Mrs Brown's Boys

2011
7.1| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish award winning sitcom created by and starring writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll. The show is based on O'Carroll's stage plays about the character Agnes Browne, which were developed from books and straight-to-DVD films. The sitcom continues the stories of Agnes, now with the shortened surname "Brown", and her family who are played by real life close friends and family of O'Carroll's. After being slated by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and the United Kingdom, where it is recorded. On 29 December 2012 the show began its third series. Mrs Brown's Boys is a co-production among BBC Scotland, BocPix and RTÉ.

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Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Dave I can't understand how such outdated, lame dross can be commissioned in the 2010s. This is old-fashioned in a bad way. Even in the 1970s, this would be second-rate. The protagonist is worse than when Dick Emery dressed in drag. None of the other actors are funny or entertaining, either.
shirleyanthonynow Hilarious, every thing Brendan O'Carroll does I cry laughing doesn't matter how many times I see his creativity. Talented person.I look forward to all he does in Comedy and more in the future, laughter is the best medicine. So he's my doctor LOL.I enjoyed Mrs Brown's Boys immensely series and all his work is great.I look forward to viewing his latest comedy's and I know they will be better than the next if that's at all possible. Thank you for being you.Shirley Anthony.All The best!!!!!!!!!
elijahhandley I'm not really sure where to begin here. This 'comedy' somehow has managed to attain a 7.7 rating on this site as of the time of writing. All that infuriates me more than that is the fact that supporters of this rubbish compare it to the legendary 'Father Ted', one of the classic British comedies and amongst the funniest sitcoms ever produced. 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' is NOT a classic British comedy and it is certainly not amongst the funniest sitcoms ever produced.Anyone reading this who has watched Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's 'Extras' will know what I mean when I say this. In Extras, Gervais's character reluctantly stars in a 'shitcom' (as Merchant's character describes it as) called 'When the Whistle Blows'. In this 'shitcom', the main character runs around shouting an irritating catchphrase ("You havin' a laugh? Is he havin' a laugh?"), falling over and bumping into things, and the like. This is very similar to Mrs. Brown's Boys. The key difference is that WtWB does not feature a man in drag (a terribly dated gag).From this, it is safe to say that Mrs. Brown's Boys is, without a shadow of a doubt, a shitcom. It is actually worse than a fake TV programme Ricky Gervais wrote with the intention of being bad. I have given the show a chance (if I hadn't seen it I wouldn't be reviewing it) but if anything my initial negative view of the show has now dropped even further down. Comfortably the worst sitcom, and possibly TV series, I have ever seen.
studioAT Oh dear. The BBC's grasp of comedy again baffles me and it's no wonder ITV have decided to try and do sitcoms again if this is all they have to beat. With 'Me and Mrs Jones' getting commissioned with great fanfare only to flop it's no wonder that this show makes it into a 3rd series.Strangely this show is popular and wins awards but then again so did Benedorm and that wasn't much better.But this show entertains people and in these tough times that's all that matters. Comedy is subjective. However in years to come when you look through the greatest all-time sitcoms a certain Mrs Brown will not be on the list.