The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)Two brothers who have just graduated from college inherit a bikini store from their aunt. Director:David WechterWriter:David Wechter |
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The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)Two brothers who have just graduated from college inherit a bikini store from their aunt. Director:David WechterWriter:David Wechter |
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Michael David Wright | ... |
Alan
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Todd
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Amanda Horan Kennedy | ... |
Ronnie
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Debra Blee | ... |
Jane
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Jay Robinson | ... |
Ben
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Galyn Görg | ... |
Cindy
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Ami Julius | ... |
Kathy
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Frank Nelson | ... |
Richard J. Remington
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Loraine Bender
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Jon Rashad Kamal | ... |
Eric Greene
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Beverly Sanders | ... |
Berta Hilgard
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| Harvey J. Goldenberg | ... |
Julius Bender
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Barbara Minkus | ... |
Sylvia Rutledge
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Rita Jenrette | ... |
Aunt Ida
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Jim Boelsen | ... |
Delivery Man #2
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After inheriting a failing bikini shop, two recent grads decide to make a go of it. One, in the hopes of building it into a successful business, the other, in the hopes of getting to look at lots of women in (and out) of swimsuits. As they try more and more outrageous ways of drumming up business, their antics begin attracting some unwanted attention. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
LOng before he would make a name for himself in films like "The Great Hereafter"."Double Jeopardy" and "Thirteen Days",handsome Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood was in this perpetual boner on celluloid. He plays the easygoing,beer-guzzling beach bum who co-owns the titular shop with his upright,uptight brother(Michael David Wright,anyone know where he went?)after their dear Aunt passes on,leaving the store to them in her will(likely? You betcha!). Of course,nearly everybody in this film is a nobody(Save for long-running lounge and TV variety act impresario Charlie Brill,in a bit part),and the film is entirely motorized on the presence of sexy,scantily clad women who may or may not be taking' it all off over the course of the film. THink "HArdbodies" with a slightly less misogynistic tone. I enjoyed this movie quite a bit when I was a teen(take a wild guess as to why),and while I probably haven't had a look at this film since the early nineties,I saw it enough times that I can practically count all the scenes of nudity(and recall them in loving slow-mo!)that occurred and which ones I liked the best(a scene involving a two-way mirror and a proportionately perfect,LAnders-sister-looking model was my favorite). i would say that if you've rarely if ever seen naked women before,or are under the age of eighteen,you'll enjoy this film immensely. To anyone else--and assuming you'd have the patience to sit through this!--I'd say,understand that this whole film is a device and accept it for what it is: a pure,brainless '80s sex movie featuring an up-and-coming actor who'd probably like to forget he'd ever agreed to do it. Well,Bruce,just repeat to yourself:it was experience and I needed the money.