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10 Sitcoms That Became Terrible Movies

  • <p>The two-part 1991 Christmas special ‘Miami Twice’ ended up being edited into a double-episode movie that’s utterly baffling – the second half was shot entirely on film without a laugh track or the usual opening credits. Those were added for the filmic version – the result is an odd curio.</p>
    1/10

    ‘Only Fools And Horses’ (1991)

    The two-part 1991 Christmas special ‘Miami Twice’ ended up being edited into a double-episode movie that’s utterly baffling – the second half was shot entirely on film without a laugh track or the usual opening credits. Those were added for the filmic version – the result is an odd curio.

  • <p>The adaptation of Jack Whitehall’s sophomoric BBC3 show didn’t impress critics and only earned £2million at the UK box office – about £58m less than the ‘Inbetweeners’ film, whose success it was clearly trying to ape.</p>
    2/10

    ‘The Bad Education Movie’ (2015)

    The adaptation of Jack Whitehall’s sophomoric BBC3 show didn’t impress critics and only earned £2million at the UK box office – about £58m less than the ‘Inbetweeners’ film, whose success it was clearly trying to ape.

  • <p>Completely reworking the original 1960s sitcom’s storyline, the Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell-starrer was a big flop and won a Razzie for Worst Screen Couple whilst being nominated for several more.</p>
    3/10

    ‘Bewitched’ (2005)

    Completely reworking the original 1960s sitcom’s storyline, the Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell-starrer was a big flop and won a Razzie for Worst Screen Couple whilst being nominated for several more.

  • <p>Generally acknowledged as one of the most racist programmes ever broadcast, this movie version of the show about the “hilarious” misunderstandings between white and black neighbours was terrifyingly the 15th most successful film at the UK box office that year.</p>
    4/10

    ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ (1973)

    Generally acknowledged as one of the most racist programmes ever broadcast, this movie version of the show about the “hilarious” misunderstandings between white and black neighbours was terrifyingly the 15th most successful film at the UK box office that year.

  • <p>A deserved flop at the box office, this desperately unfunny spin-off of the BBC comedy about undertakers involved drug smuggling and was strangely released by renowned horror distributor Hammer Films.</p>
    5/10

    ‘That’s Your Funeral’ (1972)

    A deserved flop at the box office, this desperately unfunny spin-off of the BBC comedy about undertakers involved drug smuggling and was strangely released by renowned horror distributor Hammer Films.

  • <p>Despite a phenomenal cast, this year’s adaptation of the iconic sitcom was a critical failure and didn’t particularly impact the box office, with most viewers wishing it had been left alone.</p>
    6/10

    ‘Dad’s Army’ (2016)

    Despite a phenomenal cast, this year’s adaptation of the iconic sitcom was a critical failure and didn’t particularly impact the box office, with most viewers wishing it had been left alone.

  • <p>Initially a rowdy, entertaining show, this was the movie version that exactly zero people asked for. The result was expectedly chauvinistic and flopped hard at the box office – earning only £6million more than its budget.</p>
    7/10

    ‘Entourage’ (2015)

    Initially a rowdy, entertaining show, this was the movie version that exactly zero people asked for. The result was expectedly chauvinistic and flopped hard at the box office – earning only £6million more than its budget.

  • <p>While we’re huge Rik Mayall fans, this spin-off of ‘Bottom’ was quite spectacularly bad, utterly unfunny and a career low point for Mayall and his co-star Adrian Edmondson, who also directed.</p>
    8/10

    ‘Guest House Paradiso’ (1999)

    While we’re huge Rik Mayall fans, this spin-off of ‘Bottom’ was quite spectacularly bad, utterly unfunny and a career low point for Mayall and his co-star Adrian Edmondson, who also directed.

  • <p>The plot of this risible film adaptation involves the cast of the show going being sent on holiday to the Costa Plonka. That’s about as sophisticated as it gets.</p>
    9/10

    ‘Are You Being Served?’ (1977)

    The plot of this risible film adaptation involves the cast of the show going being sent on holiday to the Costa Plonka. That’s about as sophisticated as it gets.

  • <p>Only making back £25million on a £27m budget, Steve Martin’s take on the 1950s sitcom ‘The Phil Silvers Show’ was panned at the time for being tired and unfunny.</p>
    10/10

    ‘Sgt. Bilko’ (1996)

    Only making back £25million on a £27m budget, Steve Martin’s take on the 1950s sitcom ‘The Phil Silvers Show’ was panned at the time for being tired and unfunny.

<p>The two-part 1991 Christmas special ‘Miami Twice’ ended up being edited into a double-episode movie that’s utterly baffling – the second half was shot entirely on film without a laugh track or the usual opening credits. Those were added for the filmic version – the result is an odd curio.</p>
<p>The adaptation of Jack Whitehall’s sophomoric BBC3 show didn’t impress critics and only earned £2million at the UK box office – about £58m less than the ‘Inbetweeners’ film, whose success it was clearly trying to ape.</p>
<p>Completely reworking the original 1960s sitcom’s storyline, the Nicole Kidman/Will Ferrell-starrer was a big flop and won a Razzie for Worst Screen Couple whilst being nominated for several more.</p>
<p>Generally acknowledged as one of the most racist programmes ever broadcast, this movie version of the show about the “hilarious” misunderstandings between white and black neighbours was terrifyingly the 15th most successful film at the UK box office that year.</p>
<p>A deserved flop at the box office, this desperately unfunny spin-off of the BBC comedy about undertakers involved drug smuggling and was strangely released by renowned horror distributor Hammer Films.</p>
<p>Despite a phenomenal cast, this year’s adaptation of the iconic sitcom was a critical failure and didn’t particularly impact the box office, with most viewers wishing it had been left alone.</p>
<p>Initially a rowdy, entertaining show, this was the movie version that exactly zero people asked for. The result was expectedly chauvinistic and flopped hard at the box office – earning only £6million more than its budget.</p>
<p>While we’re huge Rik Mayall fans, this spin-off of ‘Bottom’ was quite spectacularly bad, utterly unfunny and a career low point for Mayall and his co-star Adrian Edmondson, who also directed.</p>
<p>The plot of this risible film adaptation involves the cast of the show going being sent on holiday to the Costa Plonka. That’s about as sophisticated as it gets.</p>
<p>Only making back £25million on a £27m budget, Steve Martin’s take on the 1950s sitcom ‘The Phil Silvers Show’ was panned at the time for being tired and unfunny.</p>
Ben Falk

The ingredients that make a successful half-an-hour-a-week sitcom often don’t translate into a 90-minute movie. Occasionally comedy shows manage the transition to the big screen – ‘The Inbetweeners’, for example, or ‘Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa’ – but these are the exceptions, as these sorry sitcoms-turned-movies prove… Image credits: Rex_Shutterstock