Sunday, November 03, 2013

The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

Based on the television series which ran from 1962 to 1971.

A rural family gets rich and moves to Beverly Hills. A couple of crooks devise a plan to steal their money.

A few sequences and/or lines of dialog are fine, but otherwise this is a weak script sleazily directed. The cast is mostly good, but I didn't like the guy in a dual role. To be fair, though, I must say that this film at least conveys a hint of the original show's quality to those of us who have never seen it. And, judging from the film, it borrows heavily from a thirties comic strip named Li'l Abner.

Caveat: I saw a cut version on open TV (afternoon sessions are considered fillers, and fair game for the exhibitor's editing).

Rating: 32


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