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- 1960
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 39 m
- 1960
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 39 m
Summary Four very different college girls drive to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break and seek out various adventures and romance for themselves.
Directed By: Henry Levin
Written By: George Wells, Glendon Swarthout
- 1960
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 39 m
- 1960
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 39 m
Where the Boys Are
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Summary Four very different college girls drive to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break and seek out various adventures and romance for themselves.
Directed By: Henry Levin
Written By: George Wells, Glendon Swarthout
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
5 Reviews
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29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
63
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Considering how lame the bulk of teen movies made in the late Fifties and early Sixties look in retrospect, Where the Boys Are stands up respectably well.
The tender, comic romance between Prentiss and Hutton is one of the charming film's highlights, as is Francis' hilarious big-screen debut. [02 Jan 2004, p.4]
Aside from a few unfunny comic setpieces, Where The Boys Are is generally entertaining, thanks to vivid location footage and a likable cast.
Mimieux, in a demanding role, gets by dramatically. Visually she is a knockout, and has a misty quality.
WHERE THE BOYS ARE is plenty moralistic, yet the film is not without a naive sense of charm.
Despite an undercurrent of rebellion against adult attitudes, the point of view about sex is so conservative that the film could have been shown at PTA meetings without a murmur of protest. [25 Nov 1990, p.62]
Inspired by the novel of Glendon Swarthout, which one reviewer described as "a highly carbonated elixir of sex, sun-shine and beer," it has been patterned into a movie by the glib script writer, George Wells, so that it looks and sounds like a chummy dramatization of the Kinsey reports.
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Production Company
Euterpe
Release Date Dec 28, 1960
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Approved
Tagline The hilarious inside story of those rip-roaring spring vacations!
Awards
Laurel Awards
• 2 Nominations
