The film features a host of young actors, including Ami Foster, Carla Gugino, Kellie Martin, Emily Schulman, and Tori Spelling.

[3] The film follows Beverly Hills housewife Phyllis Nefler (Long) as she decides to become the leader of a local troop of Wilderness Girls to help maintain a relationship with her daughter during a divorce.

When Phyllis falls afoul of a rival troop leader, the girls face the possibility of having their group dissolved—unless they can prove their wilderness skills at the annual Jamboree.

[5] Phyllis Nefler is a socialite recently separated from her husband Freddy, whom she supported through law school but who never actually became a lawyer, instead becoming the wealthy owner of a chain of auto shops.

Their first campout results in the troop getting caught in a rain squall, prompting Phyllis to take the girls to "camp out" at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

With Velda being commander-in-chief of the district, she has considerable influence at the regional council level, she declares Phyllis' customized merit badges ineligible.

Troop Beverly Hills can gain recognition from the regional council by passing a series of tests at the upcoming annual Jamboree.

Frances fires Velda for cheating and for placing the Troop Beverly Hills girls in jeopardy, as well as finally tiring of her overall rude and entitled behavior.

The website's consensus reads: "Troop Beverly Hills is hamstrung by a one-joke premise, leaving this Shelley Long comedy woefully short on laughs.

[3] However, Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune called the film "a limp copy of Private Benjamin" and said that "Long is no [Goldie] Hawn when it comes to comedy.

"[14] In the years since its release, the film has become a cult classic for its subtle feminist message and being illustrative of the 1980s,[5][15] having gained newer audiences through repeat airings on Disney Channel in the 1990s.

In a retrospective piece for Birth.Movies.Death, Ashlee Blackwell wrote: In the end, it's the troop's persistence and support of each other, even in moments of doubt, that carries them to a win at the climatic Wilderness Jamboree competition…Troop Beverly Hills thoughtfully exposes the complexities of divorce, social/class culture and personal growth in a light comedy very much loyal to its time.

[4] In the video, Lewis and actors Zosia Mamet, Vanessa Bayer, and Leo Fitzpatrick wear the Troop Beverly Hills uniforms.