Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: January 31, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
The Observer (UK)Philip French
Amusing and well acted. [16 May 2010, p.50]
50
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
It's too civilized by half and never quite funny enough. [31 Jan 1986, p.D1]
50
Washington PostPaul Attanasio
Down and Out suggests the kind of conflict of values that the fish-out-of-water story depends on: wealthy Dave is a workaholic, but Jerry doesn't want to work; Dave is a striver, but Jerry's given up. But the idea is never really pursued. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
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. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
It betokens some kind of desperation (or perhaps the fact that this was produced by Disney's adult offshoot) that the comedy rests increasingly on the cute antics of the family dog. Read full review
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