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Phat Beach
Phat Beach
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	August 7, 1996
Recorded	1995 - 1996
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Label	TVT
Producer	E-40, Biz Markie, Def Jef, Chubb Rock, Danny D, Larry Campbell, Smoke One Productions, Vic C., Tigidy Tone

Phat Beach
Phat Beach
Directed by	Doug Ellin
Written by	Ben Morris; Brian E. O'Neal; Cleveland O'Neal III; Doug Ellin
Produced by	Cleveland O'Neal III; Eric Manes; Michael Schultz
Starring	Jermaine Hopkins; Coolio; Brian Hooks;
Cinematography	Dave Perkal; James A. Lebovitz; Jürgen Baum
Edited by	Tucker Stilley; Jeremy Kasten; Richard Nord
Music by	Joseph Williams
Distributed by	Live Entertainment; Orion Pictures Corporation
Release date	August 2, 1996;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100,000
Box office	$1.3 million

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Phat Beach is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Doug Ellin, which stars Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Coolio, Brian Hooks and Gregg Vance. The movie has been considered to be "one of the greatest (and perhaps only) hip-hop beach movies of all time."^[3]

Plot[edit]

Benny King, an overweight, self-conscious teen in Bakersfield, California, faces the prospect of a dismal summer when his father Carl pushes him to get a job at a hamburger joint. Carl wants Benny to develop a work ethic instead of sitting around the house all summer, writing and dreaming. Benny begrudgingly takes on the job, but continues to daydream about Candace, the girl of his dreams, and gets sidetracked by his hormonal friend Durrel Jackson.

Durrel proposes an attractive alternative to Benny—heading off to the Southern California beaches. While Benny's family is on vacation, he borrows his father's Mercedes convertible and heads to Malibu with Durrel. Though Benny and Durrel intend to sell cheap sunglasses to beach-goers so Benny can afford a poetry class, Durrel gets distracted with all the attractive women around. Durrel proceeds to enjoy hook-ups with an assortment of women, while Benny is convinced he won't meet anyone because of his size. The duo get into a variety of misadventures, including running into Coolio at a first-class hotel and signing up for a volleyball tournament when they realize they are out of money.

Cast[edit]

Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins as Benny King
Brian Hooks as Durrel Jackson
Gregg Vance as Mikey Z
Claudia Kaleem as Candace Williams
Coolio as himself^[4]
Eric Fleeks as Carl N. King
Alma Collins as Janet King
Candice Merideth as Tasha King
Jennifer Lucienne as Denise Marie
Sabrina De Pina as Tanya Watkins
Tommy "Tiny" Lister as Tiny

Production[edit]

The film was the directorial debut of Doug Ellin, who was offered the chance to direct by producer Cleveland O'Neal based on a short film he made titled The Waiter.^[3] O'Neal envisioned Phat Beach to be the first hip-hop beach movie.^[3]

Due to the film being non-union, much of the cast, with the exception of Jermaine Hopkins, consisted of unknown actors appearing in their first feature film.^[3] Before Hopkins was cast in the role of Benny, Anthony Anderson had read for the part.^[3]

Soundtrack[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

The soundtrack album for the film was released on August 7, 1996, through TVT Records and consisted primarily of hip hop and R&B music. The album reached number 40 on the Top R&B Albums chart.

Track listing[edit]

"Fatal" – 4:03 (E-40)
"U Gotta Go" – 3:25 (The Buckwee Boiz and Kinsui) samples "Dance To The Drummer's Beat" by Herman Kelly & Life
"Up to No Good" – 4:18 (Eightball & MJG)
"She's Hollywood" – 4:06 (Solo-Loc and Rod King)
"Gotta Have Game" – 3:41 (The Click)
"I'm Hungry" – 3:35 (Biz Markie)
"Like Playas" – 5:17 (Spice 1 and Young Kyoz)
"80 Ways" – 5:05 (Def Jef)
"You Are My Kind of Guy" – 3:03 (Delasaneice)
"Get Tis Money Honey" – 3:43 Wildlife Society 3:43
"I Want the Bomb" – 4:04 (LaTanya)
"I Just Wanna (Be With You)" – 3:58 (L.A. Ganz)
"I Dream of You" – 4:25 (Chubb Rock)
"Jock'n Me" – 4:20 (MoKenStef)

