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Slums of Beverly Hills

Slums of Beverly Hills

Comedy · Drama · 1998

In 1976, a teenage girl struggles to cope while living with her neurotic lower-middle-class family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

Movie details

Slums of Beverly Hills

“Growing up is hard to do.”

1998 Comedy · Drama 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

In 1976, a teenage girl struggles to cope while living with her neurotic lower-middle-class family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Slums of Beverly Hills?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tamara Jenkins

Written by

Tamara Jenkins

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Vivian Abromowitz

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Murray Samuel Abromowitz

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Rita Abromowitz

Eli Marienthal

Eli Marienthal

Rickey Abromowitz

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz

Ben Abromowitz

Kevin Corrigan

Kevin Corrigan

Eliot Arenson

Jessica Walter

Jessica Walter

Doris

Court is in session

Put Slums of Beverly Hills on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.