Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie - Film Review

The Mrs Brown's Boys series has been a massive hit with audiences in the UK & Ireland. The loud mouth mammy has gone from a little radio series to prime time TV with millions tuning in and achieved sell out stage tours. With it's popularity growing, it was only a matter of time before it hit the big screen. However is this just one step too far? Could they adapted the show from a live audience to a film set? At first glance I was unsure. I saw the trailer for Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie about a month ago and it to put it bluntly, it looked crap. Recycled jokes that you've possibly heard before if you've seen the TV series and it did look like a cash grab with no care whatsoever, only to get fans on seats. I walked into the cinema and it looked like the elderly had be released from their retirement homes. I've never seen so many over 70's in my life, it was really nice to see. I didn't know Mrs Brown's Boys was so popular with the older generation. However a few of them in front of me did need the loo a fair bit throughout so I was having to move my head like a seal trying to catch a fish. 

So Brendan O'Carroll and the family are back and the plot is very simple, consisting of Mrs Brown's fruit and veg stall being under threat from developers wanting to buy the land to build a shopping centre and the family attempt to save it. The first 5 minutes of the film was very entertaining, the last 5 minutes at the end was very entertaining. However everything else was dreadful. The big screen just doesn't suit the Mrs Brown's Boys style of comedy. The majority of the jokes were that bad that I had to laugh at some of them. On a par with Bruce Forsyth's jokes. The main reason why Mrs Brown's Boys works well on stage and on TV is the way the show works with the live audience. The cast know how to work with them and get the reaction from the crowd and you just can't do that same routine with film. The bloopers that you see whilst they perform the show, which are hilarious, don't work whilst watching the film. It's something you put on the end credits. And they did put the bloopers on at the end so why were they actually in the film. It made no sense. The feel of the film felt like it should have been put on BBC One as a special. It didn't have the tone of a big comedy film because they didn't invest anytime in creating new material, it was the same old comedy you get from the TV show. Unfortunately I think the film was originally was intended for TV but they decided to get Universal on board and gain as much money as possible. Apparently Brendan O'Carroll has said 2 more films were in the making. And with this showing it tells me he's more interesting in making even more money rather than caring for his audience.

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie sadly fails to deliver any new jokes and the recycled material is poorly executed. The jump from TV and stage to film, to answer my earlier question, is one step too far for the franchise. It should stick to what it does best and not explore the world of cinema again. However this film will make plenty of money so expect more awful films like this in the future.

Rating : 2/10