This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is an OK show about an stressed-out father whom just deal with a lousy job, sex-starved wife, a skimpily dressing daughter and a clueless son. Jack also has schizophrenia, in the form of Mr, Floppy, a chain-smoking stuffed gray rabbit.From what I remember, it's a somewhat interesting show with some adult situations in it. The humor was just so-so and the acting was OK at best. Average writing and lesser entertainment from this sit-com. But, at least it's tolerable than much of the forced-humor and tasteless sitcoms dished out nowadays.Grade C

Since this show was made by the same people that made "Married With Children", i'm not sure if it can be called a "ripoff". However, with some minor adjustments to to the phrase - you could call this show: "a blatant, and failed attempt to repackage an original classic with some very slight changes to format" Most of the older sitcoms (80's, early 90's) use virtually identical formats as one another. While each show is be based on an original idea, the format of the show usually stays the same. Next time you're watching a sitcom from the aforementioned eras, pay extra attention to the credits- most of them will contain something like: " 'Based on a format by' (insert name)"Without getting to off track - basically people like to see the same thing they've seen before. A TV shows popularity determines the success of the show, because money comes from ads and the cost of advertisements is directly influenced by the popularity of the show. Therefore, as producers, you want to stay in somewhat of a 'safe zone' when it comes to introducing an new idea. Sort of like "don't fix what isn't broken" kind of thinking. Which leads to a lot of shows with original ideas being recreated.With such a large amount of money in the balance, networks and producers would rather not take the chance introducing an original idea and format. With the economy in the gutter, I feel the industry has began taking even less risks (which is noteworthy, considering the minimal risk taking in general). I believe this is why we've seen an unprecedented number of remakes in the last decade. Nothing wrong with retelling an age old classic... however, not -every- single classic needs to be remade for the 21st Century. It's been a long time since I saw a movie, or a TV show that I couldn't guess the ending to. Some Americans might enjoy seeing the same exact show reproduced over and over... I however, do not. When every show on every channel, and every movie in every theater just seems to meld together... Can't really blame people for illegally pirating such mediocre, uninspired, redundant, and unoriginal productions. There is of course a very select few of wonderfully brilliant, and original made movies over the past 10 years. However, the bulk does not even come close to something worth paying what they ask. If you want people to spend the amount of money you claim your work is worth - try actually making something worth watching. The 3 Stooges remake was the last straw.

UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER (1995-99), on the surface, appeared to obviously be inspired by the longer-running, in-your-face comedy classic MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, but in some ways it had it's own identity, at least in the first couple of seasons. Similar to MWC, UEA was about an approaching middle-aged, put-upon man that is married with kids. The man is Jack Malloy (played wonderfully by the well-cast Geoff Pierson). Jack's ball-and-chain Jenny was played by comedienne Stephanie Hodge (giving a solid performance herself as a repressed, frustrated, long-suffering wife). Jack's kids were Tiffany (sultry Nikki Cox), Ryan (nerdy Kevin Connolly), and Ross (cute Justin Berfield, playing the youngest here before he got to play the oldest on MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE). Also, unlike on MWC where the mother-in-law was spoken of but never seen, for the first couple seasons, Jack's VERY MUCH SEEN mother-in-law Maureen was played in terrific scene-stealing fashion by Joyce Van Patten.While it was on the surface a family sitcom, the big pull/gimmick on UEA was that Jack was schizophrenic and expressed his innermost thoughts through conversations with his youngest son's old stuffed bunny Mr. Floppy (voiced brilliantly by comic Bobcat Goldthwait). The Jack/Floppy convos are what really made the first couple of seasons (esp. Season 1) of the show sing, as the focus was more on Jack's personal frustrations, failures, and demons and him trying to resolve them to become a better parent and husband. Season 1 actually starts with Jack and Jenny separating and Jack living in his own apartment. Then Season 2 starts with Jack moving back with Jenny and the kids (and mother-in-law!), but staying in the basement most of the time still convo-ing with Floppy.As Jack and Jenny, Pierson and Hodge have a believable chemistry of a long-time hubby-wife who have grown apart over the years, but still seem to have an unbreakable bond. I actually find their convos in Season 1 to be deeper than even Al/Peggy had on MWC in the early years (which were more down-to-earth and had elements of realism still) of that show. On this show, characters (esp. the adults) actually have long-drawn out convos the way real people do and, esp. in Season 1, they are pulled off with great aplomb and conviction. And many of the jokes in the early seasons were spot on and hilarious. Plus the kid characters (more on them later) actually seemed like real kids in the early seasons and they were thankfully used as only minor characters/distractions to the adults in the early years!Even though I preferred Season 1 over 2 with Jack in his own place, the problems with the show really start in Season 3 with Maureen's character being killed off, then the same fate hitting Jenny at the start of Season 5, so Jack is stuck raising the kids alone and the show really degenerates into a total farcical mess. My problem is that I never found any of the kids to be especially interesting on their own. On MWC, Kelly and Bud Bundy were exceptional well-defined characters who totally held their own with Al and Peggy (sometimes stealing the show from them) and also they had many eps where they were actually the stars and carried them superbly on their own. But on UEA, these kids were for the most part less defined ripoffs of the MWC kids, so they came off as very annoying, esp. when the focus would be on them. Tiffany was no Kelly Bundy and Ryan was no Bud Bundy! Nikki Cox as Tiffany was esp. shamefully exploited for her looks (which I actually think are overrated anyway!) and not nearly the caliber actress that Christina Applegate (who should have won Emmys for her role) was as Kelly Bundy.But I definitely recommend the first couple seasons, if only for the timeless interactions between Jack and Floppy. I've seen a lot of human interactions that are far less interesting!

This show is great. A lot of people call it a Rip off but for gods sake!This show is done by the same people that done Married with children. So the shows are similar but thats the Joke. With a smart daughter and a stupid son and so on. But Mr. Floppy is the best Alter Ego ever and the scenes where Jack talks to Floppy with other people around are the best. This sitcom is damm the best ever and who dont understand the jokes on MWC is a jackass.