Movie

The Flamingo Kid

1984 · 100 min

A sun-drenched, gently nostalgic summer story that balances easy charm with a soft coming-of-age lesson about family and integrity.

Tagline: 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.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, family, class, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
family
class
identity
betrayal
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild