Gidget

Gidget (1959)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (6,488 ratings)

Teenager Francie Lawrence (Sandra Dee) is known to her surfing friends as "Gidget" or a "girl midget" (she is kinda on the short side). Unable to compete with the curvaceous bikinied lasses at the local beach, Gidget is assured by her understanding parents (Arthur O'Connell, Mary LaRoche) that boys… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
Paul Wendkos
Written By
Gabrielle Upton
Genres
Romance, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Aug 3, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A sincere and perceptive coming-of-age teen film.

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Look her, she's Sandra Dee! Innocent enough '50s romantic comedy doings.

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    the clueless parents provide that Golden Age anchor to the piece that rings disquieting in the face of all the real wolves their Gidget is facing alone in the pathless wood.

  • Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    A must-see artifact and lots of fun.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    This movie was the beginning of the surfing movie trend of the 60s, I think, and a classic teen film. It's not a great movie, but I liked it anyway.

  • moon r


    a real bit of you-had-to-have-been-there americana...the earnest yet perky late sandra dee (doris day, only younger), old school hunky-w/o-the-steroids james darren, and cliff robertson as the big kahuna (yep, this is where that expression enters the american lexicon, baby!), together… More

  • Patrick D


    Good ol' fashion presque-60s superfun. You have to love Sandra Dee, she's the absolute ultimate. It's not an amazing movie but it's a classic. Apparently it's the film the kick started the surf movie craze. What's the best part in the film is twice when… More

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