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{{short description|1995 film by Betty Thomas}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Brady Bunch Movie
| image = Brady bunch movie poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Betty Thomas]]
| writers = {{Plainlist|
* Laurice Elehwany
* [[Rick Copp]]
* [[Bonnie and Terry Turner|Bonnie Turner]]
* [[Bonnie and Terry Turner|Terry Turner]]
}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Brady Bunch]]''|[[Sherwood Schwartz]]}}
| producers = {{Plainlist|
* [[David Kirkpatrick (producer)|David Kirkpatrick]]
* Sherwood Schwartz
* [[Lloyd J. Schwartz]]
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Shelley Long]]
* [[Gary Cole]]
* [[Michael McKean]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Mac Ahlberg]]
| editing = [[Peter Teschner]]
| music = {{Plainlist|
* [[Guy Moon]] {{small|(Score)}}
* [[Steve Tyrell]]
* [[Lionel Cole]] {{small|(Songs)}}
}}
| studio = [[The Ladd Company]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1995|02|17}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $54.1 million<ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 19, 1996|page=1|last=Klady|first=Leonard|title=B.O. with a vengeance: $9.1 billion worldwide}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Brady Bunch Movie''''' is a 1995 American [[comedy film]] that parodies the 1969–1974 television series ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''. The film was directed by [[Betty Thomas]], with a screenplay by Laurice Elehwany, [[Rick Copp]], and [[Bonnie and Terry Turner]], and stars [[Shelley Long]], [[Gary Cole]], and [[Michael McKean]]. It also features cameos from [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]], [[Micky Dolenz]], [[Peter Tork]], and [[RuPaul]], along with some of the original cast of ''The Brady Bunch'' in small roles. The film places the original sitcom characters, with their 1970s [[fashion]] sense and [[sitcom]] family morality, in a contemporary 1990s setting, drawing humor from the resulting [[Cultural conflict|culture clash]].

''The Brady Bunch Movie'' was released in the United States on February 17, 1995, and grossed $54 million. A sequel titled ''[[A Very Brady Sequel]]'' was released on August 23, 1996, and a [[television film]] titled ''[[The Brady Bunch in the White House]]'' was aired on November 29, 2002.

==Plot==

Larry Dittmeyer, an unscrupulous real estate developer, explains to his supervisor that almost all the families in his neighborhood — except for the Brady family — have agreed to sell their property as part of a plan to turn the area into a shopping mall.

At the Bradys' house, Mike and Carol are having breakfast prepared by their housekeeper, Alice, while the six children prepare for school. Jan is jealous of her elder, popular sister Marcia. Cindy is tattling about everything she's hearing. Greg is dreaming of becoming a singer (but sings folk songs more appropriate to the seventies). Peter is beginning puberty with his voice starting to break and the numerous titillations he is exposed to, notably sex education and his very attractive teacher Miss Linley. He is also trying to win the affection of the girl he loves, Holly, but his shy and awkward personality prevents him from doing so, or so he thinks. Bobby is excited about his new role as hall monitor at school.

Cindy gives Mike and Carol a tax delinquency notice (which was earlier mistakenly delivered to the Dittmeyers) stating that they face foreclosure on their house if they do not pay $20,000 in back taxes. The two initially ignore the crisis, but when Mike's architectural design (which is exactly the same as their house) is turned down by two potential clients, he tells Carol that they may have to sell the house.

Cindy overhears this and tells her siblings and they look for work to raise money to save the house, but their earnings are nowhere near enough to reach the required sum. Mike manages to sell a [[Japan]]ese company on one of his dated designs, thereby securing the money, only for Larry to sabotage it by claiming that Mike's last building collapsed, which is a reference to [[A Very Brady Christmas|A Very Brady Christmas Special]]

On the night before the Bradys have to move out, Marcia suggests that they enter a "Search for the Stars" contest, the prize of which is exactly $20,000. Jan, having originally suggested this and been rejected, runs away from home. Cindy sees her leave and tattles, and the whole family goes on a search for her. They use their car's [[citizens' band radio]], and their transmission is heard by Schultzy ([[Ann B. Davis]]), a long-haul trucker who picks up Jan and convinces her to return home.

The next day, the children join the "Search for the Stars" contest. Peter finally builds the confidence to stand up to Eric Dittmeyer, Peter's tormentor and Holly's boyfriend. This earns him a kiss from Holly, which gives him a deep masculine voice. The children's dated performance receives a poor audience response compared to the more modern performances of other bands. However, the judges — [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]], [[Micky Dolenz]], and [[Peter Tork]] of [[The Monkees]] — vote for them, and they win the contest as a result. The tax bill is paid, and their neighbors withdraw their homes from the market, foiling Larry's plan and securing the neighborhood.

Later, Carol's mother ([[Florence Henderson]]) arrives and finally convinces Jan to stop being jealous of Marcia, only for Cindy to start feeling jealous of Jan.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Gary Cole]] as [[Mike Brady (The Brady Bunch)|Mike Brady]]
* [[Shelley Long]] as [[Carol Brady]]
* [[Henriette Mantel]] as [[Alice Nelson]]
* [[Christopher Daniel Barnes]] as [[Greg Brady (Brady Bunch)|Greg Brady]]
* [[Christine Taylor]] as [[Marcia Brady]]
* Paul Sutera as [[Peter Brady (The Brady Bunch)|Peter Brady]]
* [[Jennifer Elise Cox]] as [[Jan Brady]]
* [[Jesse Lee Soffer]] as [[Bobby Brady]]
* [[Olivia Hack]] as [[Cindy Brady]]
* [[David Graf]] as Sam Franklin
* [[Michael McKean]] as Larry Dittmeyer
* [[Jean Smart]] as Dina Dittmeyer
* [[Jack Noseworthy]] as Eric Dittmeyer
* Moriah Snyder as Missy Dittmeyer
* [[James Avery]] as Steve Yeager
* [[R. D. Robb]] as Charlie Anderson
* [[Marissa Ribisi]] as Holly
* [[Alanna Ubach]] as Noreen
* [[Megan Ward]] as Donna Leonard
* [[Elisa Gabrielli|Elisa Pensler-Gabrielli]] as Miss Linley
* [[RuPaul]] as Mrs. Cummings}}
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* [[Florence Henderson]] (the original Carol) as the family's grandmother, Carol's mother
* [[Ann B. Davis]] (the original Alice) as Schultzy, a trucker
* [[Barry Williams (actor)|Barry Williams]] (the original Greg) as a record producer
* [[Christopher Knight (actor)|Christopher Knight]] (the original Peter) as a coach
* [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]] as himself
* [[Micky Dolenz]] as himself
* [[Peter Tork]] as himself

