Load of rubbish!!

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

"Cindy: You can't take my mommy! / Marcia: Cindy's right! Take Jan!"Without a doubt this is the best comic movie of 1996, but one of the best ever. It got nearly all what I need out of a comedy. The pace was the real hero of it; since uniquely the talented lines don't stop throughout the whole thing. This is compared to the first movie…What first movie ?! Simply this one learned its lesson out of (The Brady Bunch Movie – 1995). This time it's brighter, faster, and took the irony to the next level. Now the joke is on you Brady people ! Attractively the matter of making fun of the Brady family "Look at the hair, the clothes, the constant cheerfulness" was a stroke of genius. It's like what if the Brady Bunch came out of the reruns to our present day ?! This great no-time machine matter put them as they are in the middle of our world to live one of the sharpest paradoxes ever between not only the 1970s and 1990s, but also between the polished, so idealistic, American TV once and the reality's taste after 25 years; where the Brady songs would be misplaced, too gay, and annoying ! Or how the 90s's fashions, drugs, or "menage a trois" would affect the family.. sorry, THIS family! To be generally a brilliant Brady movie and Brady spoof in the same time ! All of that through the situations of the main plot : a fake father (I loved the way he turns into Brady's victim !), stolen statue, kidnapped mother, an adventure to bring her back.. and so on. As you see, the comedy here works on 2 levels (the irony of one out-of-its-time family, and a tale of how this family must get together) and no wonder folks, since one of the movie's makers is (Harry Elfont). He is not a scriptwriter with too many works on him, only too interesting comedies like (Josie and the Pussycats – 2001) or (Surviving Christmas – 2004). And I believe (AVBS) is his highest achievements yet.The dialog was crazily funny. OH MY GOD, you can't count the lines that really clicked. And who might forget the dialog of the oldest boy with his fake father about girls, or the one of the mom and the airport's employee (misunderstanding at its top). Let alone the creative and original comic situations (the oldest son searching for his lost mom while surfing, the scene in which we hear all the regretful testimonies even the Brady doll's !). And the performances, OHHH the performances ! For instance : this is the most funny role Christine Taylor ever made, Gary Cole wasn't more droll or charismatic, Shelley Long IS Carol Brady and its perfect parody as well, and how Jennifer Elise Cox could walk while shaking her braids this clever and this goofy ?! I have no idea ! With the short appearances of (John Hillerman) from (Magnum), and (Barbara Eden) from (I Dream of Jeannie), in nearly their famous TV characters, it's more than obvious that it's not a homage to the TV at the 1960s or the 1970s; it's rather a homage to the classic TV as a whole, to reflect unquestionable loyalty and honoring, and refute any supposed toying or disgracing.The average length of shots without laughing = 10 seconds ! It amuses more than any big production comedy with big names. And it delivers even for anyone didn't watch the original TV show too. In one word : it is a classic in despite of any box office or any pedant critic.Finally : "Roy : Marcia. Oh, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia. You have grown up to be so gorgeous! / Marcia : I know / Roy : And Jan. My dear Jan... Isn't Marcia gorgeous?!"

If you liked the first one, you'll like this one as well. As with the first one, it goes with the theme of putting a slick, modern-day antagonist against the clueless Bradys, and having the Bradys consistently kick him in the balls.They go off on a few more of the themes of the original (the Jan vs. Marcia rivalry, Gary Cole's spot-on parody of Mike Brady's pompous pontificating), but it also mines some great new material. One of the best gags is the uncomfortable incestuous relationship that results from Greg and Marcia sharing their room in the attic. There's also great parodies of the Brady Bunch animated series, bad musical numbers, and the Hawaiian Vacation episode.There are some dud gags as well, but the filmmakers once again took great-- possibly obsessive-- care to replicate the costumes, dialogue, sets, editing, and cinematography of the original Brady Bunch series. Juxtaposing this with the modern themes, and the fantastic parodying of the original series makes for another fun Brady movie.

A sequel that's even better than the first part is a rare occurrence, even more fun than the first film. Once again, it's Jennifer Elise Cox who steals the show with a number of hilarious moments. This overlooked actress has (or had?) the potential to be another Goldie Hawn, but, alas, the major hindrance in her career going forward is that she isn't a Spelling, a Coppola, an Arquette, a Fonda, or a Barrymore. Having lack of powerful family connections is a truly unforgivable crime, and probably a major reason why she didn't make a breakthrough. If Drew Barrymore, for example, had 5% of her talent, she'd be the no.1 female star in the past 2 decades. I don't think much of child and teen actors, but Cox is possibly the funniest teenager I have ever seen in a movie, and one of the funniest actresses, as well. Her semi-retarded, ultra-naive facial expressions, so perfectly suited to this role, and her delivery of lines are absolutely perfect. Matheson is also very good, as is the guy playing the oldest son.

Bright, easy-to-take follow-up to 1995's "The Brady Bunch Movie", a spot-on (if not especially hilarious) send-up of the kitschy '70s TV series about a widower with three boys who marries a single mother with three girls. The television show never explained what happened to Carol Brady's first husband, which is the engaging starting point for this plot. Tim Matheson shows up claiming to be the long-lost father of Marcia, Jan and Cindy--but is he an imposter? Has the same wonderful sets and color schemes from the 1995 movie, and the same cast is reassembled in high style, but the basic problems from before remain: weak, repetitive gags and in-jokes stolen from the TV show retold without any irony (only camp value). Mixture of silly, harmless laughs and groaners make the results enjoyable for fans, but intolerable to anyone else. ** from ****