4.5
Flunkyball
2023
“A legend in his own neighborhood.”
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
December 21, 19841h 40mEN
6.0
89 votes
Overview
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
Director
Garry MarshallWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
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Production Companies
Mercury ProductionsEdgewood Productions20th Century FoxABC Motion Pictures
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Wuchak
8.0***Matt Dillon's summer as a cabana boy at a private beach club on Long Island*** Released in 1984, "The Flamingo Kid" is a coming-of-age beach flick. What occasionally draws me to these types of films is their youthful energy and fun spirit, as well as the oceanic locations and the women. It brings one back in time to the carefree era of his/her coming-of-age years. Thankfully, "The Flamingo Kid" shoots for something deeper than just a shallow beach flick, which the best ones do, e.g. the original “Gidget” (1959). The story takes place in 1963 where 18-year-old Jeffrey (Matt Dillon),…
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