Troop Beverly Hills

"When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!"

Mar 24 1989 PG 1h 45m
Adventure, Comedy

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.

Plot

As Phyllis, a Beverly Hills housewife, is in the middle of a divorce, she tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter Hannah's Wilderness Girl troop. Among the girls are Tiffany, (who her father has to bribe to attend meetings, Emily (the daughter of an out of work actor, whose financial difficulties hinders her wanting to participate in certain activities), the neurotic Tessa (whose parents divorce has forced her into therapy twice a week), the hostile Chica (whose parents are too busy with their own lives to even remember her birthday), and Claire (the child star who see the wilderness girls as her chance to lead a "normal" life). Phyllis then begins to take the girls camping at a Beverly Hills hotel and earn patches relating to material things. The district leader, Velda, feels the troop should be disbanded. However, the head of the Wilderness girls organization believes that as long as Phyllis has taken an active interest in the girls, that is the only thing that's important. Then Velda begins to sabotage the girls endlessly.

Written by

Ava Ostern Fries, Pamela Norris, Margaret Oberman

Directed by

Jeff Kanew

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Weintraub Entertainment Group, Columbia Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
11,895
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
32
Popularity
NA