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Beverly Hood (1999) -- A poor black family from the South win the lottery. They move to Beverly Hills to live the good life, but find it hilariously difficult to fit in.

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Melissa Balin (writer)
Tyler Maddox-Simms (writer)
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From rags to riches.
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A poor black family from the South win the lottery. They move to Beverly Hills to live the good life, but find it hilariously difficult to fit in. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Chris Albanese ... Salon Manager

Leila Arcieri ... Pam Washington
Richard Balin ... Howard Blake

Derek Basco ... Salesman
Raquel Burton ... Denise

Jim Calloway ... Nathan
Lavell Crawford ... Lil Bit
Andraé Crouch ... Preacher
Matt Flanders ... Chaz Blake
Jamar French ... Red Washington
Marque Henri ... Madison Owens (as Marques Boone)
Honest John ... Papa
Arif S. Kinchen ... Randall Owens

Buddy Lewis ... Reverend / Aunt Gert
Letoya Luckett ... Girl #3
Jamal Mixon ... Boy #1
Jerod Mixon ... Boy #2
Walter Powell ... June Bug
LaTavia Roberson ... Girl #4

Kelly Rowland ... Girl #2
Kym Whitley ... Nola Washington
Yolanda Whittaker ... Tilly
Eddie Who ... Hyram Washington
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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Not that bad, 30 December 2006
2/10
Author: write_me32 from United States

You can tell that this movie is low budget, but the premise is relatively believable and has a nice twist at the end. At times, it seems like a showcase of the music on the soundtrack, but those scenes aren't that long. There are a few very funny scenes (almost always the ones with Lavell Crawford or Buddy Lewis involved) but also some bad parts that seem like the actors were improvising poorly or just talking. All in all, if this movie is on cable for free or you see it for $1 on DVD in the store, it's worth picking up just to see the old Destiny's Child all together. If it's going to cost you more than $1 to watch it, I'd say save your money. The way that the cover art looks like something that's been photoshopped is a good indication of the quality of the film.

And if you somehow don't pick up on it, this is supposed to be a black parody take on The Beverly Hillbillies. Most of the Hillbillies characters have a double in this movie (Jed = Red, Ellie May = Pammie, Granny = Papa, Mr. Drysdale and his wife = the uppity neighbors, Jethro = Nathan etc)

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