Les dessous de Beverly Hills, 90210

If you are a huge fan, don't waste your time. It will just annoy how bad this "story" is. They don't resemblance the characters, the only one is close is Kelly (Jennie Garth) there is no music to relate to the time, it's a really really bad attempt to tell a story by people who where not even born when the show was out.

This was an excellent movie they did an awesome job casting the actors they resemble the original cast .Samantha, looked and portrayed Shannen and did an awesome job playing Brenda as well as abbie Cobb was an almost perfect match,it don't get better than that. If you followed 90210 from the beginning to end you can appreciate this movie. This is really how it went down on that set back then.

I actually turned on Lifetime and watched this movie. I don't know why because I never saw 90210.

And it wasn't very good.

The main reason? There's not much of a story there, and if there is, it wasn't all told. Yes, Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth had a fistfight, and there was a fight over a red dress (though in real life, the fight was between Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling), but that was about it.

We see how the series was developed, which went along with what I thought. The demographic advertisers want is 18-49. The boomers were in that group during the days of the prime time soap operas - Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing, Dallas, and more.

Then the boomers started to move out of that demographic. Aaron Spelling didn't accept this; he did another show, Titans, which flopped. In this show, Barry Diller and his daughter tell him it's time for young people to have their day in the sun.

And it was, with 90210, Melrose Place, Seventh Heaven, One Tree Hill, Saved by the Bell. Spelling then developed 90210 and Melrose Place.

Most of this tell-all had to do with the hatred for Shannen Doherty among the cast. On Tori Spelling's show, So NoTORIous, the Doherty jokes came fast and furious. By the way, if you missed So NoTORIous, rent it on Netflix. It's a surprise. Very funny.

I can't say much about the acting because I was't familiar with the actors. Some of the casting was very good as far as physical type - even without seeing the show, I knew who the actors were playing. I thought the young woman playing Jennie Garth seemed just like the Jennie Garth I've seen in other things. Her name isn't listed in the IMDb credits right now.

Years ago I saw Jason Priestley come into a restaurant and greet a family -- it was obvious he hadn't seen them in a long time, and he was so exuberant and excited. Really nice to see. And I happen to know that Luke Perry is highly intelligent.

See this at your own risk. Pull the blinds so no one can see what you're watching. I wish I could say 'enjoy it' but it's not bad enough to be camp.

It's a Lifetime movie of the making of the popular 90's teen show. Aaron Spelling reluctantly produces the show at first which goes on to become an international hit. Newcomer Darren Star is the showrunner who becomes a hit maker himself. The young cast becomes world famous. This movie has Shannen Doherty's meltdown and ends with her firing in the fourth season. It misses the opportunity to really make the audience feel Shannen's isolation amidst the hateful whirlwind. It's also rather cheesy especially when it tries too hard to be funny. One gets what the title suggests. It's fun to revisit for fans of the original show although they will get a funhouse mirror version of the behind-the-scene.

I just bumped with this on TV and it brought some good memories from back then, funny to see memorable scenes and the whole fashion from the original show, so if you were really a fan of the show you'll remember some good things from it. Here you can see how the cast was chosen and how were the actors behavior behind the scenes, all the hate for Shannen Doherty not only cause of her playing Brenda but of her lack of respect for the whole crew. if you never watched the original show don't waste your time watching this, the actors are not even handsome enough to worth the time. I still think Brandon/Jason Priestley is the most handsome character EVER on TV :)