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Phat Beach (1996) -- A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun and fun.
Phat Beach (1996) -- A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun.

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3.2/10   371 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Cleveland O'Neal III (story) &
Brian E. O'Neal (story) ...
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Release Date:
2 August 1996 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Ain't nobody but a g-string.
Plot:
A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins ... Benny King
Claudia Kaleem ... Candace Williams
Candice Merideth ... Tasha King
Alma Collins ... Janet
Eric Fleeks ... Carl
Brian Hooks ... Durrel Jackson
Lawrence LeJohn ... House of Hamburgers Manager (as Lawrence J. LeJohn)
Panthere ... Dana
Kate Ann Haney ... Fat Woman
Nicole Amaral ... Inga
Tanya Reid ... Ulga
Bud O'Neal ... Cop #1

Coolio ... Himself
Tamara Nicole Bennett ... Stripper on Pole
Glenise Brathwaite ... Angel
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality, nudity and strong language.
Runtime:
89 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Durrel Jackson: Stop being such a butt pirate! more
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Not that bad?, 10 August 2002
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Author: spider63 from United States

I watched Phat Beach on cable for a while and I sort of enjoyed it. The fat guy is the best character, as he seems to be a nice guy. The rest of the characters are just various stereotypes of young men and young black men. I like to watch these low budget movies that capture a period of time because they are almost like a documentary of the year's attitudes and fads. Phat Beach is also funny because the low-budget babes in this movie are strictly home-girls. Most low-budget movies have that "local babe" quality, and you can tell the babes in this movie were the local strippers and underwear models for JC Penneys. Some of them had so much cellulite hanging from their bikinis that it was funny to watch how the "youngsters" went wild over what was essentially some really over-used, high-mileage skank. There were some cuties too. That is the charm of these low-budget crappy movies. You will see a lot of doggies, and some real cuties! I checked up on some of them at IMDb and seven years later Phat Beach is their only credit. Too bad. It would be interesting if someone ever managed to do a "Where are they now" book on all of the cuties that have appeared in the history of movies and then were never again to return. What happened?? There are probably one or two young people in almost every movie who seem to have a lot going for them and yet years later when you see the movie again on TV you wonder "what ever happened to X?" Anyhow, this movie mostly blows, but it has some funny moments.

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