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It's too much filmed theater to come alive fully on the screen.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Psycho Beach Party
Party till you drop. Dead.
2000 · 1h 37m · Unrated
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
Robert Lee King
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Psycho Beach Party
Overview
Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who's desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She's the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.
Director and cast
- Robert Lee King Director
- Lauren Ambrose as Florence 'Chicklet' Forrest
- Thomas Gibson as Kanaka
- Nicholas Brendon as Starcat
- Matt Keeslar as Lars
- Charles Busch as Captain Monica Stark
- Amy Adams as Marvel Ann
- Beth Broderick as Mrs. Ruth Forrest
- Kathleen Robertson as Rhonda
- Jenica Bergere Cast
- Danni Wheeler Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
54%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Awkward combination of garish set decoration and muffled humor.
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Fresh
Good belly laughs amid lower-key giddiness.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
It definitively skewers the false innocence of American pop culture on the eve of the countercultural deluge.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Saddled with both a script and direction that never comes near the wit or cleverness in Busch's own performance.
Ernest Hardy, Film.com
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