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Back to the Beach
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0097363198031
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Live, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 92 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 1987
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Editorial Review:
Is Back to the Beach a masterpiece of postmodernism? Or just a slaphappy hoot? Hey, why can't it be both? Either way, this is a zippy tribute to/spoof of the 1960s Beach Party pictures. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, landlocked in the Midwest since their surfing days, return to the California sun with their wild kids. There are mucho gags about the earlier films (including Frankie on a surfboard in front of a cheesy rear-projection wave), and cameos (much of the Leave It to Beaver cast, surf-guitar king Dick Dale). Pee-wee Herman sails in to perform "Surfin' Bird," and Annette teaches a thousand people "The Jamaican Ska." All that's missing is Erich von Zipper. This is a genuinely smart and funny movie, although it helps to know the original films, so you can savor the moment a beach boy gazes at Annette and marvels, "After all that surfing, her hair's perfectly dry!" --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - HARMLESS, BUT NOSTALGIC INTEREST ONLY! 2 1/2 STARS!
I'm sure big fans of Frankie and Annette may have found this movie very enjoyable, but for most of us this film is pretty lame and corny! Most of the jokes fall flat, but the film does have a certain amount of charm. The first 20 minutes are OK, with our favorite surfer couple's son "Bobby" delivering most of the laughs! There are many cameos from old TV show stars in this film, but they are not all that memorable. It's hard to come down so hard on a family friendly movie that means so well, but ... Read More
Rating: - One Last Romp
More than 20 years after they were the rulers of the beach, Frankie and Annette finally got hitched and moved to Ohio! Frankie got a job as a used car salesman and Annette is busy making peanut butter sandwiches. The years have made them a bit uptight and square(Frankie especially). But when they decide to take a family vacation to Hawaii with their son(probably the most irritating and grating child ever put on film. He shuffles around the movie looking like he just stepped out of the Blue Oyster ... Read More
Rating:  - Bobby!!!!
If you like anything about surfing movies, or surf music, or old TV shows and actors, you will like this movie. It's goofy and predictable, sure. But what isn't anymore? If you are a Stevie Ray Vaughan fan, or a Dick Dale fan, then their scenes are worth owning the DVD for.
Rating: - It is what it is!
Such a classic that is all there is to say. If you like cheezed out 80s movies, you will like this.
Rating:  - Back to the beach
very lighthearted a little bit slow in some places. On the whole a good watch. Frankie and Annette are always good entertainment. The son was a bratty kid who never seemed to get punished fot the things he did. Lori Loughlin was good in her character.
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