Before internet, before everyone started screaming; racism, sexism, offensive this and that, and before everybody had a bug up their A** There were skins flicks as we used to call them when I was a kid in the 80s. Next to the beach, this was the best way to watch girls in different states of nudity. Now these films might not be Oscar material, but to us kids in the 80s it was heaven. Don't get me wrong hardly any of them, if any, have any greater plot than to show good looking half naked girls,and maybe give a few good laughs while they do so. But if you are expecting a movie like this to have any other purpose than nudity and good looking girls,you have parked your but in front of the wrong movie. I give this 5 star. For the memory alone
24 Reviews
Beach bunny voyeur's delight .......
merklekranz9 December 2013
The plot of two brothers trying to save their inherited bikini shop doesn't matter. The unending MTV moments doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that "Malibu Bikini Shop" is a beach bunny voyeur's delight. There are dozens and dozens of bikini closeups, a cute plot, adequate acting, and authentic beach front atmosphere. A couple of outrageous moments, involving a two way mirror in the girls dressing room, are highlights. Naturally there is some tasteful nudity too. Sure some scenes go on way too long, stretching the 80 minutes of material to 98 minutes, but that is a so what, since the tedious musical numbers all involve bikinis. This is a lighthearted fun beach frolic that stands above almost all of it's similar competition. - MERK
A Bit Predictable but Not Too Bad Overall
Uriah434 March 2016
"Alan" (Michael David Wright) has just graduated from Northern Chicago University when he learns that his aunt has passed away and left him an inheritance. Curious to discover what he has inherited he heads out to Malibu with the intention of selling his new property and getting back to Chicago to be with his extremely spoiled fiancé, "Jane" (Debra Blee). However, when he gets there he finds that all he is left with is 51% of a bikini shop which is heavily in debt. He also discovers that the other 49% belongs to his brother "Todd" (Bruce Greenwood) who loves to party and has no business skills at all. In addition to that, he has 3 female employees named "Kathy" (Ami Julius), "Cindy" (Gayln Gorg) and "Ronnie" (Barbara Horan) who depend on the bikini shop to make ends meet. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that this could have been an okay "bikini movie" if it had better comedy and a less predictable plot. Be that as it may, I thought the acting was adequate enough for the job at hand and having some attractive ladies certainly helped to a degree. That being said, although there are certainly better movies of this type out there, this one wasn't too bad overall and for that reason I rate it as just slightly below average.
Dissolvable Stitches
Bourkie11 October 1999
It was at my next-door neighbours house that I first saw "The Bikini Shop," I was eight years old and very grateful. Tonight, some 14 years later I was reminded of the movie, when dinner conversation turned to two way mirrors.
To my surprise the local video store still had a copy so I forked out my hard earned $2 for the weekly and re-lived the glory of poor writing, bad lighting, over acting and no name talent all in the name of BOOBIES!.
The story is that ancient old one of, boy meets girl - boy runs a bikini shop his late aunty has left him - boy wins over girl. Throw in a baddie, an old flame he is trying to be rid of, a rambunctious brother and some trippy dream sequences and you have 90 minutes of a flimsy story line standing in the way of the meaning of life for most fellas - naked women.
To my surprise the local video store still had a copy so I forked out my hard earned $2 for the weekly and re-lived the glory of poor writing, bad lighting, over acting and no name talent all in the name of BOOBIES!.
The story is that ancient old one of, boy meets girl - boy runs a bikini shop his late aunty has left him - boy wins over girl. Throw in a baddie, an old flame he is trying to be rid of, a rambunctious brother and some trippy dream sequences and you have 90 minutes of a flimsy story line standing in the way of the meaning of life for most fellas - naked women.
Come for the bikinis and boobs,stay for...Bruce Greenwood?
KUAlum2622 December 2007
LOng before he would make a name for himself in films like "The Great Hereafter"."Double Jeopardy" and "Thirteen Days",handsome Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood was in this perpetual boner on celluloid. He plays the easygoing,beer-guzzling beach bum who co-owns the titular shop with his upright,uptight brother(Michael David Wright,anyone know where he went?)after their dear Aunt passes on,leaving the store to them in her will(likely? You betcha!). Of course,nearly everybody in this film is a nobody(Save for long-running lounge and TV variety act impresario Charlie Brill,in a bit part),and the film is entirely motorized on the presence of sexy,scantily clad women who may or may not be taking' it all off over the course of the film. THink "HArdbodies" with a slightly less misogynistic tone. I enjoyed this movie quite a bit when I was a teen(take a wild guess as to why),and while I probably haven't had a look at this film since the early nineties,I saw it enough times that I can practically count all the scenes of nudity(and recall them in loving slow-mo!)that occurred and which ones I liked the best(a scene involving a two-way mirror and a proportionately perfect,LAnders-sister-looking model was my favorite). i would say that if you've rarely if ever seen naked women before,or are under the age of eighteen,you'll enjoy this film immensely. To anyone else--and assuming you'd have the patience to sit through this!--I'd say,understand that this whole film is a device and accept it for what it is: a pure,brainless '80s sex movie featuring an up-and-coming actor who'd probably like to forget he'd ever agreed to do it. Well,Bruce,just repeat to yourself:it was experience and I needed the money.
