|
Actors: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, and JAmes Darren
|
|
| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Gidget |
|---|
Francie Lawrence is a small girl in every way. She's at the beach and she is caught in some seaweed. A surfer named moondoggie saves her and she feels attracted to him except he seems uninterested. So Francie, who is nicknamed Gidget because she is a midget and a girl becomes a surfer. While trying to get moondoggies attention she is pursued by the Kahoona. What will happen?
--Danielle Remaili, Resident Scholar
|
Francie Lawrence (Sandra Dee) is Gidget who, like hundreds of other teenagers during summer vacation, heads for the beach. Soon she finds herself adopted as the mascpt of a group of college boys who surf at Malibu. As days go by, Gidget is increasingly attracted to one particular boy, Moondoggie (James Darren), a young law-student. But, their young romance is complicated when a surf-bum known as Kahoona (Cliff Robertson) makes a play for the naive Gidget.
--Carolynne, Resident Scholar
|
| Analysis of Gidget |
|---|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about
books by breaking them down into many different literary
elements, all of which are searchable (click here). |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Lover is...
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) very short/crewcut
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (man) average
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
- Southwest
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
|
| Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking |
|---|
| Fanny
starring Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer
|
| Walk, Don't Run
starring Carey Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton
|
| Four Friends
starring Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, Reed Birney, Lois Smith
|
| The Knack...And How to Get It
starring Michael Crawford, Ray Brooks, Rita Tushingham, Donal Donelly
|
| What's New, Pussycat?
starring Peter O'Toole, Peter Sellers, Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss, Cappucine, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Edra Gale
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
|