Release[edit]

Phat Beach received a wide theatrical release on August 2, 1996.^[3] It opened in the 22nd spot, grossing $658,614 on 408 screens.^[3] It ultimately grossed $1,383,553 domestically,^[2] making the low-budget film a financial success.^[3]

Reception[edit]

At the time of release, Phat Beach received negative responses from critics who described the film as little more than a puerile sex comedy.^[5]^[6] Roger Hurlburt of the Orlando Sentinel lamented that "women are treated as brainless, money-grubbing half-wits who swoon over dirty comments, vulgar flattery and a fancy car", and added "the plot is just an excuse for audiences to gape at a group of outrageously bosomy women removing bikini tops. In Phat Beach, smarmy, sexist jokes combine with silicone to produce a laughless, truly tasteless tale. Scarcely a poignant look at the loneliness of overweight, poetry-loving, nice-boy Benny King (Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins), this simply is a bounce-and-jiggle picture. Phat is intended to titillate through gratuitous, overripe nudity and foul-mouthed high jinks. Contrary to the ads, none of it is phresh or phunky. Phlaccid is more like it."^[7]

In contrast, Amy Wu of the Chicago Tribune gave a positive review and wrote, "Phat Beach is a fun movie, and that's all it's meant to be."^[8] She added, "Simplicity is what makes Phat Beach so enjoyable", but "behind the simplicity is something revolutionary...The cast is multiethnic, the main characters are not white and the music comes from rap artist Coolio instead of the Beach Boys".^[8] The Los Angeles Times' Kevin Thomas felt the film is familiar at points, but praised the comedic chemistry between Hopkins and Hooks, in addition to the soundtrack.^[9]

Stephen Gaydos of Variety gave a more mixed review, writing, "Cooked up for young fans of the House Party comedies and the Wayans brothers' raucous outings, Phat's bite on the genre is too bland and its gags too warmed-over to satisfy the hunger of its targeted auds."^[4] Gaydos appreciated that some of Durrel's cruder attitudes about women "are counterbalanced by Benny’s constant criticism and belief in treating women with respect."^[4] Though he felt Coolio's appearance was too brief, he concluded, "First-time helmer Doug Ellin deserves credit for steering the sub-par script without resorting to MTV-style visual gimmicks, which only would have made the situation more derivative than it already is. His greatest strength is in the handling of the perfs of Hopkins, Hooks and Vance. Hopkins’ sweet vulnerability is wasted here and would be better placed in a pic with more substance, while Hooks and Vance are a winning pair of comedic newcomers."^[4]

Over the years, the film went on to develop a cult following, with Chris Rock and Kendrick Lamar being among its fans.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Doug Ellin: From Hollywood pariah to Entourage". YouTube. June 28, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Phat Beach". Box Office Mojo.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Pirnia, Garin (August 3, 2016). "The Oral History of 'Phat Beach'". Complex.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gaydos, Stephen (August 5, 1996). "Phat Beach". Variety. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
^ Harrington, Richard (August 3, 1996). "Life's a Beach? 'Phat' Chance". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
^ Gelder, Lawrence Van (August 3, 1996). "A Cram Course in Priorities: Food and Sex". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
^ Hurlburt, Roger (August 6, 1996). "'Phat Beach' A Skinny Excuse For Sexploitation". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Wu, Amy (August 6, 1996). "'Phat' Simple, But Adds Twists To The Beach Scene". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ Thomas, Kevin (August 3, 1996). "'Phat Beach' Mixes Raunch With a Hard-Hitting Beat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

External links[edit]

[1] "Doug Ellin: From Hollywood pariah to Entourage". YouTube. June 28, 2017.