30 minutes too thong...
Ispystuff19 July 2002
The mind numbing dream sequences are so bad that it's hard to believe anyone can make it through them to watch what more of this movie lives on the other side. What is will surely disappoint. Bad acting, bad directing, and bad bikinis add up to a lousy bikini movie. If the dream sequences aren't the worst example of big screen directing, the film's final sequence is. In it, the snobby ex-fiancee is humiliated when her dress is torn off, revealing she wears a girdle, in front of her hardbody bikini clad replacement. Sounds almost funny, except the scene comes off about as funny, and looks more like, a mugging. Nothing to see hear folks..
Not sexy, not funny.
leumas376514 January 2009
"Malibu" Bikini Shop is a Sex Comedy that manages to be neither comedic nor sexy. Well, maybe a little bit sexy. But the scenes of Barbara Horan in the hot tub are hardly worth enduring terrible music, embarrassing fashions (sadly, the bikinis are some of the biggest violators) a thin, implausible, wholly predictable plot, and characters that are all one dimensional caricatures. This isn't even a "so bad it's good" kind of bad. It's more of a "sixth graders write better than this" bad and "how the hell can a movie about girls wearing bikinis be so unenjoyably" bad. Imagine an Elvis movie and the depth of plot those had, only instead of Elvis you have a pair of B-cups thrown in every 18 minutes or so and you have a pretty good idea of what you're in for with Bikini shop.
I realize this isn't exactly Masterpiece Theater, but if you want to see skin (which is why 99% of people would even consider watching this) it would be so much more efficient to just look at a Playboy or even an episode of Rock of Love. The girls in this movie, while young and fit, are saddled with horrendous wardrobes and situations. Visually, none of them really rate higher than about a 7 out of 10.
If you're still reading this review, you may be a Trekkie interested in Bruce Greenwood's early work and you're on the fence about if it's worth the time. Be warned: are you prepared for Bruce in a belly shirt? I advise having your thumb locked and ready on the ff/scan button. Life is too short to waste watching trash like this, and when I write "trash," I don't mean in a morally reprehensible way. I mean in a lazy, lowest common denominator kind of way.
Bonus points to anyone who figures out why "Malibu" is sometimes attached to this title when the movie hints that it takes place in Santa Monica.
I realize this isn't exactly Masterpiece Theater, but if you want to see skin (which is why 99% of people would even consider watching this) it would be so much more efficient to just look at a Playboy or even an episode of Rock of Love. The girls in this movie, while young and fit, are saddled with horrendous wardrobes and situations. Visually, none of them really rate higher than about a 7 out of 10.
If you're still reading this review, you may be a Trekkie interested in Bruce Greenwood's early work and you're on the fence about if it's worth the time. Be warned: are you prepared for Bruce in a belly shirt? I advise having your thumb locked and ready on the ff/scan button. Life is too short to waste watching trash like this, and when I write "trash," I don't mean in a morally reprehensible way. I mean in a lazy, lowest common denominator kind of way.
Bonus points to anyone who figures out why "Malibu" is sometimes attached to this title when the movie hints that it takes place in Santa Monica.
Up with Bikinis!
wes-connors3 May 2012
Clean cut college grad Michael David Wright (as Alan Finston) and hunky blonde brother Bruce Greenwood (as Todd Finston) inherit "The Malibu Bikini Shop" as part of their aunt's Ida's estate. While they decide whether or not to liquidate, you get an ample look at dozens of young women in bikinis. Writer/director David Wechter starts it off with in loving fashion. There are close-ups of bikini tops. There are close-ups of bikini bottoms. There are also some topless treats, but not as close-up. The plot has the lads in danger of losing the shop, due to Mr. Wright's cranky fiancée Debra Blee (as Jane Rutledge). In one of his last appearances, veteran Frank Nelson (as Richard J. Remington) leads an adept supporting cast.
***** The Malibu Bikini Shop (10/86) David Wechter ~ Michael David Wright, Bruce Greenwood, Barbara Horan, Frank Nelson
***** The Malibu Bikini Shop (10/86) David Wechter ~ Michael David Wright, Bruce Greenwood, Barbara Horan, Frank Nelson
Boring and empty
Groverdox11 May 2016
Warning: Spoilers
"The Malibu Bikini Shop" actually has more story than most movies of its type, but nevertheless ends up feeling a lot more empty and boring than you'd expect.
