Slums of Beverly Hills

(Fox)

Tamara Jenkins's semi-autobiographical debut finds 14-year-old Vivian Abramowitz (Natasha Lyonne) having to deal with a suddenly abundant bustline, a 65-year-old father (Alan Arkin, in top form) who's hell-bent on giving his kids a 90210 education, and her pill-popping older cousin Rita (Marisa Tomei). Breasts play, yes, a big role here, but this is a comedy about overcoming the indignity of sexual objectification, of rejection, of hardship.