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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
A toothless exercise in nostalgia. Directed by Penelope Spheeris with nary a hint of the trash exuberance she displayed in ''Wayne's World,'' this laughless throwaway takes half an hour to set up what the TV show did in its theme song. By the time the Clampetts make it to Beverly Hills, it's clear that, with the exception of Cloris Leachman's mean-as-a-polecat Granny, the all-new cast members are lightweights compared with the originals. In other words, this is a movie that makes you long for the brilliant comedy stylings of Max Baer Jr. The plot, which features Lea Thompson as a gold digger scheming to marry Jed (Jim Varney), is like something you'd catch on the USA Network at 4 a.m.
Posted Oct 29, 1993
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