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The Beverly Hillbillies
Movie

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

Mild-mannered dirt-poor hill-dweller Jed Clampett strikes it rich when oil is discovered on his property. At cousin Pearl's insistence, he moves his family to Beverly Hills to better enjoy his newfound wealth.

Overall Series Review

The movie is a direct adaptation of the classic 'fish-out-of-water' sitcom, contrasting the simple, honest, and moral hillbilly family against the sophisticated, greedy, and often scheming elite of Beverly Hills. The central conflict involves a pair of city villains who attempt to swindle the Clampett family out of their oil fortune. The humor derives from the Clampetts' lack of social polish and their unwavering traditional values colliding with the materialistic, status-obsessed world of the wealthy. The narrative strongly favors the sincerity and innocence of the mountain culture over the duplicity and corruption of the urban environment.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

The main conflict is based on class and cultural difference, not on race or intersectional hierarchy. The story’s moral center is the impoverished white family, whose simple, admirable character is contrasted with the villainous, affluent white elite of Beverly Hills. Character is judged solely by moral content and honesty, not by privilege or immutable characteristics.

Oikophobia1/10

The film functions as an active rejection of civilizational self-hatred. The Clampetts' home culture, based on family, simple living, and traditional values, is consistently framed as morally superior and a shield against the chaos and corruption found in the modern, wealthy urban environment. Gratitude for a traditional way of life is a major theme.

Feminism3/10

Female roles are varied: Granny is a strong, protective matriarch and Elly May is a physically capable tomboy who uses martial arts. The high-status female Miss Hathaway pursues a man aggressively, but the overall Clampett family unit is celebrated as healthy. While some male characters are bumbling, they are not portrayed as systemically toxic, and the core message is anti-materialism, not anti-natalism.

LGBTQ+5/10

The core of the movie centers on traditional family and romantic pursuits. The presence of non-normative sexual ideology is limited to a single comedic subplot involving a man in drag impersonating a twin sister and kissing another man. The overall plot does not center on sexual identity, nor does it deconstruct the nuclear family structure.

Anti-Theism1/10

The narrative is built on a framework of objective morality, wherein the virtuous Clampetts, characterized by their honesty and kindness, are the heroes. The greedy, dishonest city characters are the villains. The film champions a transcendent moral law of simple goodness and integrity over the moral relativism and corruption of materialism.