[mojo-2] "Phat Beach". Box Office Mojo.

[:0-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Pirnia, Garin (August 3, 2016). "The Oral History of 'Phat Beach'". Complex.

[Variety-4] Gaydos, Stephen (August 5, 1996). "Phat Beach". Variety. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

[5] Harrington, Richard (August 3, 1996). "Life's a Beach? 'Phat' Chance". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

[6] Gelder, Lawrence Van (August 3, 1996). "A Cram Course in Priorities: Food and Sex". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

[7] Hurlburt, Roger (August 6, 1996). "'Phat Beach' A Skinny Excuse For Sexploitation". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021.

[Chi-8] Wu, Amy (August 6, 1996). "'Phat' Simple, But Adds Twists To The Beach Scene". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[9] Thomas, Kevin (August 3, 1996). "'Phat Beach' Mixes Raunch With a Hard-Hitting Beat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

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 | writer         = Ben Morris<br>Brian E. O'Neal<br>Cleveland O'Neal III<br>Doug Ellin
 | starring       = {{Plainlist|
-* [[Jermaine Hopkins|Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins]]
+* [[Jermaine Hopkins]]
 * [[Coolio]]
 * [[Brian Hooks]]
+}}
-* [[Y?N-Vee]]
-* Tre Black
-* [[Tom Lister Jr.|Tony 'Zeus' Lister, Jr.]]}}
 | music          = [[Joseph Williams (musician)|Joseph Williams]]
 | cinematography = Dave Perkal<br>James A. Lebovitz<br>Jürgen Baum
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 | country        = United States
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-| gross          = $1,383,553<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=phatbeach.htm |title=Phat Beach |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
+| budget         = $100,000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDorxnSX6OA |title=Doug Ellin: From Hollywood pariah to Entourage |date=June 28, 2017 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
+| gross          = $1.3 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=phatbeach.htm |title=Phat Beach |work=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
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-'''''Phat Beach''''' is a 1996 American [[comedy film]], [[Screenwriter|written]] and [[film director|directed]] by [[Doug Ellin]], which stars [[Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins]], [[Coolio]] , [[Brian Hooks]] and Gregg Vance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gregg Vance Biography|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003066/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm|publisher=IMDb}}</ref>
+'''''Phat Beach''''' is a 1996 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Doug Ellin]], which stars [[Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins]], [[Coolio]], [[Brian Hooks]] and Gregg Vance. The movie has been considered to be "one of the greatest (and perhaps only) [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] [[Beach party film|beach movies]] of all time."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Pirnia |first=Garin |date=August 3, 2016 |title=The Oral History of 'Phat Beach' |url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/08/phat-beach-oral-history |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]}}</ref>
-Made by a group of young independent film lovers, the movie turned out to be considered by many as one of the most successful hip-hop beach movies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Making of 'Phat Beach'|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/08/phat-beach-oral-history|publisher=Complex}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
+Benny King, an overweight, self-conscious teen in [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]], California, faces the prospect of a dismal summer when his father Carl pushes him to get a job at a hamburger joint. Carl wants Benny to develop a work ethic instead of sitting around the house all summer, writing and dreaming. Benny begrudgingly takes on the job, but continues to daydream about Candace, the girl of his dreams, and gets sidetracked by his hormonal friend Durrel Jackson.
-{{More plot|date=August 2015}}
