The Flamingo Kid (1984)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:10
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... 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]
Starring: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter
Starring: Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter, Fisher Stevens, Janet Jones
Director: Garry Marshall
Director: Garry Marshall
Producer: Michael Phillips
Story: Neal Marshall
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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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Winning comedy about a have-not among the haves.
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