Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story

I knew that this movie was going to be biased towards Danny Bonaduce, since he worked on it somehow. What I didn't know is how much of the story they DIDN'T tell. The only really good performances came from Kathy Wagner (Susan Dey) and Rodney Scott (David Cassidy). The kid who played Danny was too fake for the part. Overall, this movie was a sappy biased biopic.

So funny how fake Danny's freckles look and how they get lighter and darker depending on the scene. Looks like the makeup person put them on with magic marker.

Call me crazy, but I like this movie. It has some very light hearted bits and some very funny scenes as through the eyes of Danny Bonaduce's memories of getting on the show, working on it,getting kidnapped by Keith...whoops,I mean,David Cassidy, a tough family experience as a childhood TV star and the disappointment of the series's end. I was never a big fan of the series, but I did like some of the songs and now thanks to the movie I know some behind the scenes trivia about the music. All of the actors are dead-on lookalikes good enough to bring this series back to TV, especially the lovely Kathy Wagner who plays Susan Dey. Someone please thank Danny for peeking in on Susan for the peeping-tom scene. As a kid, Danny is portrayed like some sort of kid prodigy, which he probably was, and as well sets up the preminitions of what was set to happen to him in the later years of his life.Hey, I think I love,,,,,,,this movie !

Can't recall too many movies along the lines of "true story behind the xxxx group". Val Kilmer played Morrison in "The Doors", and there was the supposed true story of the Beach Boys. That was MUCH better than this. And I can't recall any more.

Having said that, I'm wondering if maybe there wasn't much to tell? I mean Danny Bonaduce WAS just a kid during the four years of the Partridge Family, maybe he simply aired his childhood memories, and they were... well... childish?

I would have liked to have seen more of what happened to the family AFTER the show was canned. I believe that it was quite sordid, maybe that would have added some interest to the story?

An excellent depiction of the actors who played the roles in '70s sitcom "The Partridge Family." It mostly focused on Danny Bonaduce and his family, but also David Cassidy and how he as a young person dealt with fame. I would strongly recommend you watch it if you get the chance.