[4][5] 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, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, RuPaul, and some of the original cast of The Brady Bunch in new roles.

The film features humorous side plots, based around the culture clash between the Bradys' quaint conservative lifestyle and their more liberal surroundings.

They use their car's citizens' band radio, and their transmission is heard by Schultzy, a long-haul trucker who picks up Jan and convinces her to return home.

However, the judges — 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.

[7] In June 1993, it was announced Rick Copp and Laurice Elehwany had been hired to rewrite the first draft by the Schwartz' with the premise described as The Desperate Hours meets The Brady Bunch and follow the Brady family falling victim to a home invasion by escaped prisoners who then proceed to hold the family hostage while as they hide from the authorities.

[8] Copp and Elehwany were reportedly hired to bring a parody element to the script which included having the Brady Family act as they did in the 1970s while living in contemporary times.

[10] Ladd voiced his hopes that The Brady Bunch Movie would be the first in a long running franchise citing his prior success shepherding The Omen, Police Academy, and Alien during his tenure at other studios.

[16] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F.[17] Leonard Klady of Variety wrote, "For five years back in the early 1970s, U.S. TV homes were in the thrall of The Brady Bunch.

"[18] 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.

"[19] He and Gene Siskel also agreed that the film offers charmingly bright and silly set decoration but fails to deliver genuine laughs.

[20] 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.

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.