Fresh
On the basically farcical level where it chooses to stay, it is a funny and likable movie.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
See what happens when a dirty bum meets the filthy rich.
1986 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Paul Mazursky
Overview
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman find their lives altered by the arrival of a vagrant who tries to drown himself in their swimming pool.
Director and cast
- Paul Mazursky Director
- Nick Nolte as Jerry Baskin
- Bette Midler as Barbara Whiteman
- Richard Dreyfuss as David 'Dave' Whiteman
- Little Richard as Orvis Goodnight
- Tracy Nelson as Jenny Whiteman
- Carlton Cuse as Water Man
- Elizabeth Peña as Carmen
- Evan Richards as Max Whiteman
- Jason Williams as Lance
- Valerie Curtin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
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.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
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.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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