The story is about two brothers, one an overachiever, the other a party animal, who inherit a bikini shop and a house on the beach when their aunt dies. They decide to hang on to the shop, complete with a two-way mirror they install in the changing rooms so that they can spy on girls, but then a baddie wants to buy them out so they have to put their heads together and sell more bikinis than ever before.
They do this with what looks like a music video sequence. There are lots of other such sequences in the movie: girls running or dancing in bikinis. It's cinematic dead air, deathly boring, and impossible to concentrate on.
There is also nudity, of course, though no eroticism, and nothing full frontal.
The story is about two brothers, one an overachiever, the other a party animal, who inherit a bikini shop and a house on the beach when their aunt dies. They decide to hang on to the shop, complete with a two-way mirror they install in the changing rooms so that they can spy on girls, but then a baddie wants to buy them out so they have to put their heads together and sell more bikinis than ever before.
They do this with what looks like a music video sequence. There are lots of other such sequences in the movie: girls running or dancing in bikinis. It's cinematic dead air, deathly boring, and impossible to concentrate on.
There is also nudity, of course, though no eroticism, and nothing full frontal.
The Bikini Shop
Scarecrow-8821 November 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I'll make an admission, a plot, such as the one for Bikini Shop, doesn't concern me as I'm fully aware that a story in such a film is merely an excuse to show lots of pretty beach girls running around in bikinis throughout. I recognize many viewers will disregard a film like Bikini Shop and for good reason because it doesn't have a whole lot to say and will not change your way of life. It doesn't testify of the human condition in a grand, sweeping scale.
It's a movie about two brothers, polar opposites, one who has graduated from a Chicago business college while the other has been touring the country looking for his calling. One is neatly dressed, polite, and very smart. The other is a slob, without a doubt(..he's unkempt and his eating habits are much to be desired) charming, worldly, enthusiastic, and always trying to score. While I admire the one brother for his skills as a man who understands order and knows how to approach people with manners and some integrity, I also can embrace his brother for he wants to score with hot chicks and has the looks and charisma to do so. Like so many wonderful 80's comedies, it has babes, boobs, and a beach. How could I not find something with these attributes at least somewhat appealing? It's one of those movies which fulfill the fantasies so many of us guys share. We dream with picture perfect clarity, smiling widely, about the idea of running a bikini shop, with three mega-watt hot salesgirls, right along a beach, always surrounded by girls on every turn. Two brothers, Alan and Todd(Michael David Wright and Bruce Greenwood)are given possession of a faltering bikini shop from their aunt who passed away. Todd wishes to operate it(..and, I can understand his reasoning)while Alan hopes to sell it for a great price so he can move on to his marriage to an insufferable wench.
The threat to this harmonious dream is a thoroughly loathsome only child who always gets what she wants from her rich father. Her name is Jane and she is Alan's fiancé. She's one of those types who insists on controlling her men, whether it's her boyfriend or father. She's perfectly portrayed by Debra Blee as the villain for you hate her upon seeing her. It takes a special skill to instantly repel without even opening your mouth, only to be even worse once you talk. When it came to casting Jane, the filmmakers did one hell of a job, because you can't even imagine how annoying this bitch is until you get a load of her for yourself. Her every grating moment on screen has you wondering what could possibly motivate Alan to get with her.
I think The Bikini Shop will be of interest to those accustomed to seeing Bruce Greenwood as some authoritarian figure, because he's the brother, Todd, who is always chasing tail, throwing parties regardless of what Alan thinks, and coming up with ways to help sell merchandise just so he can get up, close, and personal with the beautiful clientèle..Todd's my kind of guy. I mean, seeing Greenwood as this exuberant kid, never wearing a shirt, with jean shorts, grinning ear to ear every time a chick passes by, it's kind of odd..I mean, seriously, this is the guy who portrayed JFK for Chrissakes! Michael David Wright is Alan, the more mature and level-headed brother who wishes, or so he thinks, to have a balanced life without hang-ups, but he's on the cusp of attaching himself to a leech who'll suck him dry. Ronnie(Barbara Horan who is major yummy)is one of three salesgirls working at the shop when Alan and Todd arrive to run the business..Cindy and Kathy(Galyn Görg and Ami Julius)are the other two, eventually used as models thanks to the genius of Todd who thinks they could sell their product better if it were shown to the customers on the bodies of lovely honeys. Ronnie has dreams of designing bikinis and becomes Alan's love interest, for he has fantasies of making out with her, only they are often interrupted by the tyrant ruining his potential future if she gets her grip into him. Frank Nelson is the brothers' agent, Remington, doggedly working to pursue someone willing to buy the bikini shop. The Aunt, Ida, had left the business strapped for cash due to her lavish lifestyle.
