The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid

1984 · Movie · 1h 40m · PG-13

ComedyDramaRomance

"A legend in his own neighborhood."

Overview

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.

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IMDb
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
67/100
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