Writing the review for Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie is turning out to be a surprisingly depressing experience. So in an attempt to delay commenting on the actual movie itself, I thought I'd briefly give my opinions on the series on which it is based. Perhaps it may provide some context as to why this film turned out as dreadful as it did, and how it may have wrecked the entire franchise.Each episode of Mrs Brown's Boys is thirty straight minutes of relentless stupidity. The fact that it's stupid is not a problem. Stupid and unfunny, that would be a problem. Fortunately, the show is gut-bustingly hilarious, and the tone of the show is very carefully constructed. Its embracing of its studio audience, limited sets, regular fourth-wall moments and inclusion of genuine bloopers add a sense of warmth to it, and it simulates a real theatrical experience. But in the end, it owes almost its entire wealth of success to Brendan O'Carroll's wonderful performance. His physical comedy is top notch; his comic timing is perfect; and he knows exactly how ridiculous the show is and uses it to his advantage (for example, scolding the studio audience in episode one for feeling sorry for the titular character, reminding them: "It's a man in a f--king dress"). With all its madness and idiocy, it really shouldn't work, but it does. It's simply riotous merriment that makes you feel good, says some lovely things about community and family, then allows you to carry on with your day.You will find that every single aspect that makes the series work is almost entirely absent from D'Movie. From the very beginning, it becomes startlingly clear how much the TV show depended on the support of its studio audience. Without them, the jokes seem mistimed and misplaced, each one falling flat on its face. That theatrical ambiance doesn't exist, and the film feels cold from the get-go. But I decided to try and get by this. Mr Bean kinda made it work, so maybe Mrs Brown can too. Unfortunately, she can't. The film cannot establish a coherent and consistent tone. Instead of relishing in its own ridiculousness, the film appears to be trying to take itself seriously, half-heartedly encouraging us to give one iota about its lame, stock, TV-to-cinema cliché of a plot. It's contrived and over-sentimental. (They actually played You Raise Me Up. They actually did.) The use of bloopers is odd in a film of this kind, and even they feel staged. Though O'Carroll's performance (as Brown only, not that Asian impersonation monstrosity) is still quite effective at times, and I admit to quite enjoying The Script's nauseatingly cheerful theme song, the film misses the point of the series entirely.It seems as though D'Movie has been created for the sole purpose of making money. Frankly, I'm disappointed in O'Carroll. Milking his own creation - a character I thought he cared so zealously about - to make a little bit more cash is something I would never have expected from him. I still question, did he actually think this would work? That his crazy, stupid, hilarious show would benefit from stretching it out to ninety minutes and taking away everything about it that makes it unique? I seriously have no idea. The movie shines a harsh light on the bare bones of Mrs Brown's humour, sans atmosphere and warmth. And it's not a pretty sight. Sadly, the film has done nothing for me other than make me feel slightly embarrassed about liking Mrs Brown in the first place.

I am a huge fan of the series so I was wondering how this film would do and its alright. The premise of the film sees mrs Brown's fruit and veg store at the risk of being shut down by the big company. Now brendan o carrol is mrs brown and he is fantastic in this role, the character is just hilarious and a really likable character. Everybody is back from the show and doing a great job with cathy, buster and dermot being the standout characters. Unfortunately, there are some new characters added especially villains that are very cliché in a bad way. The story has some well placed heart to it and some good laughs but at times it tries to focus on too much that doesn't matter. Also there are some very offensive things in this film that are really ridiculous. The script has some very funny lines that had me really laughing and some great drama. But there was some humour that didn't really work for me. The style has some things that are like the series but you can tell that this film wasn't really made for cinemas. Overall this film is okay but only watch if you are a fan of the series.

Popular t.v. comedies aren't known to have reputable success. As with this one, sadly, it enormously fails, where laughs are scarce. The script has to thank for that too, where as a movie, we see the material's been restricted, where we're missing a lot "feckin'" words or vulgarities, what have you, where at times, I honestly was in a stupor. I don't know they couldn't just stick to their guns, where the movie, then would of warranted a MA rating, but it would be a lot of better than this disappointing film. What were the highlights, was the start with that brilliantly choreographed number, and song, where all the old lassies got out their prams, where at last we get to see Brown suburbia, which was pretty. The plot of course was so stereotypical of these t.v. sitcoms to film, with good versus bad. Some big guns, are trying to close down the market stalls, and guess who won't sell hers. We really have some big chunks of zero humor where as a Brown's fan, you will see. There were actually times when watching this, I was crying out for the series, to cure my despondence. We learn too a bit of shock truth about Mrs Brown's history, that really put a no spin on the movie.

So the titular character owes €3.8 million in taxes, and has to pay it or her livelihood will be taken away.That's the story. Other sub lots involve the Russian Mafia, Racism. Blind Ninjas, Sexism, breaking the fourth wall on several occasions, and then pretending to do an outtake halfway through the film, because hey, a lot of the people who watch this abomination on TV wouldn't know what good comedy was even if they were visited by The Spanish Inquisition....And truth be told, its terrible, from beginning to end, its cringeworthy stuff, and as soon as the titular character turns over and broke wind at the beginning, just confirmed the shameful, lazy writing that this thing has.The breaking of the fourth wall is awful, but the worse thing that this film has, are the silly out takes that we get 'treated to' in the second act, its clear that they are staged.All in all, yes, it's made a shedload of money, but that doesn't mean that many people liked it.Come the end of the film, I saw Keith Duffy, and realised I wasn't actually watching the film, I was just looking at the screen, bored senseless.Do not treat your 'mammy' to this, this Christmas, as all the advertising will no doubt say.A poisonous cash in, stopping people seeing something decent at the cinema.