The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

The original 70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.

Director:

Betty Thomas

Writers:

Sherwood Schwartz (characters), Laurice Elehwany

Stars:

Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shelley Long	...	Carol Brady
Gary Cole	...	Mike Brady
Christine Taylor	...	Marcia Brady
Christopher Daniel Barnes	...	Greg Brady
Jennifer Elise Cox	...	Jan Brady
Paul Sutera	...	Peter Brady
Olivia Hack	...	Cindy Brady
Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Bobby Brady (as Jesse Lee)
Henriette Mantel	...	Alice Nelson
David Graf	...	Sam Franklin
Florence Henderson	...	Grandma
Jack Noseworthy	...	Eric Dittmeyer
Megan Ward	...	Donna Leonard
Jean Smart	...	Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer
Michael McKean	...	Mr. Larry Dittmeyer

Storyline

Mike Brady and his wife, Carol, have just only one week to come up with $20,000 in back taxes or their house is sold and they'll have no choice but to move. And it's up to their kids to secretly raise money and save the house before they lose it to their scheming neighbor, Larry Dittmeyer.

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Plot Keywords:

1990s | 1970s | high school | remake | 8 track | 

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Taglines:

They're back to save America from the '90s

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for racy innuendos

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role originally offered to Florence Henderson caused her to publicly oppose the film until a rewrite occurred and a much better part was offered.

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Goofs

When Cindy Brady delivers the Dittmeyer's mail, Larry Dittmeyer is running on his treadmill. The Bloody Mary, in the drink holder, has no celery stick in the glass but, in a following close-up, a celery stick appears in the drink from nowhere.

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Quotes

[Mrs. Dittmeyer tucks mail into Greg's pants]
Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer: My, you've gotten so big. You're almost as big as your daddy.
Greg Brady: And I'm still growing.
Mrs. Dena Dittmeyer: Right before my very eyes.

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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits, which mimic the television series, Florence Henderson (playing the Grandmother) is seen with a bottle of Wesson Cooking Oil. In the 1980s, Henderson did commercials for Wesson.

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Alternate Versions

U.S. television prints of this film feature several scenes that were not released theatrically or on video, all of which revolve around the Brady neighbors, the Dittmeyers. These scenes include a garage band scene, a scene with termites in the bathroom, and another scene with Mrs. Dittmeyer trying to seduce Peter.

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Connections

Followed by A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

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Soundtracks

Keep On
by Tom Jenkins & Jackie Mills
Performed by The Original Brady Bunch
Produced by Steve Tyrell
Vocals produced by Jackie Mills
Original vocals courtesy of MCA Records

User Reviews

Great self-mocking fun

The 1970's family The Brady's find themselves in the 1990's but still with the same virtues we all know. However their next door neighbour is trying to get all the land around the area acquired to build a mall. He has been hiding their mail and causing them to build up $20K in unpaid taxes. The kids set about trying to raise the money to save the family home.

Reading the reviews shows me that people just don't get this film. I think this is a great example of what should happen when you remake a cheesy TV show from all our childhood's. The whole film is one big self-mocking joke about the values of the Brady's. The plot is not really important but it is a good summing up of the daft plots they had back then, however here it is just a device for the jokes.

The joke here is that we have a slightly modern spin on the family. We see them being all cheesy and full of morals even when surrounded by the dog eat dog world of LA in the nineties, but they are still the same. I find this funny and the moral lessons etc are all delivered tongue in cheek. The best bit of self mocking is the modern expansion of the characters – this thing is full of innuendoes and nice touches – like Jan hearing voices etc

The cast are all spot on. Long and Cole talk it straight but let their looks and glances tell a different story (Long is excellent), while the kids are all very very good. I'd never seen the show till after this so I didn't see any cameos or anything but really this isn't important.

This is great – you don't need to have seen the show. It's wonderfully self mocking and very very funny. Those who criticise it for not being serious or for being a joke just are getting it at all. Great fun!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Brady Bunch Movie

Filming Locations:

19320 Ventura Blvd @ Tampa Ave - Tarzana, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,827,066, 20 February 1995

Gross USA:

$46,576,136

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$46,576,136

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1