The Beverly Hillbillies 1993

Janet Maslin, New York Times: You'll hate yourself for enjoying this, but enjoy it you will. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Four writers worked on the script, and they all should hang their heads in shame. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Perhaps the clearest evidence of the dearth of original ideas in Hollywood is the constant need to regurgitate old, worn-out television series. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Imagine the dumbest half-hour sitcom you've ever seen, spin it out to 93 minutes by making it even more thin and shallow, and you have this movie. It's appalling. It's not even really a good version of whatever it was that made the TV series appealing. Read more

Time Out: Director Spheeris should be ashamed of herself. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: It's thin stuff, but the ingratiating naivete of the characters and the aw-shucks friendliness of the cast are disarming, and it becomes easy to just let this go down as a country tune with some moonshine on the side. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Like the old show, the movie glides by quickly and pleasantly. If it's nothing fancy, it's mighty sweet. Read more