this be a story of a jewish dysfunctional family . the parent have divorce and mom remain back east in the house . the father and murray abromowitz and move with his child to california and and move around beverly hill so that his child can get the best education possible . thing really become funny when marisa tomei and murray niece and come to life with the group . the film deal with the various adventure of the family complicate by the drug scene of the affluent neighborhood . jessica walter costars a a woman who want murray to move in with her since she want a companion . carl reiner and rita moreno come in towards the end . they play murray brother and sister in law respectively while theyre also the parent of tomei . in front of the child and reiner let loose remind murray that he have be pay the bill for them all along . the film end on a sour note a the embarrassed family move out of their fancy dig and take to rid around beverly hill in their car . i guess the film be promote independence and some good old self esteem .