SincereFinest
disgusting, overrated, pointless
Helllins
It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.
Ogosmith
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Steve Lee
When I was a young boy, which probably is more than 10 years ago, every night I would wait in front of my TV to see Growing Pains. It was dubbed into Chinese. I found it really funny and laughed with the spot audience every single night. Well I didn't laugh all the time because even though I was only 11 or 12 years old I could get some of the serious messages in Growing Pains. I remember the episode where Mike gave every teen a lesson about quitting drugs, and another one where he had the whole family help him lie to a girl who's into art and finally told her the truth that he is not artistic. I sure got those, but when I watched the whole series all the way again a few months ago I got more.To do the spoiler click justice I may wanna talk about the episode I remember the most. It was the one where Boner is going to list in the marine and Mike tries to persuade him out of the decision but Boner really feels he's gonna do what he knows he should do and it's the first time in his life he knows what he wants to do. So all Mike can do as a best friend is give him his best love and wishes and see him off. And that was real touching...Not only did I find my favorite episode, I also learned more when I watched it the second time. Well the messages and points are quite simple and easy to understand but there is one thing you have to get out there to feel with your own heart. I think Jason just put it very accurately by asking Maggie: Can you imagine all those kids have just suddenly grown up? I am not a parent myself but I could really feel it when I heard Jason say it... You won't notice the growing if you don't want to but as long as you put a little bit of attention and love you will see the family around you are becoming more mature, more lovable! Just try to imagine if Mike had got the 5000 dollars from his grandparents a couple of years before he got them, would he have used the money to help a homeless guy? And would Carol have bought her grandparents the tickets to Ireland with the 5000 dollars if it'd happened a few years ago? If you wanna find out what kind of kids they were just get back and watch episode one. We see their growing and that's a great feeling to have for us as audience because we all have family around us.Get your dusty family album outta your cabinet and have a look at it, with some smile and love.
frightnight1985
I thought growing pains was a totally great show. I am glad the network brought it back. IT teaches us that we can have fun without drinking alcohol or smoking cigarettes. Compared to shows today, this has truly stood the test of time. it had originality. I liked the clothing they wore in the 80s. Today taste in clothing has waned. Carol seaver makes a perfect role model for girls and even for guys too. I truly enjoy this show. if you want good fashion tips, watch this show. Unlike today's ugly fads (the bellbottoms, sideburns, and flare pants), growing pains had straight leg pants and no baggy pants which are worn today.
mnbvcxz112
When I first saw "Growing Pains" I referred to it disparagingly as "The White Cosby Show". In 1984, sitcoms were the junk food of the television diet. They lacked quality, and were relegated to the basement of the Nielsen ratings. Then, in 1984, NBC showed that a sitcom could be #1 in the ratings with "The Cosby Show". I greeted "Growing Pains", ABC's apparent attempt to cash in with a new family sitcom in 1985, with cynicism, and watched every week for them to drop the ball. I watched, in the beginning to see this show crash and burn, and was very surprised to find, in a few weeks that I liked it!In a time before shows about dysfunctional families like "Married...With Children" and "Roseanne" (good shows in their own way) "Growing Pains" showed a reasonably functional family in a basically caring environment, Mike's constant put-downs of Carol being his way of handling the affection he felt for his sister but felt uncomfortable showing.The members of this family liked each other, and their feelings were infectious. I liked being able to hang out with the Seaver family for half an hour every week, and daily when the syndicated reruns began. I haven't been able to see GP reruns in at least 4 years. When the twice-a-day reruns of "Seinfeld", "Friends", and "The Simpsons" begin to lose their steam, I hope "Growing Pains" is given another opportunity.
Kari Kamiya
My favorite episode was when Mike had the paper route and he gave it to Ben who gave it to some other kid.It's a good show to watch if you want a good laugh once in a while.But sometimes it can be dramatic too.The cast is okay.
