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By Andy Duncan
Three weeks ago I would have described
Matt Dillon as a second-rate Marlon Brando
imitator, but I've changed my mind. The
reason is "The Flamingo Kid," a charming
bit of cclluloid that crept unheralded into the
Christmas movie season like a surprise
package under the tree.
Garry Marshall directed the movie from a
script co-authored by Neal Marshall. As
Garry was the man behind such noisy TV
fare as "Laverne and Shirley," no one expected
him to turn up with a quiet, funny,
sensitive little movie like this one.
The year is 1963, and Jeffrey Willis
(Dillon), a Brooklyn teen-ager, lands a summer
job parking cars at a garish Long Island
beach club. There he comes under the wing
of fast-talking Phil Brody (Richard Crenna),
a smooth operator who gets the kid promoted
to cabana boy, dazzles him with his
prowess at playing gin and fills his head with
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Jeffrey decides to go to wck with Brody
rather than waste his time in college, which
leads to conflict with his father,played by
Hector Elizondo.
While this is going on, Jeffrey falls for
Brody's stunning niece, played by Janet
Jones, and copes with the many eccentric
denizens of the beach club. It's a simple
story, simply told, but the script is funny and
the cast impeccable, right down to the
smallest roles.
Director Marshall daringly plays Dillon
against type by making Jeffrey rather a
good-natured klutz, and Dillon handles the
physical humor remarkably well. On his first
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soap ball into his mouth, thinking it's candy.
While sitting on the seashore rocks with his
girl, he slips down a crack and gets stuck.
Dillon has never been allowed to play this
sort of thing before, but he has the same
ability to do slapstick without becoming a
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talent, and he should show us more of it.
Crenna, one of our most underrated ac
tors, has a plum role here; his Hrouy is a
creaturc of satin shirts, sunglasses and cigars
whose sales pitches are so convincing he
believes them himself. After bragging about
one of his fancy sports cars, he changes his
tune when Jeffrey asks to drive it. "You
don't want to drive that," he warns. "It's
got no windshield. Ever hit a bug at 180?"
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who perfectly conveys the weariness and
pride of a blue-collar father who can't
understand why his son has suddenly, in his
opinion, gone crazy. When he visits the club
and sees that Jeffrey is ashamed of him,
Elizondo's facc is a marvelous mixture of
pain and rage.
Finally, no discussion of "The F-lamingo
Kid" would be complete without special
mention of the daz/.ling Janet Jones. Forget
the technical brilliance of "Ghostbusters"
and "2010." Jones is without a doubt the
year's finest visual effect.
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