Jon Butler The first two Brady Bunch film were beautiful dumb fun. This film is dumb, dumb, dumb. I don't even know where to begin. First of all, the new Brady Bunch kids plus Alice were terrible at portraying their characters. At least Shelly Long and Gary Cole reprised their roles as Carol and Mike. But the rest are barely trying. Part of the fault lies within the writers for replacing subtle double entendres with blatant straightforward unoriginal dirty jokes, which takes away from the Brady Bunch feel. Another problem is how this film is shot. In the first two Brady Bunch, scenes set in the Brady home were shot just like the show. It was a comedic contrast between the real world and the Brady World. In this film the Brady home scenes are shot exactly the same as the rest of the film. Again, this takes away from the Brady Bunch feel a great deal. I've barely even dug into the plot. Bobby finds a winning lottery ticket and Mike decides to turn it in. The family is honored by the president. Then MIke becomes the president. See what's wrong here? It's nothing like the Brady Bunch. The plots of the first two Brady Bunch films heavily referenced story lines from the original series. They took place mostly within the Brady home. This plot is convoluted and is paced horribly. There's barley even a few scenes set in the Brady home! Most of the humor in the film comes from political jokes which constantly fall flat. There's nothing funny about Marsha not knowing the House of Representatives. Not only that, but the concept of "What if Mike Brady were president?" becomes horribly tired. Meanwhile, Jan's inner voices from the first film came back, only it was acted out flatly and in the most unfunny way. Another call back comes near the end with Marsha & Peter's weird quasi-incestuous relationship. Once again, it's handled with zero subtly and the humor is sucked out of the situation. Peter also becomes slightly more crude. He makes references to stuffing a sock in his pants and he talks about boobs a lot. That's not Brady behavior at all! None of the Brady kids act like Brady kids. The writers probably have never seen an episode of the Brady Bunch in their lives. The main focus of this film is Mike and Carol, with very little focus on the kids. While this was probably for the best because, like I said, the Brady kids are terrible, the film overall felt like a huge bore. The first two films had the perfect amount of cheesy humor, subtle jokes, and clever references. The Brady Bunch in the White House is as blunt as dull kitchen knife. It's an dark spot on an otherwise wonderful film series.

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.

Rob-276 The storyline was absurd, as was the wardrobe, but a few of Alice's scenes kept it semi-watchable for me. Some minor spoilers may follow here. The story was your run of the mill Brady ordeal, but it got out of hand once Carol was chosen by Mike to be Vice President, which is of course illegal. The first lady, or man, cannot be the second in command. Putting that aside, the bits with the kids were lame. Although Jan's insanity was entertaining. The rest of them were bland. It was interesting though when Greg asked Marcia how she would feel if the two of them had to jumpstart the human civilization and then she lunged to kiss him. Disturbing stuff there. The end of the movie was rushed and had almost nothing to do with the plot leading up to it. Alice was the highlight of the show though. I suggest she lead in the next Brady movie.