Muscle Beach Party

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acsdoug D I'm not sure what prompted me to watch this, I guess I wanted to try to capture some childhood nostalgia. It only reminded me why I never liked these films in the first place. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/24/25 Full Review Chris W This is an enjoyable look at a much more kind and simple time. For this old guy, a completely enjoyable film, and as a weightlifter, always a soft place in my heart for anything that includes that. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Audience Member The scenes with the muscle men get tedious quickly. (Though I can't say the title didn't warn me of their presence.) And I miss the Von Zipper character (this is the only Beach Party movie he wasn't in). Everything else is a lot of fun, though. There's a running theme in the Beach Party formula whereby Frankie and Annette's characters MUST have their relationship tested. It always results in one or both of them ending up (however briefly) with someone else, while the other gets jealous. Well, THIS movie does that particular aspect of the story better than any other in the franchise. So take that for what it's worth. I especially enjoy Luciana Paluzzi in her role. (She's the sexy villainess from Thunderball.) She plays a rival for Annette and she makes even the tedious scenes watchable. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It's just as wild as all of the other beach movies with Annette funicello and Frankie Avalon. If you watch this movie, you are in for a good time and a few laughs. Every aspect of this movie screams the 60's. Buddy Hackett and Don Rickles only add to the already wild, crazy, and fun plot. I think that the songs Annette and Frankie sing in this movie are slight plagiarisms of songs like "A Boy Without A Girl" and "O Did Mio" (hit songs that Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello sang earlier in their music careers). Therefore I do not appreciate the songs that Frankie and Annette sing in this movie. However, this movie features the legendary surf rock group Dick Dale and The Del-Tones! Their music is a perfect addition to the fun atmosphere of this movie and it also makes up for the disappointing songs that Frankie and Annette sing in this movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Teen Beach Movie was one of the guiltiest pleasures I've watched so far this year, and I can definitely understand why the main character was such a fanatic of the Beach Party movies after seeing this. It's just plain dumb fun, a live-action cartoon. Not only do you have Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello being highly charismatic people having fun in the sun, it's loaded with starpower. There's a future Bond Girl, Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, the band behind the Pulp Fiction riff, lots of beautiful people, and L'il Stevie Wonder! I will say this though. I always wondered about that dancing girl in Teen Beach Movie, and now that I've seen Candy... yeah, that's a horrifyingly iconic role. I think Elaine Benes picked up her dance moves from her. That was terrifying. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I wanted to walk out of this movie it was so bad but it was outdoors and free so just kept drinking and it didn't get better. Sometimes it's fun to see if a movie holds up to modern times, even in a campy, politically incorrect manner, this one doesn't. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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