Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

MrPositive1 And it's still the funniest show ever made. That's all there is to it. And it was also revolutionary in that it broke the ground on everything being so perfect with sitcoms. The Cleavers and then the Cosby's were all so perfect. They were not us, They were not normal humans and their lives did not reflect ours. But the Bundy's? Now that felt more real. I could relate with them and their every day issues. Sure they took it to 11, but it's was 10 times more permeate with me than the Cosby family. I wish they'd make a movie while there is still time!

nicholls_les The only reason this got 9 instead of 10 is because it didn't always work, especially the last series. But over all this is what all comedies should be .... funny! Married with Children is laugh out loud funny and some of the episodes are classics. Ed O'Neill proves to be a brilliant comedy actor as Al Bundy, surely Al is one of the best comedic characters ever created? Christina Applegate provides some of the series funniest lines as the pretty but less than intelligent Kelly Bundy. She is laugh out loud funny at times. Katey Sagal creates a unique comedy classic character as Peggy and although Bud is probably the weakest family character, David Faustino does it brilliantly. It is hard to find fault with any of the cast in this series. Amanda Bearse as Marcy D'Arcy is very funny. Her interactions with Al are comedy genius. Ted McGinley who replaced Steve Rhoades as her husband is also very funny.But what makes this series so funny is it is politically incorrect and goes back to a time when what mattered in comedies was that they make people laugh. So many so called modern comedies and comedians are just not funny and resort to bad language which for some strange reason makes some people laugh.Some Al Bundy scenes in the shoe shop are just some of the most hilarious I have seen.Love this show and sad it ended the way it did.

bkoganbing Sadly if you took a survey I think that more people would identify with Al Bundy as the American father than Ward Cleaver. Ward might be what we aspire to, but Al sadly is what we are.Ed O'Neill as the much but upon Al Bundy was the lead in Married With Children. In doing so he revived another genre in which the American husband and father is a put upon idiot like Danny Thomas for instance. But this show went much farther. Katey Sagal as mother spends her whole day on her coach watching soap operas and eating bonbons. We all felt for Al getting stuck with this and supporting her and the kids on his miserable dead end job as a shoe salesman for women's footwear.That wasn't it for Married With Children. Nobody would ever confuse Christina Applegate with Sandra Dee dripping with sweet virginity. The girl is dumber than a post and puts out to one and all. There was a great line in one of the shows when she took a career guidance test and the result was "lumber camp toy or the other woman".There is also David Faustino as Bud who was intelligent, but the ultimate social misfit. Not likely to be the high school football hero Al was, four touchdowns in a single game Bundy little knowing those were his glory years. Many can identify with that.Every episode focused on one or more of these role models. The neighbor was Amanda Bearse who went through two husbands during the show's run. First was David Garrison who like her was an upwardly mobile yuppie in the banking business. She and O'Neill had a war of words for the run of the show. Secondly was Ted McGinley who was a lay about gigolo, a trophy husband as it were.These six characters and the acid look at the American family are what gave Married With Children it's cynical vibe. It also entertained America from the tail end of the Reagan years well into the Clinton years. Some of the stories went into the surreal, but they were always hilarious.Ed O'Neill for a long time couldn't get work so identified with Al Bundy that he was. Ironically he's now on another hit show playing a family patriarch, much different than Al.But as the much put upon symbol of the American male is what I remember Ed O'Neill as the indelible, unforgettable Al Bundy.

Armand reflecting ordinary problems of a family, using large sort of humor, creating memorable characters, it is a legend. out of definitions, it remains more than source of nice memories but a form of pop art. because it reflects reality in a special unique form. because the song of Frank Sinatra has new nuances and for Ed O'Neill is one of biggest performances. almost vulgar, too honest, ironic, absurd, strange, it becomes, episode by episode, a picture. its secret is precise connection with reality. the genius of director to give slices of small facts from every day in a kind of society portrait. a family like reflection of its viewers. and nice art to be the jester of modern time.it is a legend. not for the ten years in which it was made, not for memorable jokes. only for the inspired manner to present reality as a big large source of humor.