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This musical comedy certainly catches the swinging mood iconic of the 60's without actually including any memorable songs - despite the fact one breaks out every five minutes. It's not really a comedy either, there's only a couple of good lines, one of which is delivered by Ron 'Fagin' Moody, who creates the most interesting character of all but is sorely underused. The story is really an excuse for songs.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Simple minded sixties pop musical with bland songs, a weaker than weak script and dated lacklustre dance routines papering over the cracks of a very simple story of youngsters working at a holiday camp who enter a talent contest. The comedy is feeble but people like Liz Fraser, Ron Moody, Richard O'Sullivan and Nicholas Parsons manage to keep it watchable. Freddie and The Dreamers and John Leyton are the biggest music names here but this ain't no Hard Day's Night. Photographed by Nicholas Roeg who less than a decade later was a cutting edge director in his own right.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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A seaside resort, with problems of the teenagers involved. Freddie and the Dreamers (below). A great trip back to the sixties, a time of earthquake change in music, film, society: [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTP0zvLzI4wD84tN_Nrqana_jTHEvhaPmRcb03VHKvCT6fJLXAtqA[/img] play some of the tunes, a throwback to THIS type of sixties music that was so painfully poor. [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0PHnQMNzzeJU00Kp7N-2VHywqEfcopMIAFyHrPjz4sqB0Owkl_Q[/img] Several teenagers take jobs at a seaside resort for the summer. TV producers decide to film a talent show at the resort and the teenagers all decide to compete. Freddie and the Dreamers play cooks and do a couple of songs. Subplot consists of two young men competing for the same girl, whose auntie wants to take her back home. Written by H. Veronica Crabtree [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTXRYHOftZaTUUj2j8g39iLYoiLB2KwW9AshBoEnZc3tM2p6MvMVg[/img] Details Country:UK Language:English Release Date:1965 (USA) Also Known As:Férias para Todos Filming Locations:Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Credits Production Co:Fitzroy Films Ltd., Maycroft See more » Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Specs Runtime:USA: 94 min Sound Mix:Mono (RCA Sound Recording) Color:Color (Technicolor) Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1 See full technical specs » . Edit Did You Know? Quotes Tim: I've decided to go back to my first love... me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soundtracks "Don't Do That To Me" Written by Freddie Garrity [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS6zXfmffLtpYCgCsvmW0OgTZ_oy4gpMkMzlvzKzhk-CD8Y_PhTQw[/img] [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2YRRYQIe946c9LGMq-Jf6B3Nmu0rSXP0MO-tTePfOlD9zBXV-tA[/img] [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwtG7CEbJ0BODRrF3vYJ8bfzv-5Ot7GMZzP7oZQupCYmKXNoYw[/img] [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKkkNhJqEB40pVAAQq1KxvlGiIbOiOg8490FkwdE1lj8wEPXrJ[/img] [img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTq3BqglbJ9kSEYNRJuE6TquwYHlJB5rqi-HDgEvhl0cpMQLpB5jQ[/img]

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Boring story boring music was not good. This movie starts off boring and it ends boring its probablly the worsed musical I have seen a few good songs and thats it. The majority of the songs were rubbish. Well to be honest there wasn't much music going on and as this was a musical comedy it was not funny either. I don't think I would of ever said this but this musical was worsed than the 2 High School Musicals and was much worsed than Mamma Mia it just had a boring storyline, the story was done in no detail what so ever,it had a bad begining,bad ending,bad acting,terrible music and it just was not entertaining. This movie was laughable for its musical genre this musical comedy was just not a funny movie this movie was a constant bore and it did bore me this movie constantly tried to persitantly be funny but it just wasn't they tried to make the musical good and it could of been good but it just wasn't. This film could of been much better than what it actually was but the script was just messed up it was as if a young child wrote it the script just wasn't right and it just didn't make sense. This film was unfunny,incredible strange and it was also boring. If you was to show this film to anyone you are better not showing it to young children maybe teenagers but not young children because at one point you see mothers lifting babies out of the bath naked it was only a bit of nudity but I really don't think this is a young childrens movie instead it probablly or if not it should be a PG. The film was bad film some boring music and some boring sound effects going on. This was not a good musical you will be better off sticking to something like Mary Poppins and Petes Dragon because thoughs movies were decent musicals this one wasn't and I just didn't enjoy it and don't think anyone else will. As for the music messed up I am more concerned about the script the storyline was a bore to the public this type of movie will not encourage the movie viewers to see it this was not entertaining and I'm sure alot of you movie viewers would like to see something that is atleast entertaining. As for me I saw it on tele and I'm glad I did because I will be dissapointed if I payed to go and see this one I almost felt asleep and was very lucky to manage to see this one until the end.It had no decent music and it didn't even have a decent storyline to it. Overall this movie was bad so I encourage you all not to see this and to avoid it at all costs.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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James Hill

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John Leyton

Gerry Pullman

Michael Sarne

Tim Gilpin

Ron Moody

Professor Bastinado

Liz Fraser

Miss Slightly

Grazina Frame

Christina Barrington de Witt

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Synopsis

Teenagers working at a seaside resort discover that the highlight of the season will be a televised talent contest.

Director: James Hill
Production Co: Fitzroy-Maycroft
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2017
Runtime: 1h 34m

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