Spring Break (1983)

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The acting in this movie is really good.

This was a movie that I first saw in my mid teens and has remained one of my favorites. It has everything you could expect from an 80's movies. Average script, average acting, great one liners, memorable scenes and lines................and LOTS of women. The soundtrack was awesome and it's one of those movies you can watch over and over and not get tired of it. Also, I am curious if anyone knows the name of the blonde girl that Stu pulls on stage during the wet he-shirt contest. She is not one of the main characters, but appears multiple times during the movie.....most of the time with Stu. I wrote this because I just watched this movie for the first time in years and realized that I never did find out that blonde girls name. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Even as a boobs& bikinis comedy it was dull. There were far more scantily clad men than women, which didn't improve things considering the genre of this film. The colour obviously wasn't that great on the film print either; everyone's skin is a bright angry red. The 80s styles are to be expected but no less horrible: men in short shorts with no shirt, white socks pulled up high and white tennis shoes, topped off with a boofy butt-head hairstyle.The plot was exactly the same plot as all films of this genre, with no elaboration or clever twists: Young men go on holiday to get away from parents and "get laid". stay at cheap hotel, a corrupt developer wants to close hotel to build a resort (or something), the young men vow to help save the place. They DO save it and the nerdy one finds his true love/lust partner, everyone parties. Characters were thin, performances were at the same level as a late 70s porn movie- that isn't hyperbole either, it's an honest description.

After 25 years of seeing this movie in parts on HBO, I just went on Crackle to watch this in one sitting for the first time. The plot basically concerns four roommates at a hotel-Nelson (David Knell), Adam (Perry Lang), Stu (Paul Land), and O.T. (Steve Bassett)-out to have fun. Since this was rated R, you probably know what kind of fun they're out to have. Anyway, at least two of the guys-O.T. and Nelson-have something of a romance with a stunning rock singer named Joan (Corrine Alphen) and a cute-blonde-from-next-door type named Susie (Jayne Modean), respectively. There's also an awful subplot about Nelson's politician stepfather trying to punish him but that doesn't ruin things until the last 20 minutes. Anyway, while I liked those romances I just mentioned, especially that between Susie and Nelson, I wouldn't be amiss in mentioning that the main reason I saw this then as well as now was because of the female nudity that I expected from the rating. And both times I wasn't disappointed when I watched that early scene of Stu and O.T. just wanting to bag those sexy skanks played by Nikki Fritz and Rhonda Flynn. In fact, I watched that scene of Nikki and Rhonda disrobing twice! And the funniest line came after that when either Nelson or Adam said, "Those were Playboy tits!" Most of the rest of the picture wasn't as funny though there was another amusing moment when Nelson has trouble finding Susie's hotel room after getting some Coke cans from a machine with a great underscoring from .38 Special's "Caught Up in You". Of the rest of the supporting cast, I only recognized one Richard B. Shull as some sleazeball trying to close the hotel inhabited by the cast. He wasn't very funny here unlike when I first saw him in "Splash" all those years ago. So in summation, Spring Break was no great shakes but if you're in the mood for some T & A, it fills the need.

I am jazzed this got an official release on DVD, I can finally retire my VHS ripped DVD. I was like most disappointed at the lack of special features. But you can get a commentary form David Knells website, and it is well worth money I mean 4 bucks is nothing and makes watching the movie even more funny. I was sad to learn tonight about Paul Land , real name Paul Callandrillo had passed away in 2007. I have watched this movie so many times I am ashamed to admit how many. Out of all of the oddball beach movies this is hands down the best one ever made. Goods tunes, hilarious characters and well of course the beautiful girls. And how can you forget Nelsons dad getting arrested and just shouting sh#t. People pick this one up, go to Davids website and buy the commentary.Mike