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Rated PG-13. "When I was eighteen, my father was ignorant on a great many subjects," Mark Twain once said, "but by the time I was twenty-five, it was amazing the things the old man had learned." Here is a movie that condenses that process into one summer. The summer begins with a kid from a poor Brooklyn neighborhood taking a job as a cabana ...
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The Flamingo Kid is one of those rare films that follows a traditional method of coming-of-age storytelling and then shakes it up by not dealing us mere caricatures and stereotypes. Full Review ...
The Flamingo Kid. Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon), thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He ...
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- Garry Marshall
- PG-13
- Matt Dillon
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8/10. Matt Dillon's summer as a cabana boy at a private beach club on Long Island. Wuchakk 13 March 2014. 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.
The Flamingo Kid. The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo, and Jessica Walter. The film tells the story of a working class boy who takes a summer job at a beach resort and learns valuable life lessons.
The Flamingo Kid - Metacritic. Summary A recent high school graduate (Matt Dillon) unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody (Richard Crenna). Comedy.
Dec 21, 1984 · The Flamingo Kid: Directed by Garry Marshall. With Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman. A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
