It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I don't know how this is rated so high. The only thing I really remember about this show is how annoyed I was that they interrupted it for coverage of the Baby Jessica fiasco. Great memory 10/10.Otherwise, not very memorable. This might just be my finest review.It's my first one, so yeah. Why is there a 10 line minimum for reviews? Seems like being able to make them succinct isn't such a bad thing. Is it? You know what was even better than this show? Clarissa Explains It All. Loved that one.

This show was a clever mix of comedy, drama, and music. It featured a cutthroat food mogul who adopted five orphaned girls in an attempt to seal a deal and improve his image. Of course, the girls changed his life, and he changed theirs. The girls would frequently engage in song to reflect the story of the episode. I loved the one where a guy tried to scam a girl who had just gotten her drivers' liscence, or where a Russian guy was over, or where the girl had her "Sweet 16" at the same time the Cuban Missile Crisis Hit. (the show was set in the early 60s.) This was a thoroughly enjoyable show with cute girls, good episodes, and an ensemble that clicked! Joeseph Bologna was good in the lead.*** out of ****

No one can ever deny that this was such an engaging show. The elements are all fabulous. It looked like a creative mix of (Annie, The Sound of Music, and maybe My Fair Lady). It got all the 1980s' innocent feel and brilliant appeal all over it. Let alone that it took place back in the 1960s (another decade I adore.. WoW).(Joseph Bologna) made one of his most amusing, most memorable, roles ever. He was simply great as (Nick Foley) the ever sarcastic self-made millionaire who - to develop a 'family man' image - found himself overnight as unmarried father for 5, mostly teenager, orphaned girls he adopted. He was part plebeian businessman, and part magnanimous man, looking kindly on his daughters, learning them, and learning from them. After more than 15 years of watching, I still remember his witty lines ("She seems like someone who turns into a bat at night"; about a bossy schoolmaster !). The funny characters and the live performances captured my heart. True that the songs weren't favorite for me, since I'm not a fan of all the 60s rock, but the idea of a musical series, in this format, with this era as background, is just perfect. So, what the heck had gone wrong ?As I read, that was too expensive to be made. So after 21 episodes they canceled it (thank god for 21 episodes legacy already). However it's still devastating, as I wanted to see this family through the 1960s variables, suffering controversial issues, facing the revolutionary 60s' end, and musically. But the marvelous chance had gone away. After just 3 years, there would be another bold experience, (Cop Rock - 1990), which was another musical TV show that would be canceled brutally, however after 11 episodes only. It was a sign that the musical genre can't survive on the American TV screen anymore. And I think it's natural after the MTV boom not many years ago, with unstoppable flood of music videos 24 hours a day. Still the 1980s is the last time for gems like these to be made. It's really provoking when you know that in the same year of (Rags to Riches) another show was made yet continued for more than 20 years, and its name is (The Bold and the Beautiful).. No Comment !

What a refreshing movie and series this was. My girls loved it. We couldn't wait until the next episodes.I wish there was a place to buy the TV series.I rank this right along with "That Thing You Do". 10 for family entertainment.