I must confess to liking teen sex comedies. While only a few are any
good (Fast times at Ridgemont High and Animal House
come to mind), the rest are kind of fascinating in a train-wreck kind
of way. Plus, everyone likes to see naked teen chicks running around.
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If
it weren't for the occasional nudity and pot smoking, Malibu
Beach could pass for a made-for-T.V. movie. In fact, you've
probably seen this one on T.V. before. It's almost wholesome, with
most of the plot revolving around two cute boys who hook up with
two cute girls and spend the summer driving up and down the PCH.
All the kids in the movie are rich and white, and they like to party
at their parent's sprawling Bel Air estates. Even the cops are laid-back,
preferring to get drunk or stoned rather than interfere with the
party-hopping teens.
Conflict arrives in the form of ageing beach bum Dugan (Stephen
J. Oliver, who also played the same character in The Van
and Grad Night), who has it in for our hero (James Daughton
of Animal House) for no apparent reason. The two square off
in some of the lamest macho-man contests ever filmed.
Arguably the best part of this movie comes in the
form of a dog who runs around the beach stealing girl's bras. Legend
has it that the dog was played by a distant relative of our very
own porn-hound Jesus,
and I don't doubt it for a second.
Despite the basic suckiness of this film, I found
myself enjoying the whole thing. It's corny and unrealistic, but
you can tell that the writers actually gave a shit about the characters
and weren't just throwing out random teen stereotypes. Not exactly
heady stuff, but it will make you want to smoke dope and
go out cruising for chicks.
The DVD offers absolutely nothing extra, but at
less than ten bucks retail, who's complaining. (Some bra-snatching
outtakes would have been nice, however.)
(Click
Here for DVD's Technical Specs)
RYAN-O
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