I imagine that a film such as this will get lost in amongst the army of bikini sex comedies that had littered the theaters and home video during the 80's. But, I'm easy, and The Bikini Shop was perfect junk food for a late Saturday night. One thing's for certain, there's no shortage of babes in this flick. I'm as superficial as it gets when it comes to these movies.
It's a movie about two brothers, polar opposites, one who has graduated from a Chicago business college while the other has been touring the country looking for his calling. One is neatly dressed, polite, and very smart. The other is a slob, without a doubt(..he's unkempt and his eating habits are much to be desired) charming, worldly, enthusiastic, and always trying to score. While I admire the one brother for his skills as a man who understands order and knows how to approach people with manners and some integrity, I also can embrace his brother for he wants to score with hot chicks and has the looks and charisma to do so. Like so many wonderful 80's comedies, it has babes, boobs, and a beach. How could I not find something with these attributes at least somewhat appealing? It's one of those movies which fulfill the fantasies so many of us guys share. We dream with picture perfect clarity, smiling widely, about the idea of running a bikini shop, with three mega-watt hot salesgirls, right along a beach, always surrounded by girls on every turn. Two brothers, Alan and Todd(Michael David Wright and Bruce Greenwood)are given possession of a faltering bikini shop from their aunt who passed away. Todd wishes to operate it(..and, I can understand his reasoning)while Alan hopes to sell it for a great price so he can move on to his marriage to an insufferable wench.
The threat to this harmonious dream is a thoroughly loathsome only child who always gets what she wants from her rich father. Her name is Jane and she is Alan's fiancé. She's one of those types who insists on controlling her men, whether it's her boyfriend or father. She's perfectly portrayed by Debra Blee as the villain for you hate her upon seeing her. It takes a special skill to instantly repel without even opening your mouth, only to be even worse once you talk. When it came to casting Jane, the filmmakers did one hell of a job, because you can't even imagine how annoying this bitch is until you get a load of her for yourself. Her every grating moment on screen has you wondering what could possibly motivate Alan to get with her.
I think The Bikini Shop will be of interest to those accustomed to seeing Bruce Greenwood as some authoritarian figure, because he's the brother, Todd, who is always chasing tail, throwing parties regardless of what Alan thinks, and coming up with ways to help sell merchandise just so he can get up, close, and personal with the beautiful clientèle..Todd's my kind of guy. I mean, seeing Greenwood as this exuberant kid, never wearing a shirt, with jean shorts, grinning ear to ear every time a chick passes by, it's kind of odd..I mean, seriously, this is the guy who portrayed JFK for Chrissakes! Michael David Wright is Alan, the more mature and level-headed brother who wishes, or so he thinks, to have a balanced life without hang-ups, but he's on the cusp of attaching himself to a leech who'll suck him dry. Ronnie(Barbara Horan who is major yummy)is one of three salesgirls working at the shop when Alan and Todd arrive to run the business..Cindy and Kathy(Galyn Görg and Ami Julius)are the other two, eventually used as models thanks to the genius of Todd who thinks they could sell their product better if it were shown to the customers on the bodies of lovely honeys. Ronnie has dreams of designing bikinis and becomes Alan's love interest, for he has fantasies of making out with her, only they are often interrupted by the tyrant ruining his potential future if she gets her grip into him. Frank Nelson is the brothers' agent, Remington, doggedly working to pursue someone willing to buy the bikini shop. The Aunt, Ida, had left the business strapped for cash due to her lavish lifestyle.
I imagine that a film such as this will get lost in amongst the army of bikini sex comedies that had littered the theaters and home video during the 80's. But, I'm easy, and The Bikini Shop was perfect junk food for a late Saturday night. One thing's for certain, there's no shortage of babes in this flick. I'm as superficial as it gets when it comes to these movies.
Can't Complain
jfgibson7325 July 2009
Warning: Spoilers
You probably know what you are getting if you decide to see this one. It's another mid-80's teen sex comedy with a silly plot, bad acting, ridiculous situations, and gratuitous nudity. If you grew up during this era, the music and fashion will take you back.
Two brothers inherit a bikini shop. Todd is the laid-back party dude who wants to keep the shop and let the good times roll. The other brother is a straight-laced finance major who just wants to sell it and get back to his career. Eventually they join forces to save the store and presumably grow old together in the Malibu sun.
Some of the positives of this movie: I really felt like the characters were having fun, and it looked like it would be a nice place to hang out (and I already live in southwest Florida). Also, the simplistic story drew me in enough that I was happy for the business-minded brother when he finally dumped his sexist caricature of a finance and got with the sweet, gentle bikini sales girl. It's all very predictable and not really much to look at (nobody looks good with 80's hair), but as I said, if you enjoy movies like Private Resort, Revenge of the Nerds, and Porkys, you won't really care.
Two brothers inherit a bikini shop. Todd is the laid-back party dude who wants to keep the shop and let the good times roll. The other brother is a straight-laced finance major who just wants to sell it and get back to his career. Eventually they join forces to save the store and presumably grow old together in the Malibu sun.
Some of the positives of this movie: I really felt like the characters were having fun, and it looked like it would be a nice place to hang out (and I already live in southwest Florida). Also, the simplistic story drew me in enough that I was happy for the business-minded brother when he finally dumped his sexist caricature of a finance and got with the sweet, gentle bikini sales girl. It's all very predictable and not really much to look at (nobody looks good with 80's hair), but as I said, if you enjoy movies like Private Resort, Revenge of the Nerds, and Porkys, you won't really care.
Lighten up
barnyard-121 January 2012
Just a fun movie set in the 80's before political correctness, which has driven movies to be largely manufactured with the same plots, and with a single developed character (supporting actors with real roles has become a thing of the past). The feminists will scream exploitation, but it's harmless fun, and extremely tame compared to what teenagers now watch on the internet by comparison - just bikinis and a few boobs. It's a fact of life that men will always look at women, especially good looking ones; and this film has a number of them, plus some good music. The plot was never meant to be drama, but just a light weight comedy about two boys inheriting a bikini shop - every guys dream; and their attempts to save it with marketing initiatives worth seeing. It was never attempting to win an academy award - the film doesn't take itself seriously; but rather just providing light titillation with a few chuckles & smiles. No murders or gratuitous violence; you just end up with a grin after watching it. Our world could do worse.
It's a guilty pleasure
todesnudel12 December 2021
I have to admit I have a soft spot for this movie, despite it's obvious cheesieness. Why? Well, because in the life of almost every boy comes the time where he realizes that girls/women are rather fascinating. Well, if that boy is interested in girls in the first place, of course.
I saw this movie here in Germany one Sunday morning where it was shown as a rerun from the previous evening. I think it was on RTL 2 (a really small TV station, so I guess they could get away with the mild nudity in the morning?)
I watched it with my brother and a few friends, and well... a few boys, just hitting puberty. Lots of girls in bikinis. No wonder we left this movie on. But it wasn't just the girls, we were invested in the story as well, we wanted Alan and Todd to succeed against all odds. We wanted Alan to realize that Ronnie is the right woman for him, not Jane. We even chuckled at some of the jokes. Or, to put it in another way: We were 100% the target audience of this flick.
In retrospect, the movie is bad, of course. Predictable and unfunny and very sexist. Only thing that's still the same is the good looking girls in bikinis. Plus Barbara Horan is still as cute looking as I remembered her.
Overall, this movie is a guilty pleasure for me. If you haven't seen it when you were around 14 years old, then I guess you shouldn't watch it at all, because it really doesn't have much to offer. There are far better movies out there.
I saw this movie here in Germany one Sunday morning where it was shown as a rerun from the previous evening. I think it was on RTL 2 (a really small TV station, so I guess they could get away with the mild nudity in the morning?)
I watched it with my brother and a few friends, and well... a few boys, just hitting puberty. Lots of girls in bikinis. No wonder we left this movie on. But it wasn't just the girls, we were invested in the story as well, we wanted Alan and Todd to succeed against all odds. We wanted Alan to realize that Ronnie is the right woman for him, not Jane. We even chuckled at some of the jokes. Or, to put it in another way: We were 100% the target audience of this flick.
In retrospect, the movie is bad, of course. Predictable and unfunny and very sexist. Only thing that's still the same is the good looking girls in bikinis. Plus Barbara Horan is still as cute looking as I remembered her.
Overall, this movie is a guilty pleasure for me. If you haven't seen it when you were around 14 years old, then I guess you shouldn't watch it at all, because it really doesn't have much to offer. There are far better movies out there.
Not good
BandSAboutMovies8 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Even my bad movie resolve was tested by this movie, which tells the story of Alan (Michael David Wright) and Todd (Bruce Greenwood, who has had quite a film career after this), two charged up fellows who inherit the bikini shop owned by their aunt who has drunkenly jet skiied her way into the world beyond.
Alan has a mean fiancee (Debra Blee, who is in Savage Streets and Hamburger: The Motion Picture, two movies you should watch instead of this), the girls they hire to work at the shop are really cool, rich people and cops get in the way of the madcap shenanigans and there's no nudity, but this is called The Malibu Bikini Shop, so that should give you some idea that there is not going to be a lot of bare flesh.
I know this may be someone's favorite movie, but as you can tell, it is not mine.
Alan has a mean fiancee (Debra Blee, who is in Savage Streets and Hamburger: The Motion Picture, two movies you should watch instead of this), the girls they hire to work at the shop are really cool, rich people and cops get in the way of the madcap shenanigans and there's no nudity, but this is called The Malibu Bikini Shop, so that should give you some idea that there is not going to be a lot of bare flesh.
I know this may be someone's favorite movie, but as you can tell, it is not mine.
A different opinion here!
feel_the_rush1723 August 2002
This is it! I just can't believe that people don't like this movie. Whenever I'm sad, I watch it and it always cheers me up. And by the way, the music is great. The closing song is my favorite. Though I'm a hip-hop fan I really like it. If I see the movie in the morning I can't get it out of my head til late afternoon. And it's always enjoying to see all these palms and sunny beaches. And the mood is so right :)) And even the fact that people are getting old and this movie reminds them of what they won't ever have again is not enough. If you want to see a drama, go and see "Titanic". If you want to see many special effects, go and see "Star Wars", but if you want to see a funny movie full with sun and smiles, go and see "Malibu Bikini Shop" because I really think that young people will enjoy it.
Not quite trashy enough to be a classic
jellopuke3 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This was close to being a great sex-comedy, but just strayed a little too close to the good taste line to really be one of the all-timers. You'd think a movie about bikini's would have more nudity, but it was fairly restrained in that regard and even the ending that should have been loaded with it was cut short. Not enough over the top gags or hijinks but it did have the whole "we need to make money in a week to save the store" plot line. Fun and slight, but needed an injection of raunch to really set sail.
Ah,,,,The Junk Films Of The 80s....
DiamondGirl42721 July 2010
Of course this was shown on a free "Showtime" channel. Who would spend any $$ on it as a rental? Even when it was a new film...back in the 80s..did it last long in the theaters? I am fairly sure it didn't. First of all..the two guys...brothers..look nothing alike..but then I guess that was on purpose somehow because they are SUPPOSE to be polar opposites of each other? The smart business one seems lame when it comes to doing anything unless it is business related..and he shows up to help his beach bum type brother with handling a late aunts' final wishes. She died and left them everything..a huge house on the beach and a surf shop that seems to be well stocked but lacking in customers most of the time. The girls who work there are all seen in some kind of beachwear...ugly bathing suits that were in style then..but still look tacky. What surf shop has its' employees dressed like that anyway? None of the girls looked like they spent much time actually in the sun..maybe they worked 24/7? The funny brothers...who in some way reminded ne of a young Dennis Quaid...had his moments of being funny...but he was a slacker..and yet the girls were all over him..how sexy is a guy who washes up in a sink...and never seems to be really clean? Gross. The girl who played the very immature rich girl the other up-tight guy was engaged to was WAY over the top. What guy in his right mind would want any of THAT MESS? He seemed to nice to be doing it just for a position in her fathers' company. He could not have had the super hots for the daughter either...she was as unsexy as you could get. Woof. Various people wander in and out of scenes...the delivery guy was NOT at all humorous...a character that was a waste of time..he added nothing to even the small scene he was in. The addition of the smart girl..the one who was a college major or some such...seemed OK...and predictable..a match for the smart brother of course...but she seemed too old for the part...as did most of the "young" characters in this stupid thing. The girls all pitch in an make AMAZING bikinis out of random stuff they got..and PRESTO!! Instant fashions!! There is a scene where one of the sales girls dances in a dream-like moment...and well..the dancing was worse than anything I had ever seen. I guess she was the best dancer who applied for the part...which is not saying much. There are bare breast moments with a big breasted girl...who has no idea there is a two way mirror in front of her...wow..hardcore..which is off set by a ugly fat woman doing the same thing...thinking she is sexy and will fit into a tiny bikini. How predictable. The storyline is easy...smart brother falls in love with smart girl at the store...they hook up...and he realizes his fiancé is a dog...meanwhile...the slacker brother is bed hopping and it is a party for him at every turn...But...both brothers learn something..and the movie ends sweetly...after a bunch of ridiculous chaos ensues. A funny movie if you crave bad 80s flicks...but to use it as an example of what went on during that time frame in history...think again. LOL.
bikini torsos unfortunately do not make a movie
RavenGlamDVDCollector22 April 2017
No, I don't have it on DVD. I suppose nobody does, unless it's a homemade transfer. Currently watching initially bad quality in-parts download. Hot-bodied but ultimately boring girls with boring hairstyles. Inane attempt that could of course be enjoyed if you were the lucky one filming it.
I only know about this movie because I obtained a mini-sized poster of it during the Eighties. Here it was released as THE BIKINI SHOP, with a very sexy, very classy hot-yet-cool, very cute poster. It is not the image you see here. No, it was a gorgeous aerial shot, the beach seen from low-flying seagull's view, you see nine figures stretched out on their beach blankets on the sand, three in the top row (legs only), three in the middle row (two extremely gorgeous blondes flanking the main character, who wears a full business suit, attache case and all) and three in the bottom row (upper bodies only) Believe me, this poster is a lot more fun than the (at times) ineptly- constructed movie itself.
