Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Excellent but underrated film

As Good As It Gets

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Imagine {Sorry about the pun } a Beatles movie without a reference or mention of George Martin or Pete BestWell this movie totally ignores the Monkees two biggest behind the scene starsJeff Barry and Neil DiamondThe Monkees would of not been the World famous Monkees without themHelloAnyone heard of "I'm A Believer" , "A little Bit Me ,A little bit You' and " LOok out , Here comes tomorrow"Gee without these classics, the Monkees would never taken off!

Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Jack Nicholson, what do they have in common? They all knew the Monkees! The characters look well enough like the Monkees, the story does them good justice, the music is good. There are historical flaws, though the wall punching scene did happen, I believe it was really different in real life. In any event, a pretty good film!

Wow. This really was not that great.The producers did a great job with casting, the actors all LOOKED like the Monkees, and for the most part sounded like them, too. (Fake Davy could use some work, and Fake Mike went a little soft on the drawl)It was in the writing that the Daydream was un-Believeable. TWO guys created the show, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schnider, NOT one guy named Van. And the Monkees didn't meet on a beach and discuss the obvious after Head, that was just cheesy. In fact, the entire ending was cheesy. Also, many scenes were just so ridiculously historically inaccurate that it was both sad & funny at once! (Thanks, VH1, for Popping it up today and pointing out things I missed) It seemed like the writers were more concerned with pinpointing certain specific moments than with presenting the real story.Awesome soundtrack, though. :)

Ok, here goes--I am a Monkee fan from way back--from when the original series was on TV. (Telling my age now, huh?) I was prepared to hate this movie because movies of this type never really seem to "hit the mark" and do justice. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. Although I realise that it was not a "perfect" movie AND that the script could have possibly been better, AND that there wasn't nearly enough "Monkee Music", I almost forgot that these guys were not the "Monkees". I think the actors did a great job, especially Aaron (Micky)--great job on the lip-synching close-ups. (Hey, it's hard to make it look like you're REALLY singing the lyrics--especially close-up!) Maybe my hearing isn't what it used to be but I thought George (Davy) did great on the accent (but lose the wig!). L.B. (Peter) reminded me of a blonde Keanu Reeves from Bill and Ted (they oughta get him if they ever need a guy to play Keanu's brother). Jeff (Mike) was the Monkee you loved to hate--hey, Mike was never my favorite anyway. Got a real kick out of his portrayal as the blonde princess though!! As for the casting people getting look-a-like actors, I think they did a good job. If you wanted better or exact ones, we'd have to "clone" them--hey, there's an idea--Ha! I learned a lot about these guys that I didn't know. I agree that the opening scenes (modern day) were really DUMB--I almost thought I had rented the wrong movie at first. Out of a possible 10, I'd give this one an 8!!!