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Bill Milling (writer)
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This Year's Student Body Is Shaping Up.
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An abysmal excuse for entertainment.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Keith Coulouris | ... | Harry Spencer (as Keith Colouris) | |
| Elizabeth Kaitan | ... | Shannon McSorley | |
| Corey Feldman | ... | Billy Spencer | |
| Al Lewis | ... | Uncle Gene | |
| James Hong | ... | Johnny Staccato | |
| Lorelei Leslie | ... | Harley | |
| Julie Cialini | ... | Phyllis Glass (as Julie Lynn Cialini) | |
| Marcus Mueller | ... | Pigiron | |
| Amy Lynn Rosenthal | ... | Erika | |
| Ute Weigel | ... | Solitaire | |
| Tiffany Cara | ... | Ginger | |
| Christi Bauerle | ... | Dominique | |
| Kristina Rodriguez | ... | Pina Kollata | |
| Mindy Feldman | ... | Francesca | |
| Gary Bristow | ... | Drill Sergeant |
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Rated R for pervasive nudity and some sex scenes.
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91 min
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Continuity: As Billy and Harry approach a hot dog stand the blonde girl selling hot dogs is clearly topless from behind. A closer shot then shows her wearing a bikini top. As they walk away she is seen again topless from the rear.
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B - 3 Blues
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"South Beach Academy" is one of the few movies that I am embarrassed to admit having seen. I write these comments not to provide any intellectual critique of the film (for there was literally very little to comment on), but to serve as a warning for any fool just about to go and spend a couple of bucks renting it on video.
Only diehard Corey Feldman fans would ever go near this stinker, and even they are bound to be disappointed. Feldman is a genuinely talented actor with a sharp wit, and one can sense throughout this film that even he is taking it all with a grain of salt. He delivered sensational performances in "Stand By Me" and "The Goonies" (among others), and in a way it is sad to see him in this woeful exploitation movie.
The plot is too simple and idiotic for words, so I will not deal with it here. Indeed, there simply isn't much plot to comment on. Something about a beach and a volleyball game - I couldn't elaborate, because it seemed that I was dropping in and out of a coma while watching the film. The acting from everyone apart from Feldman is wooden (and Feldman is brought down a couple of notches as a result), and the only laughs I got from this show were at the expense of the actors themselves, (if such a term is allowable).
I'm an admirer of the 'bad film' genre, and "South Beach Academy" is certainly a bad film, but its problem is that it tries a little too hard to be a good film. The characters are confused - they don't know whether to act or to ham, and they end up doing a curiously amusing combination of the two.
But let's get one thing straight - the film contains scene after scene of gratuitous nudity, which seems to be its main selling point. The question here is - why bother? Dozens of this type of film have already been produced, and if you're really into that sort of thing, just find a movie on late-night television - there's bound to be one showing soon.
I am angry and frustrated that I lost a couple of valuable hours of my life watching this rubbish. If this review dissuades any potential viewer from renting the video, I shall be a happy man.