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06/01/05
Back to the Beach (1987)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:10
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.8/10
Synopsis: 1950s movie darlings Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello take a break from their normal Midwestern routine to visit their daughter at her southern California beach apartment. At first bewildered... [More]
Starring: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Connie Stevens, Lori Loughlin
Director: Lyndall Hobbs
Reviews for Back to the Beach
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As fgood as taking a time-machine back to the 60's
03/11/05
Silly fun.
09/16/04
A bouncy, high-energy spoof and one of the best movie musicals of the last couple of decades.
10/07/03
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09/01/03
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05/20/03
Top CriticSilly, but with some great one-liners.
09/27/02
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09/03/02
Face it, it just doesn't work
08/21/02
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07/29/02
Weirdly entertaining little retro flashback, full of bizarre cameos and endearingly goofball music.
07/26/02
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07/26/02
"Back to the Beach" is, by no means, a deep and thought-provoking motion picture, [but] when you're dealing with Frankie and Annette, what more could you ask for?
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