The Flamingo Kid

1984 PG-13 1h 40m

6.0 / 10 89

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6.0/10

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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 Marshall

Writers

Garry Marshall Neal Marshall Neal Marshall

Stars

Matt Dillon Héctor Elizondo Molly McCarthy

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Wuchak 23 Oct 2018

8/10

***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...