The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) -
This film was basic harmless fun, but not particularly clever with its story. I would imagine that it was aimed more at the generation that watched the original TV series and maybe those that saw the repeats, but not really for a newer, fussier audience. Its was a simpler more innocent humour from before the technical revolution when jokes about road kill were satisfactory and the audience weren't looking for hidden "Easter Eggs" or "Da Vinci Codes" when not everything had to be complicated.
The Clampett's hit oil and got rich quick so they decided to move to Beverly Hills where there was no shortage of people that tried to take advantage of their kind and "Backwards" ways through corruption, extortion, exploitation and marriage and that's basically it. A theme similar to 'Addams Family Values' (1993) and many others before that.
It's naive and easy way, along with its standard traditional storyline certainly didn't have anything exciting going on to make it stand out separately from the original series it was remaking or have anything about it to compete with other films of its time, including 'Addams Family Values' and definitely not since, because of the every day comedy that it contained, but I actually loved watching the repeats of the TV series as a kid, so for me this was a pleasure to watch at the time of its release and actually on this more recent occasion coming at a time when I needed something simplistic and daft to counteract am odd mood, I could find joy and peace in the fact that it didn't require too much brain power, but it still had a warmth and enjoyability over 30 years on.
The actors all played what they've done before and in the case of some, many times after, but they did do it very well. The monkey was awesome too and I did like Jethro's (Diedrich Bader) muscles. It was also a genius touch to add Dolly Parton to the cast list for a cameo too.
So yeah, overall it could have done with a few more laugh out loud moments, some hysterically explosive outbursts, etc, but it really wasn't bad. Don't expect too much from it and you won't be disappointed.
612.18/1000.
This film was basic harmless fun, but not particularly clever with its story. I would imagine that it was aimed more at the generation that watched the original TV series and maybe those that saw the repeats, but not really for a newer, fussier audience. Its was a simpler more innocent humour from before the technical revolution when jokes about road kill were satisfactory and the audience weren't looking for hidden "Easter Eggs" or "Da Vinci Codes" when not everything had to be complicated.
The Clampett's hit oil and got rich quick so they decided to move to Beverly Hills where there was no shortage of people that tried to take advantage of their kind and "Backwards" ways through corruption, extortion, exploitation and marriage and that's basically it. A theme similar to 'Addams Family Values' (1993) and many others before that.
It's naive and easy way, along with its standard traditional storyline certainly didn't have anything exciting going on to make it stand out separately from the original series it was remaking or have anything about it to compete with other films of its time, including 'Addams Family Values' and definitely not since, because of the every day comedy that it contained, but I actually loved watching the repeats of the TV series as a kid, so for me this was a pleasure to watch at the time of its release and actually on this more recent occasion coming at a time when I needed something simplistic and daft to counteract am odd mood, I could find joy and peace in the fact that it didn't require too much brain power, but it still had a warmth and enjoyability over 30 years on.
The actors all played what they've done before and in the case of some, many times after, but they did do it very well. The monkey was awesome too and I did like Jethro's (Diedrich Bader) muscles. It was also a genius touch to add Dolly Parton to the cast list for a cameo too.
So yeah, overall it could have done with a few more laugh out loud moments, some hysterically explosive outbursts, etc, but it really wasn't bad. Don't expect too much from it and you won't be disappointed.
612.18/1000.