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Member Login  [help]  Email:    Password:     remember me Membership  Join for FREE  FAQs  About MatchFlick  Privacy Policy Popular Movies  [more]  Fight Club  Pulp Fiction  Eternal Sunshine Popular People  [more]  Johnny Depp  Tom Hanks  Natalie Portman Member Trends  Horror Club  Reviewer Stats Movie News  Current News  News Archives Message Board  Go To The Forum Columns   [more]  Box-office 20 Qu...  Mutants On Parad...  Dr. Karma's Holi...  Until Watchmen A...  COLUMNS ARCHIVES Contests  GUESS THAT SCENE Syndication  RSS FEEDS MatchFlick Member Reviews 1 review / review this flick   Back to the Beach (1987) From Amazon: 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... Starring:   Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Connie Stevens Lori Loughlin Tommy Hinkley Demian Slade John Calvin David Bowe Paul Reubens Don Adams Bob Denver Alan Hale Jr. Tony Dow Jerry Mathers Dick Dale Edd Byrnes Barbara Billingsley Joe Holland Stevie Ray Vaughan Directed By:   Lyndall Hobbs Written By:   James Komack, Bill W.L. Norton Member Reviews Add to Favorites A Favorite of... Buy/Rent on DVD Subscribe to MatchFlick Movie Reviews through RSS Read Reviews / Post Review Back to the Beach Movie Review by Nick (8/14/2007) Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello play a married couple whom hike it to the beach after realizing they need a vacation to spice up their lives and marriage (Nowadays, couples just visit an adult store). Luckily their daughter played by Full House's Lori Loughlin, has a beach house. The movie's jokes are corny as well... (complete Back to the Beach review by Nick)
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