Frankie and Annette spoof themselves in familiar territory
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, stars of several 1960s beach party movies, returned to the screen 25 years later in “Back to the Beach,” a good-naturedly satirical take-off on that series with lots of vintage music and period choreography, a surfing competition, some harmless romantic jealousy, and a host of cameo appearances.<br /><br />Frankie and Annette have gotten married and moved to Ohio. Frankie owns a car dealership and sells his cars through TV ads, while Annette prepares meal after meal of peanut butter sandwiches. They have two children: daughter Sandi (Lori Loughlin), who has moved to Malibu, young pre-teen son Bobby (Demian Slade), who dresses in punk attire, brandishes a switchblade comb, and constantly criticizes the vapidness of his parents.<br /><br />Frankie, Annette, and Bobby head off for a vacation in Hawaii but take advantage of a layover to pay a surprise visit to Sandi in Malibu. There, Frankie becomes incensed on learning that his daughter has been living with a beach bum. On discovering that some of their old gang, including Connie (Connie Stevens), are still hanging out at the beach, Frankie decides that he would like to stay for a while, after all. Annette thinks Frankie is flirting with Connie and Frankie thinks Annette is flirting with a surfer dude. That’s where most of the fun begins.<br /><br />Frankie sings several songs, backed up by three extraordinarily talented musicians. Annette performs an elaborate “Jamaica Ska” with Fishbone, the unlikeliest pairing ever, and a beachful of bathing-suited dancers. That number is a highlight, dwarfing any number from the original series.<br /><br />Conflict is kept light and easily resolved. The tough surfer gang challenge the nice surfer guys to a competition, with professional surfers doubling for the actors, and Frankie comes out of retirement as the Big Kahuna, grabbing his old 9-foot surfboard to pinch-hit for an injured competitor. It’s no surprise that everything turns out happily in this feel-good, nostalgic romp.<br /><br />Though the movie gets off to a slow start, it’s worth sticking with it. A slew of cameos in the Malibu sequences add to the fun —  Edd “Kookie” Byrnes, Bob Denver, Don Adams, Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers, and Alan Hale. In a particularly surreal sequence, Pee Wee Herman pops in from nowhere to sing “Surfin’ Bird,” and disappears as quickly as he appeared.<br /><br />Annette recaptures the virginal innocence of the young Annette. Her streetwear ensembles are conventional suits and shirtwaists in intentionally tasteless colors and patterns. On the beach, she wears a series of modest swimwear ensembles that look more like silly dresses — true to the full-coverage bathing suits she wore in the original pictures, with a belly button nowhere in sight.  Her hair is sculpted into what looks to be enough hair for a trio of women. One character actually comments how amazing it is that, even though she’s been surfing, her hair is perfectly dry.<br /><br />Frankie takes his line readings too far over the top and, combined with a look of wide-eyed astonishment, tries too hard to land the gags. When he regains his mojo, there are amusing cutaways to various interruptions as he surfs the gigantic process-screen waves, including a nonchalant autograph signing for a fan who emerges from the water.<br /><br />He duets with Connie Stevens on “California Sun,” conjuring memories of the typical beach party movie songs. Others, heard mostly in bits and pieces, include “Venus,” “Wipe Out,” “Wooly Bully,” “Limbo Rock,” Que Sera Sera,” “Absolute Perfection,” “Pipeline,” “Catch a Wave,” “The Loco-Motion,” and the theme from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”<br /><br />First-time director Lyndall Hobbs has put together an enjoyably silly movie which is all the more endearing because the principals are in on the joke and have no problem spoofing themselves. The energy level is high and never lets up, which can be somewhat exhausting, but the movie works as an homage to films like “Beach Blanket Bingo” and “Muscle Beach Party.” A lot of the comedy falls flat, but then again, the gags in the 60s films were no gems either. This is the kind of picture that surprises. It’s a lot better than you might think, with those neat cameos enhancing a familiar, predictable plot.<br /><br />“Back to the Beach” is the 34th release in the Paramount Presents series. The slipcase opens to reveal the film’s original poster, and a Digital code is included on a paper insert. The only bonus material on the PG-rated Blu-ray release is Filmmaker Focus With Director Lyndall Hobbs.<br /><br />“Back to the Beach” is far from high art, but it’s fun. It revels in its own cheesiness. In her memoirs, Annette Funicello wrote that she and Frankie Avalon were preparing a sequel in which their characters go on safari in Africa, but her illness compelled her to withdraw from the project. She did agree to go on a “Back to the Beach” stage tour with Avalon.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : For the first time on Blu-ray, BACK TO THE BEACH joins Paramount Presents, remastered from a new scan of original film elements. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, teen idols of a wave of Beach movies, returned to the big screen in this hip, hilarious 80s update of their surf-and-sand adventures. The Jamaican Ska may have replaced The Twist in the intervening years, but Frankie and Annette still know how to bring the party—as well as teach their own children a thing or two in the process. Along for the fun in the warm California sun are a host of familiar faces–Connie Stevens, Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dona Adams, Bob Denver, Jerry Mathers, Barbara Billingsley, Edd “Kookie” Byrnes, and Pee-Wee Herman..