The North Avenue Irregulars

1979
G
1h 40m

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6.7/10

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Cloris Leachman, Susan Clark, Barbara Harris, Patsy Kelly, and Karen Valentine in The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)

A new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.

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A new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.A new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.A new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.4K

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Truly a family film.

The "Family Film" label is too often attached to children's films, which have nothing to offer adults or more mature adolescence. "North Avenue Irregulars" is still a Disney film, and it still caters to a younger audience, but, unlike other so-called family-films, this movie won't insult the intelligence of the adolescent nor college age film viewer.

Again, even though it has a little more spunk than other Disney films, it is, afterall, a Disney film. As such the topic of locals tackleing organized crime is kept G-rated (clean language, minimal violence, and so forth), but the comic moments and action balance quite well in one of the last of the truly classic Disney Family Films.

Anyone who grew up in the suburban 70's and 80's will feel very much at home with the portrayal of what used to be suburban America; everything from the PTA mom down to the wood paneled station wagon. It's worth a night's viewing.

Blueghost
Nov 13, 2002
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Trivia
Fourteen cars, costing $155,000, were destroyed in the film's climatic demolition sequence.

Goofs
During the final derby scene as Kiddie Car goes to help Phantom Fox, the camera switches from a view inside Kiddie Car to a long shot. Bruno the St. Bernard has now been replaced with a obvious stuffed dog that's supposed to look like a St. Bernard.

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[Everybody has just spotted Rev. Hill returning to church with only his britches missing]
Bette Sims: How come he doesn't have any pants on?
Mrs. Vicki Sims: Well, we - we don't know why, we - we don't question why.
Bette Sims: Why don't we? We're all suppose to pretend he has pants on, when he doesn't?
Mrs. Vicki Sims: [sappy-like] Mm-hmm, Yes.