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      South Beach Academy

      R 1996 1h 31m Comedy List
      Reviews 21% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Brothers (Corey Feldman, Keith Colouris) come to the aid of their uncle (Al Lewis), who bet his Miami beach-sports school on a fixed volleyball game. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 13 Buy Now

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      Audience Member (*): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Back in the 1990's, when the home video boom was at the height of its popularity, all you really needed to make a movie was a camera, a threadbare story and sometimes a recognizable name helped too. "South Beach Academy" is one such film, appealing to the most easily pleased renter imaginable. What story there is only exists as an excuse to film women on the beach in various stages of undress, and while it is fun for about five minutes, you almost instantly become immune to all of the bare skin. You know what people say about too much of a good thing. The plot involves two eccentric, elderly millionaires with unlimited resources betting on a beach volleyball game, and that is stretched out to a feature-length run time. The amount of filler is staggering. The "bankable" stars of this dud were famous in at least three different decades, and while "Munsters" star Al Lewis appears to be having the time of his life, he looks like an old woman in a lot of the scenes. James Hong's role amounts to a glorified cameo, and Corey Feldman spends most of the movie walking around with an undeserved sense of entitlement. The starring roles in theatrical films are a thing of the past for him, and his agent should be kind enough to break the news to him. He will forever be stuck in unwatchable junk like this. By the time the film takes a weird serious turn at the end, I had already written this film off. In all honesty, that happened about five minutes into "South Beach Academy". It never even comes close to redemption. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Grandpa Munster risks his academy against a rival in a beach volleyball match. Even after 92 mins, hard to determine what this "Academy" provides for these college age kids. Regardless, great job by the casting agent on the extras and Elizabeth Kaitan's charm always seems to shine. I had a small sense of deja vu here after seeing Feldman in MEATBALLS 4, he seems to play the same jerk in all his roles. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A guy tries to help his uncle from losing his beach academy in a volleyball game to a bitter rival. Even after watching this, I still only have a vague idea what exactly a beach academy is. Quite possibly Corey Feldman's most annoying role ever and that is saying something. A smarter production team would have realized giving Julie Cialini a larger role would have generated superior results than relying on Feldman. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A guy tries to help his uncle from losing his beach academy in a volleyball game to a bitter rival. Even after watching this, I still only have a vague idea what exactly a beach academy is. Quite possibly Corey Feldman's most annoying role ever and that is saying something. A smarter production team would have realized giving Julie Cialini a larger role would have generated superior results than relying on Feldman. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Easily the best movie about beach volleyball starring Corey Feldman. And yes, that is Ron Jeremy hanging out. Not literally, thank goodness. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Brothers (Corey Feldman, Keith Colouris) come to the aid of their uncle (Al Lewis), who bet his Miami beach-sports school on a fixed volleyball game.
      Director
      Joe Esposito
      Production Co
      Future Films
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 31m
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