Acting? What acting? Likable characters? Blah. Somebody to root for? Blah. I really couldn't care less. Okay, to be fair, it improves along the way. Sparks of interest. There is no denying that this is not even nearly a B-movie, it's kinda an F.
I am all for pretty bikini girls in movies. But showing a busload of headless, legless bikini-clad torsos just do not cut it for me. There is no connection without a face. Well, that's how the movie starts off. It is gonna get marginally better, but only by an anorexic slice. There's this little guy who has inherited a bikini shop from his deceased aunt, and the little bloke is off to California. Guy looks just like a Chihuahua. And he is about to be married to a heiress who bought a wedding dress two sizes too small to give her incentive to make a success of that strict diet, starting tomorrow, because there are all those cupcakes out there in the world... She does serve to hold the plot together, because she is such a disgusting character she makes all the other screw-ups look positively charming, and "the sparks of interest" made me "root" for the heroes (aarggg) after all...
(Movie is so bad you just gotta see it to believe it, then you will understand where this uneven review comes from)
Bruce Greenwood is so off-putting that his slob performance, while quite convincing, just nails the spikes into the coffin I MEAN ARRRGGGHH! no mood left for watching anything vaguely stimulating after seeing that guy bum about on-screen.
Movie seems to be set to plod along without an actual heroine. Major mistake. The girls all appear to be walk-ons. By the time when Lady Love appears, my mind had already written off the movie as not only the junk it set out to be from the start, but utter trash. So she appears way too late to add any real meaning or be a life-raft for the sunken ship. At least she is something. She's kinda cute (and quite hot) (and very supple), she has the kind of class the movie JUST DOESN'T.
But there's no real story, or rather, there could have been, but they settle for a mediocre thin plot. It's an excuse to film bikini-bodies. As such, the "story" will appeal to schoolboys and, well, guys like me, BUT the dudes who made this, skated about on very thin ice, only a few steps away from total laughing stocks. The music video bikini talent inserts do help to, er, raise interest. They really do, saving this, let's face it, JUNK, from being total TRASH, by being testimony to red-blooded man's obsession with the female form, trying so very, very hard to produce something worthwhile...
Seen in such a regard, the movie could go into a time capsule.
Who the hell am I to judge? Hell, I'd have been standing there with the video camera, too hell with the plot, the script... :)
I only know about this movie because I obtained a mini-sized poster of it during the Eighties. Here it was released as THE BIKINI SHOP, with a very sexy, very classy hot-yet-cool, very cute poster. It is not the image you see here. No, it was a gorgeous aerial shot, the beach seen from low-flying seagull's view, you see nine figures stretched out on their beach blankets on the sand, three in the top row (legs only), three in the middle row (two extremely gorgeous blondes flanking the main character, who wears a full business suit, attache case and all) and three in the bottom row (upper bodies only) Believe me, this poster is a lot more fun than the (at times) ineptly- constructed movie itself.
Acting? What acting? Likable characters? Blah. Somebody to root for? Blah. I really couldn't care less. Okay, to be fair, it improves along the way. Sparks of interest. There is no denying that this is not even nearly a B-movie, it's kinda an F.
I am all for pretty bikini girls in movies. But showing a busload of headless, legless bikini-clad torsos just do not cut it for me. There is no connection without a face. Well, that's how the movie starts off. It is gonna get marginally better, but only by an anorexic slice. There's this little guy who has inherited a bikini shop from his deceased aunt, and the little bloke is off to California. Guy looks just like a Chihuahua. And he is about to be married to a heiress who bought a wedding dress two sizes too small to give her incentive to make a success of that strict diet, starting tomorrow, because there are all those cupcakes out there in the world... She does serve to hold the plot together, because she is such a disgusting character she makes all the other screw-ups look positively charming, and "the sparks of interest" made me "root" for the heroes (aarggg) after all...
(Movie is so bad you just gotta see it to believe it, then you will understand where this uneven review comes from)
Bruce Greenwood is so off-putting that his slob performance, while quite convincing, just nails the spikes into the coffin I MEAN ARRRGGGHH! no mood left for watching anything vaguely stimulating after seeing that guy bum about on-screen.
Movie seems to be set to plod along without an actual heroine. Major mistake. The girls all appear to be walk-ons. By the time when Lady Love appears, my mind had already written off the movie as not only the junk it set out to be from the start, but utter trash. So she appears way too late to add any real meaning or be a life-raft for the sunken ship. At least she is something. She's kinda cute (and quite hot) (and very supple), she has the kind of class the movie JUST DOESN'T.
But there's no real story, or rather, there could have been, but they settle for a mediocre thin plot. It's an excuse to film bikini-bodies. As such, the "story" will appeal to schoolboys and, well, guys like me, BUT the dudes who made this, skated about on very thin ice, only a few steps away from total laughing stocks. The music video bikini talent inserts do help to, er, raise interest. They really do, saving this, let's face it, JUNK, from being total TRASH, by being testimony to red-blooded man's obsession with the female form, trying so very, very hard to produce something worthwhile...
