The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid (1984)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 41% of users liked it
    (5,348 ratings)

Set in 1963, The Flamingo Kid finds 18-year-old Brooklynite Matt Dillon, the son of blue-collar Hector Elizondo, getting a taste of the Good Life by joining several of his friends at "El Flamingo", a swank Long Island beach club. Wealthy car salesman Richard Crenna, the uncle of Matt's… More

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PG-13,
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Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 21, 1984 Wide
Live Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Dillon does a good job in his fullest, least narcissistic characterization to date.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    The performances compensate, with Dillon turning in a light and touching portrait of confused ambitions.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Dillon is a revelation in this movie.

  • Andre Sennwald, New York Times

    Even if The Flamingo Kid comes out of sit-com country, the character and the performance effortlessly rise above their origins.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Professionally made, quite entertaining, and disappointingly hollow.

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  • Cassie H


    This movie is funny,and cute,and Matt Dillion is so ADORABLE!!!

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