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The Flamingo Kid

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The Flamingo Kid (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 10  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Synopsis: A warm-hearted coming-of-age tale set in the early 1960s. Jeffrey Willis, a working-class kid from Brooklyn, gets a summer job at a glitzy Rockaway beach club. Dazzled by a fast-talking sports car salesman he meets at the club, the impressionable teenager is tempted to abandon the... A warm-hearted coming-of-age tale set in the early 1960s. Jeffrey Willis, a working-class kid from Brooklyn, gets a summer job at a glitzy Rockaway beach club. Dazzled by a fast-talking sports car salesman he meets at the club, the impressionable teenager is tempted to abandon the down-to-earth values of his family for the promise of easy money. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter, Fisher Stevens

Director: Garry Marshall
Producer: Michael Phillips
Story: Neal Marshall

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

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01/26/06
Time Out
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As coming-of-age stories go, this one is an underrated treasure with Dillon and Crenna doing fantastic work.

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01/06/06
Dan Fienberg
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3/5

Winning comedy about a have-not among the haves.

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10/28/05
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
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04/02/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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12/18/04
Emanuel Levy
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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4/5

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07/09/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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03/30/04
Robert Roten
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11/05/03
Erik Childress
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07/02/03
Walter Chaw
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02/20/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
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12/19/02
Brian J. Arthurs
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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