Remember what you're watching and who the target audience is before you become too critical. I was thirteen when I saw this movie in a local theatre. At the time, my brother and I thought it was hilarious and, having never watched adult films like "Some Like it Hot", were introduced to the idea of cross-dressing for the first time. This was funny, too.
I did not review this film as an adult. I tried to review it as I would have when I was thirteen. That was the target audience of this film anyway.
For what this is, it is an excellent display of teenage "beach party" movie, even though the setting is changed to winter and the sport to skiing.
The highlight of the movie is Lesley Gore singing in the bus to her then-current top 10 hit "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows". Gore was the most popular singer in America for three years in the 60s and teenagers were so enamoured of her, especially as our parents spoke harshly against the "new music" of rock n roll and condemned Lesley Gore to hell for singing evil songs like "Sunshine". We were on her side.
For this genre, and for the first generation of baby boomers who were young teenagers at the time, these kind of movies were nirvana.
I did not review this film as an adult. I tried to review it as I would have when I was thirteen. That was the target audience of this film anyway.
For what this is, it is an excellent display of teenage "beach party" movie, even though the setting is changed to winter and the sport to skiing.
The highlight of the movie is Lesley Gore singing in the bus to her then-current top 10 hit "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows". Gore was the most popular singer in America for three years in the 60s and teenagers were so enamoured of her, especially as our parents spoke harshly against the "new music" of rock n roll and condemned Lesley Gore to hell for singing evil songs like "Sunshine". We were on her side.
For this genre, and for the first generation of baby boomers who were young teenagers at the time, these kind of movies were nirvana.