How sad is this?

Excellent but underrated film

Absolutely Fantastic

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This third move based on The Brady Bunch TV seems to have fallen off the radar spectacularly, which isn't surprising if you have seen it. It's an ultra cheap, poorly written quickie that fails to live up to the first two films in any way at all. Here, the Brady family become America's first family when Mike is elected president.That plot aside, the most shocking thing is that apart from Gary Cole and Shelly Long reprising their roles as the parents, all the rest of the main cast (the six children and Alice) are now played by different actors. This means that the whole movie looks like an imposter, with 80% the original characters replaced but still trying to maintain the illusion that we are actually watching the same Brady family. The actors playing the six children seem to be making a brave stab at things, but its very obvious that rather then caricaturing the original TV show cast, they are trying to mimic the cast who were doing the caricatures in the first two Brady Bunch movies.Most of the children are forgettable, but the biggest loss is not having Jennifer Elise Cox as Jan Brady, which was originally a demented re-working of the TV character, but here, the actress playing Jan simply mimics all the mannerisms of Jennifer's performance rather than playing Jan Brady at all. I would presume that the script is to blame here as she has all the same types of lines and is (presumably) told to grimace, pout, and walk with her hair swinging from side to side just as the character did in the other movies. Equally jarring is the replacement actress who plays Alice, who seem to contort her face wildly and jerk about like a robot in an attempt to become a doppelganger of Henriette Mantel's version. Marcia just seems annoying rather than foxy, Greg is like someone wearing a fancy-dress costume of Greg, and Cindy is totally unrecognisable. The only pair that come off unscathed are Bobby and Peter, and that's because, well, nobody is interested in Bobby and Peter! Even Shelley Long and Gary Cole seem to sleepwalk through their scripts. Shelly Long in particular seems to have lost any warmth she had, and the script gives neither of them any decent lines or jokes to work with.The threadbare plot hardly seems to matter when you're watching such a creepy cast of bodysnatchers trying to resurrect an originally funny franchise. No wonder it sank without a trace. I would advise you not to spend money on this one, and only watch if you have a morbid curiosity.

All and all it's a pretty fun romp despite some discrepancies. Just sit and enjoy the ride. A big plus also are the actors playing the Brady girls. I thought they were the best of the bunch for these parts considering that Christina Taylor, Elise Cox and Olivia Hack are too old for these parts right now.This movie is BAD, but I still find it quite charming. I've been a Brady Bunch fan for as long as I remember and I'm an even bigger fan of the two theatrical features that parody the show. The movie's title "The Brady Bunch in the White House" pretty much screams, ...ummm... well it screams something, what it is, I don't know, but it's pretty obvious that this made for TV movie wasn't trying to take itself too seriously.I did notice that the strengths of the first two theatrical features were in the way that the world treated the Bradys' wholesomeness. As long as the world outside of their house was as real as our own, the gimmick worked. It worked effectively in the first two movies, but in this one it suffers a bit because it seems that the world in this feature is just as kooky. Not wholesome or 70s groovy, just strange. This doesn't work in favor of the movie and it suffers because now all the Bradys have to work against is cartoon villains and strange sexual innuendo that doesn't gel as well this time around. Also, I never really liked how the movies portrayed Jan. I don't think she's at all like how the Jan I remember. Alice in the previous movies was a pretty good character and the actress brought new life to her. The Alice in this movie however doesn't look a thing like Alice. She does bring in enough energy though to sustain the illusion of Alice, but she physically doesn't look like an Alice. The script is pretty bad as well. It was obviously rushed.I still find it a cute addition to the Brady Bunch franchise and worth at least a watch. It's not that bad, I mean, it's not Gigli.

I would like to know why the producers, screen writers, casting directors or who EVER put this piece of junk together made the movie without all the original cast members?? I am a sentimental schmuck who loved the TV series and loved the first 2 movies. At least in the first two movies the kids LOOKED like the kids from the series.. Sadly in this one they don't.. And even though I knew that, I thought I would give this movie a go just to see if they made up for it in the writing etc.. I should have saved my money.. The writing was poor and nothing of the TV series' quirkiness made it into this movie at all. The only way you could tell it was based on the show was the title of the movie!! For those who haven't seen it... I recommend you don't bother..And for a Brady movie fan to say that... that is saying something..

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.