Seen in such a regard, the movie could go into a time capsule.
Who the hell am I to judge? Hell, I'd have been standing there with the video camera, too hell with the plot, the script... :)
Flat chested comedy
cynet-5233230 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Feminists would have a field day watching this film. Bikini shop is an establishment where the not the brightest would go to buy Chinese made garments. The flim is riddled with Benny Hill female explotation of the comedy side but Benny Hill was funny the makers of this move are quite the opposite.
The two brothers and thier English lawyer are expecting to sell the shop at a value of 1 million dollars which has a leasehold probably of 2 years but this is a film so realism goes out the window.
The acting is appalling and the laughs are missing in this perv fest male endulgent awful movie.
80's produced a lot of unfunny sex comedies and this one is top of my list.
The two brothers and thier English lawyer are expecting to sell the shop at a value of 1 million dollars which has a leasehold probably of 2 years but this is a film so realism goes out the window.
The acting is appalling and the laughs are missing in this perv fest male endulgent awful movie.
80's produced a lot of unfunny sex comedies and this one is top of my list.
A great kick back, feel good movie
joshphs23 February 2010
I can't believe this movie has an overall rating of 4.0. This is a classic 80's movie. OK so maybe it's a over dramatic and the acting isn't the best I've ever seen, but it is thoroughly entertaining. This is the kind of movie you just sit back and relax to, you don't look into or try to find inner meaning. Instead you kick back and relax and take it for what it is. I found this movie to be not only funny, but quite reminscient of some people I know. I know there isn't much character development here, but the contrast between the uptight and openly laid back brothers are just great. When the uptight brother finds out what he's been missing all his life, he realizes that there is a lot more fun to be had outside his inner bubble of sanctity and security.
WATCH THIS MOVIE~!
WATCH THIS MOVIE~!
can't tell you how many times this movie kept me Up All Night
movieman_kev12 August 2009
Two bothers, business oriented Alan, & the more fun loving, skirt-chasing Todd (Bruce Greenwood) inherit a bikini shop in Malibu and attempt to make the failing business profitable. At first in order to sell it. Meanwhile Alan (whom is engaged to the stunning, but whiny, spoiled Jane) is falling for Ronnie, a sexy worker at the shop.
This is a typically lightweight '80's teen sex comedy that's a tad light in the nudity department when compared to other films of it's ilk, yet still holds a place in my heart, simply because it was a staple of USA's now sadly defunct "Up All Night" series which in turn was a big part of my formative years. Choice nudity from the stunning Bobbi Pavis doesn't hurt in the least, and it's always nice to see the late great Frank Nelson at work (sadly younger generations only know of him through his caricature on a few episodes of "The Simpsons") So if you're in the mood for stuffy 'old fogies' getting shocked at the 'hijinks' of teens, big hair, natural boobs, light escapism & other staples of the more innocent 1980's comedies, give this one a watch. (although the lengthy dance number & cheesy hot tub scenes still makes me cringe a bit whenever i see them)
Eye Candy: Bobbi Pavis, Jeana Loring, Barbara Horan, & about 8 or 9 extras fleetingly get topless; one extra shows her ass
My Grade: C+
This is a typically lightweight '80's teen sex comedy that's a tad light in the nudity department when compared to other films of it's ilk, yet still holds a place in my heart, simply because it was a staple of USA's now sadly defunct "Up All Night" series which in turn was a big part of my formative years. Choice nudity from the stunning Bobbi Pavis doesn't hurt in the least, and it's always nice to see the late great Frank Nelson at work (sadly younger generations only know of him through his caricature on a few episodes of "The Simpsons") So if you're in the mood for stuffy 'old fogies' getting shocked at the 'hijinks' of teens, big hair, natural boobs, light escapism & other staples of the more innocent 1980's comedies, give this one a watch. (although the lengthy dance number & cheesy hot tub scenes still makes me cringe a bit whenever i see them)
Eye Candy: Bobbi Pavis, Jeana Loring, Barbara Horan, & about 8 or 9 extras fleetingly get topless; one extra shows her ass
My Grade: C+
So bad it's almost good
HildyJohnson12 January 2002
This film most definitely belongs in the so-bad-it's-almost-good category. Very much a product of its time (1985), the hairstyles, fashions and soundtrack songs are hysterical to those of us who were fortunate (?!) enough to grow up in the 80s. There are embarrassing dance sequences, bikinis that are testament to the aerobics craze - and of course there's lots of flesh on display. Hmmm, must be a guy thing... Bruce Greenwood is the only actor in the cast who has moved on to bigger and better things - I bet a clip of this will come to haunt him one day on The Tonight Show!
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