The Flamingo Kid
129
Comedy. Drama. Romance
In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon) is hired on at upscale Long Island beach resort, The Flamingo. Jeffrey is a kid from a middle class Brooklyn family and his father (Elizondo) does not approve of him working at the private club. His hero and mentor at the resort is the reigning Gin rummy card game champ, Phil Brody (Crenna).
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"Dillon has the kind of acting intelligence that allows him to play each scene for no more than that particular scene is really about; he's not trying to summarize the message in every speech. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" | ||||
"The movie has an engaging surface, but it's all surface -- it's like watching an outsize TV." | ||||
Dillon does a good job in his fullest, least narcissistic characterization to date." | ||||
"Some of the film's junkiness is enjoyable, but there's also an unenjoyable cultural fundamentalism at work. Marshall is telling us that the complications of the last two decades are unimportant." | ||||
"Even if 'The Flamingo Kid' comes out of sit-com country, the character and the performance effortlessly rise above their origins. | ||||
"Professionally made, quite entertaining, and disappointingly hollow." |
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