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First of all, it is important for me to note that this film preceded the series "The 80s" which is very similar to the movie because it takes place in the 90s and also because the characters remain the same characters. I didn't like the series that much and I thought it was appreciated too much than it should be and that's how I got to the movie, Although the humor remains the same with jokes about all ethnic groups and their accents (which is less funny to me) but in the end it could be because I didn't grow up in the 80s and that's why I appreciate the series less, but despite that there were also jokes that worked very well that I won't go into detail about because of the spoilers, and the reason I give the movie a score of 7 is because that sometimes it felt like more jokes were being forced.

It all started with a nostalgic TV comedy series called The 80s, which recalled simpler times in Israel and was heavy on reminders of fads and items we'd almost forgotten from those days. But like other comedies the go on for season after season, the series eventually became a embarrassingly far-fetched. Then it was succeeded by The 90s, with the same characters, but the opportunity for evoking a different decade didn't return the series any closer to the underlying believability that had given it its heart to begin with. Now we have a movie, and aside from references to the First Gulf War, there's almost nothing to tie it to the decade it's set in. But most of the characters from the series take part, and audience who have come to enjoy them will see them doing their familiar schtick in another far-fetched plot. To the movie's credit, though, a couple of the most sketchy characters from the TV show are rounded out a little in the movie.