallas, and more.

Then the boomers started to move out of that demographic. Aaron Spelling didn't accept this; he did another show, Titans, which flopped. In this show, Barry Diller and his daughter tell him it's time for young people to have their day in the sun.

And it was, with 90210, Melrose Place, Seventh Heaven, One Tree Hill, Saved by the Bell. Spelling then developed 90210 and Melrose Place.

Most of this tell-all had to do with the hatred for Shannen Doherty among the cast. On Tori Spelling's show, So NoTORIous, the Doherty jokes came fast and furious. By the way, if you missed So NoTORIous, rent it on Netflix. It's a surprise. Very funny.

I can't say much about the acting because I was't familiar with the actors. Some of the casting was very good as far as physical type - even without seeing the show, I knew who the actors were playing. I thought the young woman playing Jennie Garth seemed just like the Jennie Garth I've seen in other things. Her name isn't listed in the IMDb credits right now.

Years ago I saw Jason Priestley come into a restaurant and greet a family -- it was obvious he hadn't seen them in a long time, and he was so exuberant and excited. Really nice to see. And I happen to know that Luke Perry is highly intelligent.

See this at your own risk. Pull the blinds so no one can see what you're watching. I wish I could say 'enjoy it' but it's not bad enough to be camp.

I finally watched this attempt of a movie first of all I'll say not mentioning Carol Potter, Douglas Emerson or James Eckhouse was ridiculous. All three were original cast members. I felt like I was watching "I Hate Shannen Doherty" movie instead. I get she had problems back then but I don't think it was as bad as this movie made her to be.

Now on to the cast the person who played Aaron Spelling needs to stick to voicing Homer Simpson his voice was way off for Aaron. The actress who played Gabrielle Cateris wasn't the right fit she look really to be the same age as the rest of the cast and I'm pretty sure I saw in interviews she wasn't easy to work with either. The guy played Ian Ziering was absolutely horrible. The actor that played Brian Austin Green didn't look anything like him. Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth and Shannen Dohertys looked similar and I won't even get started on the actress who played Tori Spelling. I had a lot of issues with the actors none did them justice.

You get what you get.. the girl that played Jennie Garth did absolutely amazing everyone else is a mess. maybe it's my personal hate of Tori Spelling but shows how lucky it is when your daddy is the one that is behind the show.

Same as melrose unauthorized...didn't want to watch these unattractive people! I can look in the mirror for that

If you are a huge fan, don't waste your time. It will just annoy how bad this "story" is. They don't resemblance the characters, the only one is close is Kelly (Jennie Garth) there is no music to relate to the time, it's a really really bad attempt to tell a story by people who where not even born when the show was out.

I just bumped with this on TV and it brought some good memories from back then, funny to see memorable scenes and the whole fashion from the original show, so if you were really a fan of the show you'll remember some good things from it. Here you can see how the cast was chosen and how were the actors behavior behind the scenes, all the hate for Shannen Doherty not only cause of her playing Brenda but of her lack of respect for the whole crew. if you never watched the original show don't waste your time watching this, the actors are not even handsome enough to worth the time. I still think Brandon/Jason Priestley is the most handsome character EVER on TV :)

This was an excellent movie they did an awesome job casting the actors they resemble the original cast .Samantha, looked and portrayed Shannen and did an awesome job playing Brenda as well as abbie Cobb was an almost perfect match,it don't get better than that. If you followed 90210 from the beginning to end you can appreciate this movie. This is really how it went down on that set back then.