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Where the Boys Are

1960 · 99 min

A sunny, episodic spring-break comedy that turns surprisingly serious, mixing light romantic scrapes with a sobering lesson about trust and growing up.

Directed by
Henry Levin
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
The hilarious inside story of those rip-roaring spring vacations!
Overview
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.

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Directed by
Henry Levin
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • sexuality
  • identity
  • love
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Henry Levin
Written by
George Wells
Starring
Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Hutton, Barbara Nichols, Paula Prentiss, Chill Wills, Frank Gorshin
Music
George Stoll
Cinematography
Robert J. Bronner
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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