I'm planning to review the entire Beethoven series with a friend, but every one of them after Beethoven's 2nd have been...badly received. But which one is actually not really as bad as the other ones, maybe even okay?
Im hoping it's one of the Judge Reinhold ones, since I really like him as an actor.
This is only my opinion when I tell you this as I am sure I will get some disagreement. I would pick Beethoven's 3rd in all honesty, yes, it is pretty ridiculous and laughable but it is still a fun movie. There's camping (like Bth 2nd), moving, a girlfriend for Brendan and just a lot of laughs. Sadly, I think the worst scene is when the Newton family are at the Sumo Wrestlers and Richard Newton basically humiliates his own son in order to make him a human target for the wrestler.
Beethoven's 4th is the worst movie in the entire series. It is just awful... Words cannot even explain. It makes no sense and it is very cringeworthy and bleak.
Beethoven's 5th isn't that bad, it just isn't good and it feels like a run of the mil just to have another sequel. No familiar actors are present at all from the previous films.
Beethoven's 6th (aka Big Break) I couldn't even sit through. It's not Beethoven at all and it's just a pathetic excuse for a reboot. I only saw it once, never again.
I didn't see anything beyond "Big Break" unfortunately so can't comment on those.
Therefore, stick with Beethoven's 3rd and the original two.
I saw the third today and honestly didn't like it. At first I barely chuckled, then I had some chuckles at least.
Aside from Judge Reinhold (who really does the best with a terrible script) and the cute little love story subplot, there was so little to like about it.
Terrible movie. Gave it a 4/10.
None of them, they are ALL bad. Just stick to Beethoven 1 and 2, just pretend those other sequels don't exist.
The third movie was a National Lampoon knock-off. I enjoy Rheinhold and Sweeney for who they are, but they were not fit for the film. And the song On The Road Again...sorry, Willie Nelson did it better.
The fourth movie was styled after Prince & The Pauper, but all the flaws from the third installment carried over, so it's clear Universal didn't try. The mansion family was an afterthought. At least the song New Dog Old Tricks by Jeff Richman Band is a banger, even though Roll Over Beethoven is better.
The fifth movie had Daveigh Chase playing Sarah Newton, and Chase herself was made famous voicing Lilo Pelaki. Don't forget Dave Thomas, who voiced one of the elk from Brother Bear. The mining town concept was neat.
The reboot films from 2008, 2011, and 2014 were a wake-up call that resting on one's laurels is bad. Universal pulled the Home Alone card in the early 2000's.