Beverly Hills Brats (1989)

Name: Beverly Hills Brats
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989-10-06
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Burt Young, Martin Sheen, Terry Moore, Peter Billingsley, Fernando Allende

Beverly Hills Brats (1989), directed by Jim Sotos, starring Burt Young and Martin Sheen.

10/06/1989 BR Comedy 1h 30m

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Scooter's in trouble now. His kidnappers don't take credit cards.

Synopsis

A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.

Harry MathiasCinematography
Jim SotosDirector
Jerry U. FrizellEditing
Jerry RiversProducer

About the film

Beverly Hills Brats is a 1989 American comedy film. Directed by Jim Sotos, the film stars Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen, Burt Young, Terry Moore, George Kirby, Ruby Keeler (in her final film) and Whoopi Goldberg in a cameo role.

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Plot

Scooter is a teen from a wealthy Beverly Hills family. After his plastic surgeon father remarries, Scooter is virtually ignored by his father and stepmother, and treated badly by his two other spoiled siblings, Sterling and Tiffany. Scooter devises a plan to fake his own kidnapping to get his parents' attention and enlists the help of two bumbling crooks, Clive and Elmo. After Scooter is "kidnapped" and a ransom is demanded, he quickly realizes that his plan failed to work and his parents don't miss him.

Cast

Burt Young as Clive

Martin Sheen as Dr. Jeffery Miller

Terry Moore as Veronica

Peter Billingsley as Scooter

Fernando Allende as Roberto

George Kirby as Elmo

Cathy Podewell as Tiffany

Joe Santos as Spyder

Natalie Schafer as Lillian

Robert Tessier as Slick

Tonya Townsend as Tulip

Ramon Sheen as Sterling

Whoopi Goldberg as herself

Ruby Keeler as Goldie

Anna Lee as Gertie

James Randolph as Reverend

Pat Renella as Lt. Gofield

Vito Scotti as Jerry

Cort McCown as Bart

Duncan Bravo as Manny

Jimmy Justice as Deacon

Aron Eisenberg as Simon

Michael J Aronin as the Cop

Reception

According to a review at TV guide, "Martin Sheen is reported to have said that he got involved with BEVERLY HILLS BRATS mainly to prove that he could do comedy, and--though the film itself is a comedy in intent only--neither he nor his son Ramon does a bad job here. But the cast is done in by a feeble script. The film has the ingredients for a sharp, corrosive farce, but to do so, it also needed a sharp, corrosive sensibility behind the camera." Leonard Maltin described the film as an "(a)nnoying, pretentious so-called satire". The Motion Picture Annual found: "is merely a movie made in Beverly Hills for people who live in Beverly Hills" and that "this relentlessly unfunny comedy that wastes the talents of some of Hollywood's better character actors (without whom it) probably would not have seen the light of day."

References

External links

Beverly Hills Brats at IMDb

Beverly Hills Brats at Rotten Tomatoes

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Trivia

It grossed US$ 192.561 worldwide.
It premiered on October 6, 1989, a Friday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.