The Flamingo Kid (1984)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 2
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Average Rating: 8.1/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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Set in 1963, The Flamingo Kid finds 18-year-old Brooklynite Matt Dillon, the son of blue-collar Hector Elizondo, getting a taste of the Good Life by joining several of his friends at "El Flamingo", a swank Long Island beach club. Wealthy car salesman Richard Crenna, the uncle of Matt's girl friend Janet Jones, befriends the boy and takes him under his wing. Thanks to Crenna's influence, Matt secures a good job at the Flamingo. The boy is bedazzled by Crenna's sumptuous lifestyle, and most
Dec 21, 1984 Wide
Feb 8, 2000
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Cast
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Matt Dillon
Jeffrey Willis -
Richard Crenna
Phil Brody -
Hector Elizondo
Arthur Willis -
Jessica Walter
Phyllis Brody -
Fisher Stevens
Hawk Ganz -
Brian McNamara
Steve Dawkins -
Carole R. Davis
Joyce Brody -
Martha Gehman
Nikki Willis -
Molly McCarthy
Ruth Willis -
Leon
Fortune Smith -
Janet Jones
Carla Samson -
Bronson Pinchot
Alfred Schultz -
Melvin Allen
Himself -
Seth Allen
Jerry Berlin -
Barbarian Brothers
Turk and Dirk -
Frank Campanella
Col. Cal Eastland -
Peter Costa
Peter -
Googy Gress
Freddy -
Joe Grifasi
Mario Minetta -
Michael C. Mahon
Lifeguard -
Kathi Marshall
Adventurer's Inn Hos... -
Ron McLarty
Pat McCarty -
Irving Metzman
Big Sid -
Novella Nelson
Lizzy the Housekeepe... -
David Paul
Credited as The Barb... -
Peter Paul
The Barbarian Brothe... -
Tracy Reiner
Polly -
Bo Sabato
Uncle Jack -
Richard Stahl
Charlie Cooper -
Sharon Thomas
Mrs. Unger -
Marisa Tomei
Mandy -
Steven Weber
Paul Hirsch -
Carol Williard
Mrs. Rifkin -
Steve Witting
Frank -
David Berry
Steve's Father -
Eric Douglas
Donny -
John Turturro
Ted from Pinky's -
Scott Marshall
Stickball Player -
Lee Steele
Furniture Store Owne... -
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Lisa Beth Ross
Bimbette -
Leslie S. Sachs
Big Sid's Girl
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All Critics (17) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)
Dillon does a good job in his fullest, least narcissistic characterization to date.
Top CriticThe performances compensate, with Dillon turning in a light and touching portrait of confused ambitions.
Dillon is a revelation in this movie.
Even if The Flamingo Kid comes out of sit-com country, the character and the performance effortlessly rise above their origins.
Professionally made, quite entertaining, and disappointingly hollow.
As coming-of-age stories go, this one is an underrated treasure with Dillon and Crenna doing fantastic work.
Winning comedy about a have-not among the haves.
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.
The Sixties setting seems a shade gratuitous and its attitude to easy money is ambiguous, but the characters are well drawn and the story is sensitively handled.
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