==Production==
The film was shot almost entirely in [[Los Angeles, California]], with the Brady house being located in [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks]]. The school scenes were shot at [[William Howard Taft High School (Los Angeles, California)|Taft High School]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California|Woodland Hills]]. Some scenes were filmed at [[Bowcraft]] amusement park in [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]].

The producers had sought to film the original house that had been used for exterior shots during the original ''Brady Bunch'' series, but the owner of the [[West Hills, California]] home refused to restore the property to its 1969 appearance. The filmmakers instead erected a facade around a house in nearby [[Encino, California|Encino]] and filmed scenes in the [[front yard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/1994/09/30/brady-bunch-movie-mike-carol-kids-alice/|title='The Brady Bunch Movie': Mike & Carol & Kids & Alice|last=Cagle|first=Jess|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=September 30, 1994|access-date=February 21, 2018}}</ref>

==Release==
''The Brady Bunch Movie'' was released in theaters on February 17, 1995. The film opened at [[List of 1995 box office number-one films in the United States|number 1 at the US box office]] with $14.8 million in its opening four-day weekend and went on to gross $46.6 million in the U.S. and Canada.<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bradybunchmovie.htm|title=The Brady Bunch Movie|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 21, 2018}}</ref> Internationally, it only grossed $7.5 million for a worldwide total of $54.1 million.<ref name=ww/> ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' was released on [[DVD]] June 10, 2003 and April 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brady Bunch Movie|url=https://www.amazon.com/Brady-Bunch-Movie-Shelley-Long/dp/B00008Z44R|website=Amazon.com|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref> The film has also been released digitally on [[Google Play]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brady Bunch Movie|url=https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/The_Brady_Bunch_Movie?id=mCk-rbcSWTM&hl=en|website=[[Google Play]]|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>

==Reception==
The review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported a 63% approval rating based on 43 reviews and an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads "Though lightweight and silly, ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' still charms as homage to the 70s sitcom."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brady Bunch Movie|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_brady_bunch_movie|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

Leonard Klady of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote "For five years back in the early 1970s, U.S. TV homes were in the thrall of ''The Brady Bunch''. Two decades after their small-screen demise, the clean-cut crew is back in mythic form as ''The Brady Bunch Movie''. Part homage, part spoof, the deft balancing act is a clever adaptation—albeit culled from less than pedigreed source material."<ref>{{cite web|last=Klady|first=Leonard |title=Review: 'The Brady Bunch Movie'|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/the-brady-bunch-movie-1200440680/|website=Variety|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' wrote "The film establishes a bland, reassuring, comforting Brady reality – a certain muted tone that works just fine but needs, I think, a bleaker contrast from outside to fully exploit the humor. ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' is rated PG-13, which is a compromise: The Bradys themselves live in a PG universe, and the movie would have been funnier if when they ventured outside it was obviously [[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=The Brady Bunch Movie Review (1995)|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-brady-bunch-movie-1995|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref> He and [[Gene Siskel]] also agreed that the film offers charmingly bright and silly set decoration but fails to deliver genuine laughs.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Brady Bunch Movie, Just Cause, Billy Madison, Mr. Payback, 1995 |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=5504 |website=Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews |access-date=28 July 2019}} Event occurs at 7:00-9:20.</ref> [[Common Sense Media]] said that "for those who grew up watching the TV show, ''The Brady Bunch Movie'' is deeply satisfying and the best part is its nostalgia. Sure, it's fun to see the Bradys treated as freaks. But the heart of the film is a campy, affectionate interpretation of the TV show."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Brady Bunch Movie Review|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-brady-bunch-movie|website=Common Sense Media|access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>

==Sequels==
===''A Very Brady Sequel''===
{{Main|A Very Brady Sequel}}
''A Very Brady Sequel'', directed by [[Arlene Sanford]], was released theatrically on August 23, 1996. It sees the family routine thrown into disarray when a man claiming to be Carol's long-lost first husband arrives on their doorstep. The family must then follow Carol to Hawaii in order to set things straight. All of the main cast members reprised their roles.

===''The Brady Bunch in the White House''===
{{Main|The Brady Bunch in the White House}}
The second sequel, ''The Brady Bunch in the White House'', sees a convoluted series of mishaps end with Mike and Carol Brady elected as President and Vice President of the United States. Despite innocent efforts to improve the country, the Brady family is beset on all sides by controversy and imagined scandals which threaten to tear them apart. Although the original actors for Mike and Carol return, the children and Alice are all recast for this film, which was released as a filmed-for-television movie.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|0112572|The Brady Bunch Movie}}
* {{tcmdb title|69552|The Brady Bunch Movie}}
* {{Amg movie|134313|The Brady Bunch Movie}}
* {{mojo title|bradybunchmovie|The Brady Bunch Movie}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|brady_bunch_movie|The Brady Bunch Movie}}

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