-During a glorious Southern California summer, high school student Benny King ([[Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins|Hopkins]]) is doing time flipping burgers. Benny's father wants him to learn the work ethic, rather than have him sit around the house all summer, dreaming and writing. When his old friend Durrell ([[Brian Hooks]]) comes by with a more attractive alternative, Benny jumps at it. His family goes on vacation and Benny borrows his father's Mercedes and heads on down to the beach with Durrell. At the beach, they meet the Mikey Z, a homeboy wannabe, played by actor Gregg Vance. They have told themselves that they are there to sell beach-goers cheap sunglasses, but they are really there to show off their 'phat' box and attract the finest girls with portable beats on the beach. Comic encounters with the beach girls and a continuous playful banter between Mickey Z and the Durrel-Benny duo form the mainstay of the movie.
+Durrel proposes an attractive alternative to Benny—heading off to the Southern California beaches. While Benny's family is on vacation, he borrows his father's Mercedes convertible and heads to [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] with Durrel. Though Benny and Durrel intend to sell cheap sunglasses to beach-goers so Benny can afford a [[poetry]] class, Durrel gets distracted with all the attractive women around. Durrel proceeds to enjoy hook-ups with an assortment of women, while Benny is convinced he won't meet anyone because of his size. The duo get into a variety of misadventures, including running into [[Coolio]] at a first-class hotel and signing up for a volleyball tournament when they realize they are out of money.
 ==Cast==
+{{Cast listing|
 * [[Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins]] as Benny King
 * [[Brian Hooks]] as Durrel Jackson
 * Gregg Vance as Mikey Z
 * Claudia Kaleem as Candace Williams
-* [[Coolio]] as Himself
+* [[Coolio]] as himself<ref name=Variety/>
 * Eric Fleeks as Carl N. King
 * Alma Collins as Janet King
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 * Sabrina De Pina as Tanya Watkins
 * [[Tom Lister, Jr.|Tommy "Tiny" Lister]] as Tiny
+}}
+== Production ==
+The film was the directorial debut of [[Doug Ellin]], who was offered the chance to direct by producer Cleveland O'Neal based on a short film he made titled ''The Waiter''.<ref name=":0" /> O'Neal envisioned ''Phat Beach'' to be the first hip-hop [[Beach party film|beach movie]].<ref name=":0" />
+Due to the film being non-[[SAG-AFTRA|union]], much of the cast, with the exception of [[Jermaine Hopkins]], consisted of unknown actors appearing in their first feature film.<ref name=":0" /> Before Hopkins was cast in the role of Benny, [[Anthony Anderson]] had read for the part.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Soundtrack==
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-The soundtrack album for the film was released on August 7, 1996, through [[TVT Records]] and consisted primarily of hip hop and R&B music, with several other genres as well (polka, dubstep). The album reached number 40 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top R&B Albums]] chart.
+The soundtrack album for the film was released on August 7, 1996, through [[TVT Records]] and consisted primarily of hip hop and R&B music. The album reached number 40 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top R&B Albums]] chart.
-==Track listing==
+===Track listing===
 # "Fatal" – 4:03 ([[E-40]])
 # "U Gotta Go" – 3:25 (The Buckwee Boiz and Kinsui) samples "Dance To The Drummer's Beat" by [[Herman Kelly & Life]]
 # "Up to No Good" – 4:18 ([[8Ball & MJG|Eightball & MJG]])
 # "She's Hollywood" – 4:06 (Solo-Loc and Rod King)
-# "Gotta Have Game" – 3:41 ([[The Click]])
+# "Gotta Have Game" – 3:41 ([[The Click (band)|The Click]])
 # "I'm Hungry" – 3:35 ([[Biz Markie]])
 # "Like Playas" – 5:17 ([[Spice 1]] and Young Kyoz)
@@ Line 88: / Line 95: @@
 # "I Dream of You" – 4:25 ([[Chubb Rock]])
 # "Jock'n Me" – 4:20 ([[MoKenStef]])
+== Release ==
+''Phat Beach'' received a wide theatrical release on August 2, 1996.<ref name=":0" /> It opened in the 22nd spot, grossing $658,614 on 408 screens.<ref name=":0" /> It ultimately grossed $1,383,553 domestically,<ref name=mojo/> making the low-budget film a financial success.<ref name=":0" />
+==Reception==
