The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002)

Really Surprised!

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This movie is an insult to BB fans. It lacks the charm and wit of the first BB movie. Nothing is funny. Since the action takes place in the White House instead of the Brady House, nothing makes sense and politics isn't funny. Long and Cole are too old for their parts (and they barely phone in their performances) and none of the kids or Alice look like their series counterparts.It's hard to believe Sherwood Schwartz was associated with this terrible movie. The writing is boring, the musical numbers are torture to sit through, and I hated everything about it. If you're a Brady Bunch fan, skip this movie.

I didn't care for the first "Brady Bunch" movie, but I enjoyed the second one because it savaged the Brady mentality more. When I heard the premise for this third movie, I thought it was a great premise. The square Bradys in a high position of power? It's ripe for humor.Unfortunately, I found most of the actual execution disappointing. First of all, the productions are inconsistent. Since this entry was made for TV, the budget was obviously slashed, and as a result much of the movie has a cheap feeling.The second was the acting. I admit that Canadian actor Saul Rubinek was amusing, and Shelley Long and Gary Cole (reprising their roles) give it their best as always, but I didn't care for the new actors cast in the Brady children roles. They seemed to just be reading their lines instead of really making real characters.But what's really disappointing about this movie is the writing. There is very little story after the Bradys get to the White House, just a bunch of vignettes with little to no relation to each other. And there is surprisingly less footage that you'd think of Mike and Carol Brady actually doing the duties of president/vice president. And what little footage there is is unimaginative. What if Mike Brady hosted Middle East peace talks? What if Carol Brady was interviewed by a political commentator like Rush Limbaugh? Nothing like those two examples ever happens here, despite the opportunities for humor being endless.Even if you're a fan of "The Brady Bunch", chances are you'll find little to laugh about here.

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.