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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.

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Tamara Jenkins (writer)
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Release Date:
14 August 1998 (USA) more
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Never judge a girl by her address. more
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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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8 nominations more
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This movie is cinema distilled to its truest and purest essence more (71 total)

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Rated R for strong sexual situations, nudity, language and drug content.
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91 min | Argentina:92 min
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The 1954 hit song "Papa Loves Mambo" by Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra is featured in the trailer. more
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Continuity: In the scene in the laundry room when Viv meets the girl with the nose job, she is taking the laundry out of the dryer. When we see her take the second item out of the dryer you can clearly see that the dryer still has items in it. But in the next shot she kicks the dryer door shut and picks up the laundry basket to leave. more
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Murray Samuel Abromowitz: Who the hell is that on your shirt?
Eliot: Charles Manson, sir.
Murray Samuel Abromowitz: Okay...
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Murray Samuel Abromowitz: Your sister gets the bedroom.
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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
This movie is cinema distilled to its truest and purest essence, 8 August 2004
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Author: cryofan from Houston



Now, I am a middle aged male movie buff, and although I like and have watched lots of movies, and all kinds of movies, comedies are not that high on my list, generally speaking. When I read the tv guide, it said this movie was a comedy. So I tuned in, expecting to not be too excited about the movie.

I tuned in about 10 minutes after the start of the movie, and gave the movie my partial attention. But within 2 or 3 minutes, this movie had my full attention. I could see right away this one was something special. It comes as close to depicting a genuine species of lower middle class family life as I have ever seen. It is a real gem.

And it is not really a true comedy, although it is quite funny sometimes. It sort of defies definition or categorization. Sort of wry and humorous exploration of the dynamics of a typical struggling, lower-middle class family.

No fancy camera angles. Not a special effect in sight (and I have enjoyed many movies with fancy camera angles and special effects--I am no snob). But this movie is cinema stripped to its bare essence. Just pure script and acting. And what a script.

Marisa Tomei is incredible. She should have won the Oscar for this one.

See it!

BTW, I cannot believe the lady who scripted and directed this one has not gone on to do more directing or writing! What a waste of talent!



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