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Back to the Beach

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4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW ONE OF THESE BEACH PARTY MOVIES WAS IN VIETNAM IN 1965. AND I MUST SAY THAT IT MADE ALL THE BAD THINGS GOING ON GO AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SO HERE ALMOST 40 YEARS LATER ITS NICE TO BE NOSTALGIC AND SEE HOW MUCH FUN US BABY BOOMERS USE TO HAVE....IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THIS MOVIE AS OF YET BUY IT CRANK UP YOUR DVD PLAYER ...MAKE SOME POPCORN AND BE PREPARED FOR SOME VERY CATCHY MUSIC AND SOME SMILES..

I used to watch this movie on tv quite a bit, and it always cracked me up! I've never been a huge Frankie and Annette fan (they were before my time), but in this movie I really liked them as the parents! It begins when Frankie and Annette go to visit their daughter (who's boyfriend is living with her), taking along their son (who is more or less, rebelling and having an identity crisis). Songs are interspersed through the film, which are funny and entertaining; there is a cameo by Pee Wee Herman, and much more!

Pajama parties, surfing, motorcycles, beach bon-fires, etc., this film is full of moments of randomness and light-hearted fun, with couples "fighting" and making up all over the place!

For those of you worried about content: this film is somewhat family-friendly. There isn't much language in this film, the content is more some drinking in a bar/lounge, a married woman flirting, a woman flirting with a married man, a girl with a live-in boyfriend, hangovers, etc. In typical "Disney" style, they wrap up all the loose ends and end the film on a syrupy, happy note!

If you like the beach, and aren't afraid of a little singing, I'd pick this up to watch one day, if just for a temporary diversion from the same old movies that are always on...

This was a great parody of the beach movies and Frankie Avalon's version of

California Sun with Dick Dale was worth the movie. For the price of the

DVD a person can't lose. All the guest visits of the old TV stars makes this

a movie to watch.

I can't even remember when I first saw this movie or how I heard of it, but I swear I have been watching it since I was like 8! As a 21-year-old, it only got funnier. This movie is pure parody brilliance. I wasn't alive in the 60's, but this movie is hysterical, from the bad ... son to Becky from Full House and Pee Wee Herman dancing, what more could you ask for!? Watch this movie, own this movie, watch it again! One of my favorites, though no one seems to understand why....

I have watched this movie almost since I was born (1981), so I may be a little partial. But, the review that said something about Big Bird is completely false and only someone who wants attention. And I guess they got it.
This is a very funny movie that does spoof the beath party movies. Don't take it seriously, including the cameos that pop-up throughout just like some of the present day comedies. It takes you for a comedic ride on the beach, day and night. Back to the Beach is for everyone old and young, even for a 20 year old.

I grew up watching this movie. I looked forward to watching it each summer. BACK TO THE BEACH pokes fun at it's two lead stars - Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello (who produced this film). This is part of the hilarity of this film. It spoofs the beach films for which the stars are famous for. This would be Annette Funicello's last theatrical release before her multiples sclurosis sets in. She has the greater parts in this movie. One highlight in the song "Jamaica Ska" for which she sings and dances. What you have to remember is that all the cheesy dialogue and lame jokes are intentional. Remember this and the movie will put a stitch in your side from laughing so much. So in the spirit of this movie I'll say - Dude, you totally gotta see this rituous movie.

There are quite a few people proclaiming this the worst movie ever made.
They're wrong.
This movie was so funny that I had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency intestinal repair surgery when it ended.
This movie may be the answer you seek, even if the question is about dry cleaning. See this movie.
Buy it, rent it, do something. We must save this before "they" ban it. It's an important piece of cinema, and a work of art.
Most importantly, Salvador Dali loved this movie.

When I was younger, my mom watched this once, and I wanted the tape so bad! As an adult, I was bummed that they didn't release this on DVD, but a few nights ago, while flickin around on Amazon, I saw that it was about to be released on DVD. Imagine my excitement! When I buy this DVD, I want to see if I still remember all the words to the songs!

3 stars if they don't put this extra on, and 5 stars if they do.
This is a great movie. But my favorite song "We'll Go On Forever," performed at the end, was never released on the soundtrack. There will probably never be a new soundtrack, so please request that they give us this song as a bonus audio track in its full form. In the film, the song is interrupted by dialogue, so Paramount just needs to obtain the original song in its complete form. They could also add "Pajama Party Tonight," which also was not on the soundtrack.

"Do you worry 'bout tomorrow? Will it be as good as yesterday? I just look in your direction, and then I'm glad for what we have today. What I like about a love song is that you never can wear it out. You and I are like a love song- in the end, we always work it out..."

Frankie and Annette reunite one last time, playing the roles that made them most famous. This time around they play a middle-aged, married couple with a son and daughter. Their son is an obnoxious punk, who looks and acts like the illegitimate love child of Eric Von Zipper! Their daughter is living in sin with a man she's not married to! I'm sorry to say, the innocent fun of the sixties is lost in the eighties. Unfortunately, almost everyone from the old beach movies do not make an appearance in this film. Dick Dale is in the movie, playing himself. Dick Dale's duet with Stevie Ray Vaughan on "Pipeline" is one of the few highlights of this film, along with Pee-wee Herman's performance of "Surfin' Bird." This movie proves that you can go home again, but maybe you shouldn't go back to the beach!