Back to the Beach

1987

Action / Comedy / Musical

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 74% · 19 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 3780 3.8K

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Plot summary

Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel

Director

Lyndall Hobbs Photo
Lyndall Hobbs

Top cast

Barbara Billingsley Photo
Barbara Billingsley as Announcer
Rick Avery Photo
Rick Avery as Surfers & Punks
Frankie Avalon Photo
Frankie Avalon as Annette's Husband
John Calvin Photo
John Calvin as Troy
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1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 5 / 10

**_Revisiting those zany beach party flicks from the

**_Revisiting those zany beach party flicks from the mid-60s_** Frankie & Annette are now married and living in Ohio. Frankie’s a workaholic business owner and neglecting Annette, so they decide to fly out to SoCal to visit their daughter and old haunts on their way to Hawaii. “Back to the Beach” (1987) pays homage to those dozen AIP ‘beach party films’ that were released from 1963-1968, half of them starring Frankie Avalon and/or Annette Funicello. The movie is amusingly hammy, poking fun at those madcap 60’s flicks. Connie Stevens is on hand, looking great at 48, along with several cameos of familiar faces, like Bob Denver from Gilligan’s Island. Siskel & Ebert praised the movie on their show (the episode is available on Youtube). And, sure, it’s entertaining to a point, but I was disappointed. It’s just no where near as great as they made it out to be. Still, if you’re in the mood for an innocuous musical with a goofy beach milieu, give it a watch. The flick runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot in Malibu and Santa Cruz. GRADE: C+
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Reviewed by lilmike-1 7 / 10

fun, family flavored fare

What makes Back to The Beach so enjoyable is the great cast and cameos that pepper this film. We get a followup to those old cheesy beach movies, with a Chevy Chase Vacation kinda feel. The parents are as mixed up as the teenagers and it's of course all just silly st up for some cute musical numbers. While obviously not a classic love story like Dr. Zhivago or even Sleepless in Seattle, it's just a fun kitsch filled family musical picture. How can you resist Pee Wee Herman flying above the beach doing Surfin' Bird with Fishbone, or Dick Dale rocking with Stevie Ray Vaughan? This film is meant to be enjoyed, not analyzed.

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