Critic Reviews
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Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
On the basically farcical level where it chooses to stay, it is a funny and likable movie.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Although it is more of a comedy of manners than a well-developed story, there are enough yocks and bright moments to make it a thoroughly enjoyable outing.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
As a comedy of manners it has a dependably keen aim, with its most wicked barbs leavened by Mr. Mazursky's obvious fondness for his characters.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Let me just say that Down and Out in Beverly Hills made me laugh longer and louder than any film I've seen in a long time.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Paul Mazursky hasn't only remade Jean Renoir's sublime 1931 Boudu Saved From Drowning: he's yuppified it, inverting virtually every meaning until the film becomes a celebration of the crassest kind of materialism.
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Cast
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Nick Nolteas Jerry Baskin -
Richard Dreyfussas Dave Whiteman -
Bette Midleras Barbara Whiteman
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Little Richardas Orvis Goodnight -
Tracy Nelsonas Jenny Whiteman -
Elizabeth Peņaas Carmen

