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This movie had really good looking 80's teen comedy covers and the finnish translation of the movie title: "Equipped like locomotives"(translation back into english)showed real promise but the movie itself didn't live up to these "high expectations".A really bad movie can be funny and entertaining but this one was just bad and painful.Even the frequent boob shots(wet t-shirt competition,car wash...) couldn't stop us from fast forwarding through this piece of crap. Our panel rated this movies as awful(1) but the hilarious trailers(one with Ken Wahl a.k.a. Wiseguy) and the public service announcement at the beginning of the movie raised the final grade into 3.

This is a very easy movie to review. First...the plot. Five stupid women decide to go to the beach. Four stupid guys decide to go to the beach. The men and women meet each other and act stupid together. Great story.

The second part of my review consists of the list of positive things included in the film:....

There...I'm done with that part. I guess you might want to pick this up for 99 cents in a bargain bin somewhere if you want a cheap way to see lots and lots of topless women. That's about all this film has to offer anyone who still has their sanity.

Not one "actor" in this film appears to be someone with talent who is waiting to be discovered. In fact, every single person affiliated with "Thinkin' Big" completely lacked anything resembling talent. 1/10

I had a personal connection to the beautiful Regina Mikel, and was sad that her talent was wasted. Truly this movie defines drivel. I got a copy from the Shlock heap and kept in only because she was in it. The best laugh was when Pug belly bumped the oriental guy. Seeing Pug looking in dumpsters for "p-ssy" was so pathetic it put me in tears. Crack pipes must have been very popular when this movie was written. Oh well, at least the performers could say they made a movie, if they would dare to admit it was this one. I don't recall any of them in any others except Regina was in No Safe Haven, a good movie except she only got a boob shot in a hot tub. Wherever you are Regina, I hope you've had a better life since then.

B. Amar

Worthless 80's teen sex comedy about some guys going to the beach and trying to get chicks. Not very well made, (or very good, either). I saw this film at the back of my local video shop (no wonder!). I seriously doubt if this is available in the US as the cover displayed above is that of another childrens program.

Obra Maestra Absoluta. Una Autentica Metafora DE Esos Dificiles Tiempos En Los Que Solo Podia Sobrevivir El Astute y Vil Villano. La Escenografía Es Simplemente Genial y Los Actores Parecen Sacados del Olimpo DE Las Academias DE Cine (En Especial La Secuencia DE Drama del Chico Entrado En Carnes, Sus Lloros No Simbolizan La Pena Del Personaje, Sino La Pena Por El Mundo Que Se Hunde - y Que Luego Reflota en el Barco DE Pescado). En Cualquier Caso, Se Podría Decir Que Ninguna Película Ha Reflejado Como Esta Nunca Como Se Mira Alguien En Un Espejo.

Imprescindible.

Sólo Para Paladares Exquisitos.

My review was written in April 1988 after watching the movie on Prism video cassette.

"Thinkin' Big" is a B movie that poses the pointless question: can a full-length feature be consturcted from jokes about penis size? Answer is: yes, but a very bad time-killer will result.

Shot in Texas at the end of 1985, pic received a brief releases in 1986 in California ahead of its current home video slotting. Helmer S. F. Brownrigg is known for his horror and exploitation pics: "Don't Look in the Basement", "Keep My Grave Open" and "Poor White Trash, Part II".

Skimpy plot line has four guys and five gals heading south for the Texas coast in a parody of spring break frenzy. They arrive (the South Padre Island and Port Isabelle locations look cold and foreboding), get together and party -cue the wet t-shirt contest.

Pic is mainly an excuse for innumerable shots of topless girls, of which Regina Mikel and April Burrage take honors as the best chests. However, an endless stream of stupid double entendres around fat hero Pud (Bruce Anderson) believing his Asian-Ameican pal Wong (Randy Jandt) has a 3-foot long sex ogan. Though pic is R-rated, on-screen displays of a vibrator and penis expander are typical of its poor-taste approach.

Heroine Darla Ralston is Texas' answer to Annette Funicello, while hero Kenny Sargent shows the most acting promise here. Tech credits are acceptable on the level of regional filmmaking.