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
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...a slight movie but a brave one Full Review |
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3/4 |
Uneven but filled with flashes of painful insight into the pitfalls awaiting adolescent girls. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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A small film with plenty of incidental pleasures, writer/director Jenkins' debut feature puts a winning new spin on the adolescent comedy-drama. Full Review |
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Aside from Corrigan, there is nothing that I can recommend about it. Full Review |
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2/5 |
not as bad as the title makes it sound
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2/5 |
Not much humor here. The statement about white trash is lost in an incest subplot. Just a mess.
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A marvelous, fresh new coming-of-age comedy-drama, one that breathes fresh new life into the genre. Full Review |
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Intelligent, humorous and thoroughly poignant, this can easily hold its own with the best comedies of the year. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Terrific performances from Alan Arkin and Natasha Lyonne dominate this engrossing look at a financially strapped Jewish family trying to survive despite their penury.
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4/5 |
Lyonne is a natural, and clearly a young actress to watch. Full Review |
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Refreshingly real. Full Review |
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There's an alchemy that can transform personal experience into a great film, but it was nowhere nearby when Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed this lacklustre first feature. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Slums of Beverly Hills
January 22, 2007:
Sundance Interview: RT Talks With "The Savages'" Tamara Jenkins
In the cult hit "Slums of Beverly Hills," director Tamara Jenkins created a darkly comic film from her experiences as a teenager. After a long layoff, Jenkins is back... More...
August 23, 2005:
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