ChicDragon
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
Ketrivie
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Edwin
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
LasVegasBartender
Hello,I do not know where most of these reviewers are from, so I am going to give you an American opinion of the Show. The show seems to try to be an Irish version of all in the family. The cast is funny and work well together. I have watch all three seasons and am looking foreword to number four. I hope one day to be able to watch a filming of the show in person. The lead character played by Brendan O'Carroll is funny and lovable, just don't p i s s her off (do they p i s s off in Ireland?)Jennifer Gibney plays the daughter who is really the wife of Brendan. She is as funny as her other half. (Not sure if they say that in Ireland either)The rest of the cast is both heart warming and lovable. They work well together and if you watch the outtakes, (We say bloopers in the USA) the cast really love be with one another. Marie Brown (Fiona O'Carroll, yes the daughter of Brendan) is the prettiest female character on the set. Listening to her sing, she sounds like an angel. The Rory Brown (Rory Cowan) may not be gay (what is the Irish term for that?) but he pulls off a wonderful performance with his other half. I enjoyed the fact that they were married on the show, I thing all people should be allowed to be married, they deserve to be just as miserable as us straight people. I could go on, but this would make you the readers quiet bored. (looking for Irish term for that)To sum up the show is a piece of work that will go down in Irish history (like the American show All in the family) as a slice of Irish life. God bless them every one.
doubt_it
I feel like I'm losing my mind... everyone seems to love this and I can't even begin to comprehend why. Now I love British comedy like the Mighty Boosh, Monty Python, Peter Cooke & Dudley Moore, IT Crowd, Facejacker, Brass Eye... the list goes on. This is just insulting: it's like a laugh track surgically stapled to some painfully unfunny situations. Most of the humor seems to hinge off the fact that the main character is a man dressed up as a woman. Imagine that! The absurdity!! What will they think of next?! I can imagine this would've been a hilarious concept back in 1950 but come on. And I don't have any problem with crude humor... if it's funny and has a purpose rather than just being there to facilitate a knee jerk awkward giggle response because the basic material isn't up to scratch, which is what we have here. Maybe the era of quality British comedy is over and my tastes haven't 'evolved' that far yet. Anyhoo, rant over, I'm going to rethink a few things.
WakenPayne
I do like some sitcoms. However some of them fade from me liking them to me... not liking them. They're not bad but they're not for me. Mrs Browns Boys is not one of those sitcoms but it is nowhere near what I thought of it at first.First of all the humour is pretty straight forward and definitely requires a certain taste, which is probably where all the hate comes from and to be honest that's reasonable. But if you don't like the humour then it's pretty obvious that you'll hate the show because it has nothing to stand on other than that.The biggest problem with the show is the drama. Adding drama to sitcoms is nothing new and has been going on since the 70's. However with this show, they provide us with sex jokes and cursing and they want us to take away a message from the 5 minutes of drama spliced in? I'm sorry but humour is what the show is best at. Every bit of that drama however is so forced and contrived that I'm almost screaming "Oh my god!". Because the show is under the impression that at the end of the day we care about the characters. Most of them are not only devoid of personalities but they're badly acted (It's obvious the creator had his family star on the show). The one exception to "badly acted" being Brendan O'Carrol as Mrs Brown.On the subject of the Drama, there has only been one time where it worked. In the pilot Dermott tells Mrs Brown to stay out of his business to which her/his response is "You are my business, I'm your mother." to which the continues "A man in a f##king dress!". Breaking the moment with more comedy is exactly what this show needs.So the humour really is all the show stands on. The drama is contrived and the acting leaves a lot to be desired. You might like the drama, you might not but I really don't like it. Simply because "You're good at creating humour, stick to creating humour" because I really couldn't care about the problems of the characters when they start going dramatic. I guess the messages are okay so I know this is actually trying but it doesn't succeed.
Zebra3girl
So glad I stumbled upon this show through a friend. It has to be the funniest show I've ever seen! Crude, yes..not PC, definitely..possibly offensive, always..but side-splittingly funny! I've turned both of my sister's on to this show and we are hooked. I don't remember ever wanting to watch a sitcom episode more than once in such a short period of time, but the first time we watched Series One, we watched it about three times in a span of two days. Too funny! Even when we knew when the punchline was coming, we STILL laughed out loud. Brendan O'Carroll is brilliant, as is the rest of the cast. I love the "old school" comedy charm and tone, with the "bite" of crude humor. Makes it fun and edgy, and completely entertaining. I'm impatiently waiting for Series Four. Thank you for the laughs, Brendan and company! Jo