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Slums of Beverly Hills
Vivian's family is poor and does not have a permanent home but move from one to another across the Beverly Hills. The teenager find herself struggling to grow up dealing with all the changes and her own extraordinary family.
15 May 1978, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
31 January 1941, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
27 February 1941, Yuba City, California, USA
26 March 1934, New York City, New York, USA
6 March 1986, Santa Monica, California, USA
30 March 1987, Calabasas, California, USA
March 07, 2017
Dark comedy about family dysfunction; sex, drugs, cursing.January 12, 2007
Uneven but filled with flashes of painful insight into the pitfalls awaiting adolescent girls.June 24, 2006
A small film with plenty of incidental pleasures, writer/director Jenkins' debut feature puts a winning new spin on the adolescent comedy-drama.December 12, 2003
not as bad as the title makes it soundMay 11, 2001
What lifts this brash comedy above the vulgar herd is Tamara Jenkins in a heartfelt feature debut as writer and director.January 12, 2007
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.February 14, 2001
Generally Jenkins shows few rookie jitters, and she got excellent performances from the rest of her cast.July 12, 2002
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.November 25, 2007
...a slight movie but a brave oneJuly 14, 2003
Not much humor here. The statement about white trash is lost in an incest subplot. Just a mess.March 26, 2009
Funny, well acted comedy from a new director whose career shuld be watchedApril 09, 2005
Aside from Corrigan, there is nothing that I can recommend about it.