The Brady Bunch Movie - 7 stars out of 10

The Brady Bunch Movie - 7 stars out of 10

“The Brady Movie” takes a simple idea and executes it to perfection.  Whoever decided to put the epitome of 70’s family-friendly culture into modern Los Angeles is a genius.  The costumes, cheesy morals, and exaggeration of the character stereotypes bring the Bradys back to life.  The thing that entertained me the most is the soundtrack.  Every cheesy 70’s moment becomes appropriate through the jazzy Brady background music that we are so accustomed to from the original tv show.  The film was well cast, particularly Christine Taylor as Marcia (she may have played the role better than the original), Gary Cole as Mike, Shelley Long whose voice is perfect for Carol, Paul Sutera as Peter, and while Olivia Hack wasn’t an identical match for Cindy, she interpreted the role perfectly.  I think that it was really “swell” of the producers to bring back most of the cast in cameos, most notably Ann B. Davis who saves the day (just like she always did as Alice in the original series).  The use of Davy Jones  and the Monkees was hilarious and this film forms a very clever clash of cultures.  “The Brady Bunch Movie” is silly but serves as a perfect tongue-in-cheek tribute to the 70’s sitcoms that we all know and love.