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The Flamingo Kid
A legend in his own neighborhood.
A legend in his own neighborhood.
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 1984
The Flamingo Kid
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6.2
86%
67
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
Director:
,
Garry Marshall
Cast:
,
Héctor Elizondo
,
Matt Dillon
,
Richard Crenna
,
Janet Jones
,
Fisher Stevens
,
Brian McNamara
,
Jessica Walter
,
Carole Davis
,
Martha Gehman
,
Molly McCarthy

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
21 Dec 1984
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Dillon does a good job in his fullest, least narcissistic characterization to date.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
The performances compensate, with Dillon turning in a light and touching portrait of confused ambitions.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Dillon is a revelation in this movie.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Even if The Flamingo Kid comes out of sit-com country, the character and the performance effortlessly rise above their origins.
– Andre Sennwald,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Professionally made, quite entertaining, and disappointingly hollow.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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