The only reason I can see anyone reading this review is, like myself, you seek out those forgotten stinkers of cinema. To those that are wondering- It is indeed bad. But you may ask: "Is it entertainingly bad?" On that scale consider it a 6. Solid amusement for the first hour, by then you may have had your fill. Most noteworthy are the 30-somethings playing the undergrads. Otherwise it's a rather tame Porky's-Animal House-American Graffiti basement budget hodge podge. In case you're interested in it for the Miami connection, be warned the setting is not South Beach as the title might suggest. Also, my version was a punishing 98 minutes.
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Stillborn nostalgia exercise
lor_12 March 2023
My review was written in June 1986 after watching the movie on Vestron video cassette.
"Ocean Drive Weekend" is a tame, uneventful teen comedy aimed at the 1960s nostalgia market. Picture was released in South Carolina (where it was shot) in 1985 sans trade screenings and has just entered home video release.
Talkathon concerns overage boys and girls from a southern university in the early 1960s who head out to Ocean Drive for a weekend of boozing and, hopefully, romancing. Abbreviated, mainly cover versions of several 1960s hits play on the soundtrack as well as numbers performed on camera by the inimitable Smitty Flynn & the Rivieras.
Filmmaker Bryan Jones (may the late Rolling Stones guitarist rest in peace) tries meely for some humor but the picture is hardly competitive in these post-"Porky's" grossout times. An audience could be forgiven for chanting "more plot, more plot" by the end of the aimless exercise.
Tech credits are weak and cast not very attractive. Filmed in Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, picture obviously features local talent with drawls to match.
"Ocean Drive Weekend" is a tame, uneventful teen comedy aimed at the 1960s nostalgia market. Picture was released in South Carolina (where it was shot) in 1985 sans trade screenings and has just entered home video release.
Talkathon concerns overage boys and girls from a southern university in the early 1960s who head out to Ocean Drive for a weekend of boozing and, hopefully, romancing. Abbreviated, mainly cover versions of several 1960s hits play on the soundtrack as well as numbers performed on camera by the inimitable Smitty Flynn & the Rivieras.
Filmmaker Bryan Jones (may the late Rolling Stones guitarist rest in peace) tries meely for some humor but the picture is hardly competitive in these post-"Porky's" grossout times. An audience could be forgiven for chanting "more plot, more plot" by the end of the aimless exercise.
Tech credits are weak and cast not very attractive. Filmed in Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, picture obviously features local talent with drawls to match.
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