Slums of Beverly Hills
Growing Up is Hard to Do
Growing Up is Hard to Do
Comedy, Drama
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1998
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In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
14 Aug 1998
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$5,502,773
Awards:
9 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
What lifts this brash comedy above the vulgar herd is Tamara Jenkins in a heartfelt feature debut as writer and director.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2001
rotten:
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.
– Ray Conlogue,
Globe and Mail,
12 Jul 2002
fresh:
A small film with plenty of incidental pleasures, writer/director Jenkins' debut feature puts a winning new spin on the adolescent comedy-drama.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
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.
– Lisa Alspector,
Chicago Reader,
12 Jan 2007
fresh:
Funny, well acted comedy from a new director whose career shuld be watched
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009