Beverly Hood (1999) User Reviews

Not that bad

[write_me32 · 2/10 · 30 December 2006]

You can tell that this movie is low budget, but the premise is relatively believable and has a nice twist at the end. At times, it seems like a showcase of the music on the soundtrack, but those scenes aren't that long. There are a few very funny scenes (almost always the ones with Lavell Crawford or Buddy Lewis involved) but also some bad parts that seem like the actors were improvising poorly or just talking. All in all, if this movie is on cable for free or you see it for $1 on DVD in the store, it's worth picking up just to see the old Destiny's Child all together. If it's going to cost you more than $1 to watch it, I'd say save your money. The way that the cover art looks like something that's been photoshopped is a good indication of the quality of the film.

And if you somehow don't pick up on it, this is supposed to be a black parody take on The Beverly Hillbillies. Most of the Hillbillies characters have a double in this movie (Jed = Red, Ellie May = Pammie, Granny = Papa, Mr. Drysdale and his wife = the uppity neighbors, Jethro = Nathan etc)

It was low-budget, had some less-than-par scenes, but handed out some laughs too.

[btspaethe · 4/10 · 10 November 2013]

Admittedly, this is definitely not going to be anyone's favorite movie of all time, but it isn't the worst movie ever made like some people mentioned in these reviews. Some people just totally lose it when they unknowingly watch a low-budget movie, expecting an all-around stellar movie performance. That is what Hollywood has turned so many people into these days. If you appreciate the efforts people make with the best budget they can get, and you can see through movie budgeting, this movie will be manageable to watch. I must admit though, I gave it a 4 out of 10 for a reason...because they could have spent more time working with the screen writing; improving on the storyline and comedy a bit. If you have the right talent, you can make a funny movie with a home video camera and a basement. I'm not saying this movie was "good" necessarily, I'm just saying that there are plenty of worse movies out there with the same budget I imagine this movie having. This is a good middle-of-the-night movie too. When you are real tired or a little 'partied-out', this movie should seem rather funny. Just see past the low budget part of the movie and watch it for what the filmmakers intended for the movie to become...a 4 out of 10 movie!

Not even stupid funny...just stupid

[iheartbutters · 28 October 2004]

I will start this by saying that I have seen some bad movies in my day. To be completely honest I have often sought them out due to a "bad movie" addiction that I will now seek counseling for thanks to this movie watching experience. After enduring 'Beverly Hood' and successfully fighting the urge to hunt down and maim every single person involved in this travesty I decided that the next best thing would be to review it. First, I would like to go on the record, as saying this movie alone is responsible for conjuring up just about EVERY negative stereotype associated with African Americans known to man. If someone had actually shown up tap-dancing in blackface with watermelon and chicken in tow I could safely say that all bases would have been covered. Given the production as a whole I don't believe anyone would have been surprised or offended. Every single "actor" in this movie went through great lengths to distinguish him or herself as a combination of every ignorant character you have ever seen and that is saying a lot. Everyone is loud, stupid and apparently from Mississippi. I am an African American from the south and I have never encountered ANYONE that is even vaguely similar to any of these buffoons. While I cannot say that people of this caliber do not exist, I find it very difficult to believe this sort of behavior should be celebrated in a movie. Speaking of which, how did this even get made??? I know that this is supposed to be a comedy and I should probably lighten up but I found none of this entertaining. There was no semblance of a plot and I am not even sure why there is a writing credit because all of the dialogue seems to be improvised with disastrous results. I should have been sent a t-shirt commemorating the fact that I even made it through this dreck. Now that I think about it, I am almost certain that would bolster the cycle of ignorance which this movie is based upon and therefore make this entire review moot so never mind. It seriously pains me to even attempt to recall any of its "highlights" for a synopsis so I won't even bother. I had to close my eyes or simply walk out of the room during the more trying scenes. Characters appear out of nowhere spout embarrassing dialogue and disappear. Editing? What editing? To say that it looks like it was edited with a machete would be a direct insult to the machete itself. Nothing in this movie makes any sense. The narrator plays a number of characters including what I would classify as the worst man in drag I have EVER seen as well as a playing preacher who shows up out of nowhere to conduct a wedding only to disrupt it by getting into heated exchange with another preacher who is actually scheduled to be there. Why that was supposed to be funny is beyond me and you will find yourself asking that very same question throughout this venture. Kym Whitley's outlandish southern "accent" is non existent half way into the film, maybe she suddenly became aware of the crime she was committing but it was too little too late, the damage was done when she signed on for this tripe. This movie is not worth your time or energy; trust me you will feel as if you were hit by a bus after seeing only a few minutes. I'm still exhausted and I saw this over a week ago. Consider yourself warned, and if a friend of yours tells you that you should see this movie and tries to convince you that it is some cinematic masterpiece you need to know right now that they are NOT your friend and you should rethink every movie recommendation from them from that day forward or quite possibly reconsider the friendship itself. Only watch this movie if you have lots of time that you care nothing about getting back or have access to potent prescription medication, you will need it.

By far the worst movie I've ever seen!

[The_Mash · 1/10 · 8 July 2005]

This movie is, without any doubt, the worst movie I have ever seen. Everything on this movie is just plain bad. And with everything I really mean everything. I got depressed by looking at this bunch of amateurs. In some scenes, you can see the mic, or the shadows of the crew. That can happen, it happens in a lot of movies, and you probably won't even notice, but in this movie it's way harder NOT to notice, cause it's in the center of the screen! So please, don't waste any time or money on this movie like I did. It's just not worth it.

