This is standard coming-of-age stuff padded out with quirky humour, chick bonding, and memorable eccentrics.
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01/01/00
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
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Reviews Counted:57
Fresh:45
Rotten:12
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Warm, real, and hilarious.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This is a coming-of-age story about a young girl in 1970's Beverly Hills who must come to terms with her family's constantly changing residences as well as trying to control her budding sexuality.... [More]
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Corrigan
Director: Tamara Jenkins
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Reviews for Slums of Beverly Hills
Coming-of-age films don't get any warmer, funnier, raunchier, or more endearing than Tamara Jenkins's brightly feisty memoir, 'Slums of Beverly Hills'.
01/01/00
A nice coming-of-age comedy!
01/01/00
[Jenkins'] characters are multitextured and all too human.
01/01/00
There's nothing better than being surprised by a film that does more than you expect.
01/01/00
Jenkins' script is searingly honest and painfully humorous.
01/01/00
Tamara Jenkins hits gold with this first effort, a funny portrayal of teen angst on the fringes of 1976 Beverly Hills.
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10/11/02
Terrific performances from Alan Arkin and Natasha Lyonne dominate this engrossing look at a financially strapped Jewish family trying to survive despite their penury.
02/02/03
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02/08/04
Gets much of its energy from a first-rate cast.
01/01/00
"Slums" is a sharp-witted, biting screwball comedy about a semi-dysfunctional family...
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03/26/09
Top Criticnot as bad as the title makes it sound
12/12/03
A marvelous, fresh new coming-of-age comedy-drama, one that breathes fresh new life into the genre.
05/22/03
This zany comedy written and directed by Tamara Jenkins is filled with humorous takes on sexuality in the 1970s.
03/02/02
Raucous, poignant and hilariously frank about the ins and outs of budding female sexuality.
01/01/00
An ingenious mixture of (so to speak) broad comedy and poignance.
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Latest News for Slums of Beverly Hills
January 22, 2007:
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