Vivian whose poor family moves from apartment to another in Beverly Hills , is forced to babysit her adult cousin when Her father let her nephew live with them as she does not want to live with her father. Vivian’s father asked his brother to pay for a superb apartment if he wants his daughter to stay with them.
Though hypocritical in the way it sensationalizes sexuality, this serious and funny 1998 movie about a 15-year-old coming to terms with her body and her family in 1976 is, refreshingly, never coy or ironic.
There's an alchemy that can transform personal experience into a great film, but it was nowhere nearby when Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed this lacklustre first feature.
