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Release Date: 17 December, 2002 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
Slums of Beverly Hills Reviews
Breasts aren't the problem, they're the whole show
This is an funny independent movie about breasts. It pretends to be many other things, but it is essentially an urban comedy about breasts. At one point, one of the actresses says the problem is breasts. She was wrong, since breasts are the whole reason this movie exists.
The two female stars in this flick -- Natasha Lyonne, who is badly cast as an incoming high school freshman but looks more like a 21-year-old -- and Marisa Tomei both use stand ins to show off their breasts in separate scenes. These surely weren't Lyonne's breasts, since she used those things some people call candy dishes to enhance her bustline for the film. It's a good bet a stand in did the partial nude scenes of Tomei, also.
Aside from discussion (and regular appearance) of breasts, the movie revolves around a Beverly Hills family whose breadwinner (Alan Arkin) has no job and no money yet tries to maintain a Beverly Hills address so his three kids can attend school there. Not much happens with his two sons, one of whom is an aspiring actor.
That's because the movie is almost completely dedicated to the sex and social lives of the two female stars. It's a funny movie that holds your attention for 90 minutes but isn't what it pretends to be -- a "coming out" film about a young girl with a burgeoning bustline and sexuality.
This girl is about as young as Betty Crocker and about as innocent as the Beverly Hills madam. Still, this is a funny movie that will give you some laughs and avoids most of the formulaic pratfalls of Hollywood productions.
Fantastic, funny, and wise
This is without a doubt one of my favorite movies. Natasha Lyonne gives a sensitive, hysterical performance as a girl coming of age in less-than conventional circumstances. A realistic story with first-class acting, lots of laughs, and a spectacularly awkward take on growing up female in America.
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