Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Wizard-8 I didn't care for the first "Brady Bunch" movie, but I enjoyed the second one because it savaged the Brady mentality more. When I heard the premise for this third movie, I thought it was a great premise. The square Bradys in a high position of power? It's ripe for humor.Unfortunately, I found most of the actual execution disappointing. First of all, the productions are inconsistent. Since this entry was made for TV, the budget was obviously slashed, and as a result much of the movie has a cheap feeling.The second was the acting. I admit that Canadian actor Saul Rubinek was amusing, and Shelley Long and Gary Cole (reprising their roles) give it their best as always, but I didn't care for the new actors cast in the Brady children roles. They seemed to just be reading their lines instead of really making real characters.But what's really disappointing about this movie is the writing. There is very little story after the Bradys get to the White House, just a bunch of vignettes with little to no relation to each other. And there is surprisingly less footage that you'd think of Mike and Carol Brady actually doing the duties of president/vice president. And what little footage there is is unimaginative. What if Mike Brady hosted Middle East peace talks? What if Carol Brady was interviewed by a political commentator like Rush Limbaugh? Nothing like those two examples ever happens here, despite the opportunities for humor being endless.Even if you're a fan of "The Brady Bunch", chances are you'll find little to laugh about here.

the_downeys I got through the whole thing -- barely -- so I can't give it a 1 or 2. Rating it 4 is generous based on some pretty good performances. Gary Cole and Shelly Long are perfectly cast. The kids in this film do a pretty good job, but it seems more difficult to reprise the kids' roles. There are long setups for lame jokes that really detract from this movie. The writing is really what suffered here. I also gave this movie points because it is a poof, not a straight treatment. Producing spoofs of the Bradys is the only way to go. Any Brady treatment that tries to remain true to the original (such as the awful TV reunion) is doomed.

MaximumCheese I hate this movie with an undying passion. It makes my blood boil. The actors are below sub-par, not to mention none of the original kids are cast, the editing is bad, and the production is all around cheesey. This movie is by FAR worse than Omega Doom or The English Patient. All that basically happens in this movie is Mike Brady becomes the president for being unrealistically honest, and the Bradys experience everything that happens in a "Joe Schmoe Becomes President" movie. Now keep in mind that I love the movies "Kickboxing Academy" and "Bio-Dome". That's how bad this movie is.

Barry Moore The entire premise behind the "New" Brady movies has pretty much been run into the ground. Yes, they are clueless. Yes, they are from an age that never actually existed. Yes, we can all see the references to old Brady episodes sprinkled throughout the movie. (Mikes plans in the tube, the broken vase from playing ball in the house, Jan jealous of Marcia, etc., etc.) but it is just not funny the third time around. Mike becomes president because of his insistence of finding out who owns a lottery ticket Bobby found. Hilarity is supposed to ensue when the evil of Washington takes on the blissful naive goodness of the Brady's. It's just one joke though. It is funny a couple of times, but mostly it is the theatrical movies scripts put into a cheap White House set. Nothing new here, except the kids that play the Brady children.