The people who made this "movie" should be behind bars, in order to protect society from their awful products!

Total waste of time. Avoid at all costs.

[pashao · 1/10 · 9 October 2006]

Based very loosely on the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962 -1971) this movie looked like it might be going somewhere but wentdownhill within the first 10 minutes. Basically a poor hillbilly family win the lottery and move to Beverly Hills. The plot was very poor as was the ham fisted acting. It seemed like a cheap vehicle to showcase the lack of talent of Lavell Crawford and Buddy Lewis. At times it was like a mish mash of comedy sketches. I was fortunate that I only rented this movie, if I'd bought it I would have more extremely disappointed. As it stands this was an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back.

shockingly horrific comedy mess

[planetlaxy · 1/10 · 6 June 2005]

i never usually write comments about a film, but i just had to write about this horrific mess of a movie. i rent DVD's regularly during the week and i came across this old one on the bottom shelf. WHAT A MISTAKE! firstly, the acting is shockingly terrible. i could not believe my eyes and my ears. especially when the 'posh' neighbours came by. secondly, the plot was rubbish and nothing actually really happens. it is in fact THE WORST film i have ever seen in my life...ever ever ever! i guess this film wont be seen by many more people now but if you do come across it, either COMPLETELY AVOID IT or watch it just to see exactly how bad it is. oh I'm having nightmares already

Boring horrible movie

[sleepydumbdude · 1/10 · 28 January 2007]

I ran across this movie at walmart on one of those dollar racks. I didn't expect much coming since it was there in the first place. I thought maybe I was getting some made for TV movie or something sincei never heard of it before but it turned out to be worse. Movie makes me feel like a bunch of friends got together and some how managed to get destiny's child involved and churned out this horrible piece of crap. The acting is worse than that I experience as my classmates homework video projects in my multimedia class in community college. As I said I wasn't expecting much but at least thought I'd get some laughs out of it. Well scratch that I did laugh at those unnecessary slow motion scene when I was thinking about how I should've picked up the Luke Perry movie that was in the same rack or just saved my dollar in the first place. I wouldn't recommend wasting your money on this unless you want a coaster and a DVD case.

What the crap???

[traveladdict5900 · 10/10 · 29 April 2007]

This movie was excellent. My roomie and I needed a movie to waste time, so we picked this one out of the $1 bin at WalMart. This movie succeed in wasting our time and giving us a new catchphrase - "I'm a serial transvestite car jacker!" It was funny in it's horribleness and also in the fact that the only white people in the movie are the maid and the grandpa. Which brings me to my next point... Why is the grandpa white? What the crap??? It is almost as if they forgot that skin color is a genetic trait. I wouldn't have been surprised if Randall and Pam had actually gotten married and the writers had made any kids they had white or Asian or native American... Anyway, this is a great movie to play a prank on your friends with. Or to waste time in the middle of the night. Or money. Or both.

Worst movie ever

[nsyncfan333-1 · 20 August 2003]

I have never seen a worse movie in my entire life. DO NOT SEE THIS! My mom picked it out so I had no choice in it. If I did, I probably would have killed myself. Anyone who sees this is wasting their time and money. PLEASE DO NOT SEE THIS! I'm telling you again just so you don't. If you do see this, do not blame me.

Magnanimus

[Keith_T722 · 10/10 · 25 August 2015]

This movie was an absolute delight. The visual quality was very pleasing and the sound was very expertly recorded and edited. The acting was absolutely top notch. It was quite enjoyable to see a young Beyonce in her first film appearance. The characters were very lovable and easy to identify with. I highly recommend this for a good family film night. The story is very deep and brings to light the real struggles of everyday life. Sadly, my review needs to be padded, I guess it isn't long enough, so, how was your day? Mine has been a bit boring, the hangnail on my toe hurts a bit, but it happens. Well, I'm almost at the end of what I can submit, it was glad to meet you, and I do hope that thing on your face goes away soon.

An absolutely dreadful film

[ddaves1 · 25 March 2003]

This film dictates to an audience below the common denominator. It often does not make sense and is not funny. Somebody just wanted to make a movie and they accomplished that task. As far as entertaining an audience, they failed miserably. Logic is not a strong suit of this picture. Neither are even fair strong story telling, camera work, acting and editing.

Funny in parts,but incredibly pathetic

[raysond · 10 April 2002]

This is a stupidical send-up of "The Beverly Hillbillies" in the utmost meaning of it. I saw this just the other day,believe me when you see it that it is poorly written,poorly acted,and poorly directed,but I'll give it a thumb up for being half funny. It's a crying shame that this did not got straight to a movie theatre(or BET-TV for that manner)because it went straight to video just for that reason. Here you have a bunch of black folks that just get up there and act so darn silly at times,you hardly know what is going to happened next or to follow the storyline for that manner which gets off course. Basically the cast consists of comedians from BET's "Comicview",and actress(or crazy lady)Kim Whitley from BET's "Oh Drama!",and from the UPN series "Sparks". Its a shame that we as a people(African-Americans,some not all of them do this) get a role in a movie and act so foolish at times that we make ourselves look stupid. So pathetic.

NOTE: This movie also features three original members of the girl group Destiny's Children(also known as Destiny's Child before they went big time) with a young looking Beyonce Knowles who is in this movie for about 15 minutes who portrays one of the family members.