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Comedy drama about a lower-middle-class family struggling to survive in Beverly Hills by staying constantly on the move. The normal routine is disrupted when their teenage daughter, embarrassed by her family, starts becoming curious about sex, while simultaneously having to look after her mentally unstable adult cousin who has absconded from an institution

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Black Comedy, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1998) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Natasha Lyonne	.... Vivian Abromowitz
Alan Arkin	.... Murray Samuel Abromowitz
Bryna Weiss	.... Saleslady
Marisa Tomei	.... Rita Abromowitz
Charlotte Stewart	.... Landlady
Eli Marienthal	.... Rickey Abromowitz

Supporting Cast:

David Krumholtz	.... Ben Abromowitz
Kevin Corrigan	.... Eliot Arenson
Brendan Burns	.... Cop in Station
Harris Laskaway	.... Charlie the Cook
Jessica Walter	.... Doris Zimmerman
Mena Suvari	.... Rachel Hoffman
Marley McClean	.... Brooke Hoffman
Mary Portser	.... Mrs. Hoffman
Jock MacDonald	.... Man at Brymans

Directors:

Tamara Jenkins

Writers:

Tamara Jenkins

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