Gidget

I thought this was going to be a wacky movie about a beach party, like Beach Party, and then it turned out to be about a teen girl trying to get a 30-year-old Korean War vet with PTSD to take her virginity  Anyway everyone should be nicer to Gidget, a sweet if misguided…

Patrick Willems

“as a matter of fact, honey, this luau is not a luau. IT’S AN ORGY.”gidget’s lesbian best friend who helps her do chest exercises to make her boobs bigger is the best character.

eely

Was going to give it a 2.5 star, but then her dad said, "Do you think this is what the young man of today wants!?" While shaking a raw lamb leg in her face. Iconic.

AllTheLemons

1st Paul Wendkos Gidget may look horribly outdated, but viewed as a representative of its era, it can be seen as the crest of a wave. Between the 50s and the 60s, sure, but perhaps more pertinently as a film about a way of life outside the regular, the 9-5, the 2 kids…

Doc Lyon

"to be a real woman is to bring out the best in a man" is a terrible thing to embroider

ljp 🦩

It's really easy to dismiss GIDGET as fluff. But this film (and the book it is adapted from) is what spawned the surf culture of the 1960s, including - The Beach Boys music - American International Pictures beach films with Frankie and Annette - And overcrowded…

Jessica Pickens

Nothing beats a good beach movie to get you into that summer mood.

Tylot Lantern

“Darling, you like boys, don't you?” “Well, sure. I mean, well, boys are the most fun, but - well - I mean, I just can't stand when they start smooching and pawing and - Well, level with me, Mom, doesn't that kind of stuff make your skin crawl?”girl… you are GAY

Lauren

my girl gidget is not straight !!!

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