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Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) -- This semiautobiographical story follows a lower-middle-class teenager (Lyonne) and her neurotic family in 1976 Tinseltown.
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) -- Rita ignores a call for help while wearing her nurse's uniform.
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Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) -- The kids are embarrassed by their father when he tries to get the waiters attention.
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) -- Vivian is caught wearing a mustache removal cream.

Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   5,526 votes
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Director:
Tamara Jenkins
Writer:
Tamara Jenkins (writer)
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Release Date:
14 August 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Never judge a girl by her address. more
Plot:
This semiautobiographical story follows a lower-middle-class teenager (Lyonne) and her neurotic family in 1976 Tinseltown. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
8 nominations more
User Comments:
Nifty Little Movie That Never Got Much Attention more (71 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual situations, nudity, language and drug content.
Runtime:
91 min | Argentina:92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
The 1954 hit song "Papa Loves Mambo" by Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra is featured in the trailer. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The address of the apartment complex where they stay is around 12000, but from the street the address is 425. more
Quotes:
Eliot: [looking at his backseat] There's blood. Do you still have your period?
Vivian: No, I would've warned you.
Eliot: What just happened here?
Vivian: ...Let's just get dressed.
Eliot: Are you telling me I popped your cherry?
Vivian: I didn't want to make a big deal out of it. I just wanted to get it over with. No ceremony.
Eliot: That puts a lot of pressure on a man. Did you think of that? Did you think of me? You know what this makes me? A criminal. On 2 counts! Devirginizing a minor.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Riches: Slums of Bayou Hills (#2.4)" (2008) more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Nifty Little Movie That Never Got Much Attention, 20 February 2005
6/10
Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

THE SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (3 outta 5 stars) I figured this was going to be just another silly movie about the trials and tribulations of spoiled rich kids in Cali. Actually it's a pretty good coming-of-age story circa 1976. Vivian (Natasha Lyonne) has just grown breasts and now considers herself deformed. Her dad (Alan Arkin) is a divorced man of almost-retirement-age who has never been able to provide a stable home for his kids and keep dragging them from place to place like nomads (and presumably keeping one step ahead of bill collectors). One brother is a struggling actor and the other is too young to really fit in anywhere. In a desperate attempt to make ends meet Arkin takes in his troubled 29 year old niece (Marisa Tomei), charging his rich brother a fee for keeping an eye on her. So they all move into a small, cheap Beverly Hills apartment block and try to cope. Very funny moments... punctuated by some heavy drama and some unexpected twists. One of the better roles that Alan Arkin had had in recent years... proving that he hasn't lost his touch as he's gotten older (unlike many other comic actors of his generation). I have never been much of a fan of Marisa Tomei but I liked her a lot in this movie. The scenes of her and Lyonne conversing in their "secret language" are priceless!

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