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03/16/04
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
There's nothing better than being surprised by a film that does more than you expect.
01/01/00
...a slight movie but a brave one
11/25/07
A very funny and well-acted comedy about the slings and arrows of outrageous adolescence.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/11/02
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
Ultimately it's all a bit predictable -- the cyclical story more or less ends where it begins -- but it's nevertheless a charming and delightful romp, with keen observations about character, time and place.
06/05/02
Though hypocritical in the way it sensationalizes sexuality, this serious and funny 1998 movie about a 15-year-old coming to terms with her body and her family in 1976 is, refreshingly, never coy or ironic.
01/12/07
Top CriticBasically I enjoyed Slums of Beverly Hills -- for the wisecracking, for the family squabbles, for the notion of squatters who stake a claim in a Beverly Hills where money, after all, is not the only currency.
01/01/00
Top CriticGets much of its energy from a first-rate cast.
01/01/00
Refreshingly real.
10/15/02
Slums of Beverly Hills
01/01/00
The best-written comedy I've seen since The Opposite of Sex.
01/01/00
An ingenious mixture of (so to speak) broad comedy and poignance.
01/01/00
Despite showing that she has a talent for writing clever dialogue, Jenkins quickly loses control over the story's direction.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Top CriticIt’s hard for me to sympathize with people I don’t like, and except for Lyonne’s character I didn’t like anyone in the story.
05/28/01
Really, it sounds more intriguing than it is. Nothing really happens.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/25/02
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