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Cheers: The Motion Picture (#5.24)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 27 May 2014]

Woody's dad wants to get him back from Chicago after his uncle got mugged twice when visiting. So the gang decides to prepare a video to send to his dad to convince him. They fight with Diane and make their own film that kind of sucks, so she edits the video and sends it, but it doesn't help.

So many awesome moments in this movie! The whole scene with a puppy who now has to die was adorable and hilarious! Diane's movie made me laugh to my tears. Frasier was an absolutely perfect character as he always is.

And the twist at the end was pretty great as well.

Black humor that the whole family can enjoy

[justinmarshall987 · 10/10 · 9 November 2014]

Black humor starts coming on strong during Cheers' 4th season, but by the time of "Cheers: The Motion Picture" (S5 E24) nothing's off limits - Nazis, inner-city violence, the atomic bomb, and suicide get some of the biggest laughs of the episode.

Even with these darker elements standing in for the drama and heart of Cheers first three seasons - or, depending on when you started watching, the broader comedy of the later, Kirstie Alley years - this episode's humor (somehow) remains effervescent, even watching decades later.

Also, this episode gives perhaps the most character background of any, making it a great episode for introducing Cheers to someone who doesn't yet know the show.

Did I mention that it's hilarious..?

Rating: 10/10 - black comedy played for lightness, edgy even today and smart as ever. "Hidden gem" gets used a lot, but with this one tucked between three genuine classics - "Dinner At Eight-ish," "Simon Says," and "I Do, Adieu" - it's a stone cold classic in it own right, even if an overlooked one.

Unforgettable

[Hitchcoc · 10/10 · 24 August 2019]

Woody's dad decides that Boston and Boston's influences are too much for Woody and decides he needs to return to Indiana. So Diane believes a film, showing what a wonderful place Boston and Cheers are will sway the father. There are two films. One is done by Sam and Norm. The other is a reedit done by Diane. What is produced is amazing in the most fractured way. This is the high point of this series here in the fifth season.