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Slums of Beverly Hills

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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.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

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. Marisa Tomei is a cousin who comes to visit, adding even more mayhem to the proceedings. Jenkins'... 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. Marisa Tomei is a cousin who comes to visit, adding even more mayhem to the proceedings. Jenkins' debut obviously strikes a few personal chords, which elevates this above the usual indie-fare. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Corrigan

Director: Tamara Jenkins
Screenwriter: Tamara Jenkins
Producer: Michael Nozik, Stanley J. Wlodkowski
Composer: Rolfe Kent

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 5, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Stereo - English
  • Subtitles - Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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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.

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06/24/06
Wally Hammond
Time Out
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4/5

This is standard coming-of-age stuff padded out with quirky humour, chick bonding, and memorable eccentrics.

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01/01/00
Empire Magazine
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87/100

...a slight movie but a brave one

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11/25/07
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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3/4

Uneven but filled with flashes of painful insight into the pitfalls awaiting adolescent girls.

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01/12/07
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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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.

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01/12/07
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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Aside from Corrigan, there is nothing that I can recommend about it.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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3/5

No review available.

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03/16/04
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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3/5

No review available.

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02/12/04
Blake French
NutzWorld
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3/5

No review available.

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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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2/5

not as bad as the title makes it sound

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12/12/03
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
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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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07/14/03
Fred Topel
About.com
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A marvelous, fresh new coming-of-age comedy-drama, one that breathes fresh new life into the genre.

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05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather
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Intelligent, humorous and thoroughly poignant, this can easily hold its own with the best comedies of the year.

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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly
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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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02/02/03
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online
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4/5

Lyonne is a natural, and clearly a young actress to watch.

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
Netflix
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10/17/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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3/4

Refreshingly real.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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2/4

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.

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07/12/02
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