+At the time of release, ''Phat Beach'' received negative responses from critics who described the film as little more than a puerile [[sex comedy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=August 3, 1996 |title=Life's a Beach? 'Phat' Chance |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/phatbeachharr.htm |access-date=March 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=1996-08-03 |title=A Cram Course in Priorities: Food and Sex |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/03/movies/a-cram-course-in-priorities-food-and-sex.html |access-date=2023-03-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Roger Hurlburt of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' lamented that "women are treated as brainless, money-grubbing half-wits who swoon over dirty comments, vulgar flattery and a fancy car", and added "the plot is just an excuse for audiences to gape at a group of outrageously bosomy women removing bikini tops. In ''Phat Beach'', smarmy, sexist jokes combine with silicone to produce a laughless, truly tasteless tale. Scarcely a poignant look at the loneliness of overweight, poetry-loving, nice-boy Benny King (Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins), this simply is a bounce-and-jiggle picture. ''Phat'' is intended to titillate through gratuitous, overripe nudity and foul-mouthed high jinks. Contrary to the ads, none of it is phresh or phunky. Phlaccid is more like it."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurlburt |first1=Roger |title='Phat Beach' A Skinny Excuse For Sexploitation |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=August 6, 1996 |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-08-06-9608050204-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702153909/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-08-06-9608050204-story.html |archive-date=July 2, 2021}}</ref>
+In contrast, Amy Wu of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave a positive review and wrote, "''Phat Beach'' is a fun movie, and that's all it's meant to be."<ref name=Chi/> She added, "Simplicity is what makes ''Phat Beach'' so enjoyable", but "behind the simplicity is something revolutionary...The cast is multiethnic, the main characters are not white and the music comes from rap artist Coolio instead of the [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]]".<ref name=Chi>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Amy |title='Phat' Simple, But Adds Twists To The Beach Scene |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-08-06/features/9608060259_1_first-hip-hop-beach-movie-beach-scene-beach-boys |access-date=5 March 2023 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=August 6, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222090554/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-08-06/features/9608060259_1_first-hip-hop-beach-movie-beach-scene-beach-boys |archive-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''{{'}} [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] felt the film is familiar at points, but praised the comedic chemistry between Hopkins and Hooks, in addition to the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Kevin |date=August 3, 1996 |title='Phat Beach' Mixes Raunch With a Hard-Hitting Beat |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-03-ca-30664-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305001425/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-03-ca-30664-story.html |archive-date=March 5, 2023}}</ref>
+Stephen Gaydos of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave a more mixed review, writing, "Cooked up for young fans of the ''[[House Party (franchise)|House Party]]'' comedies and the [[Wayans family|Wayans brothers]]' raucous outings, ''Phat''{{'}}s bite on the genre is too bland and its gags too warmed-over to satisfy the hunger of its targeted auds."<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|last=Gaydos|first=Stephen|title=Phat Beach|date=August 5, 1996|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/phat-beach-1200446496/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=March 4, 2023}}</ref> Gaydos appreciated that some of Durrel's cruder attitudes about women "are counterbalanced by Benny’s constant criticism and belief in treating women with respect."<ref name="Variety" /> Though he felt Coolio's appearance was too brief, he concluded, "First-time helmer Doug Ellin deserves credit for steering the sub-par script without resorting to [[MTV]]-style visual gimmicks, which only would have made the situation more derivative than it already is. His greatest strength is in the handling of the perfs of Hopkins, Hooks and Vance. Hopkins’ sweet vulnerability is wasted here and would be better placed in a pic with more substance, while Hooks and Vance are a winning pair of comedic newcomers."<ref name="Variety" />
+Over the years, the film went on to develop a [[cult following]], with [[Chris Rock]] and [[Kendrick Lamar]] being among its fans.<ref name=":0" />
 ==References==
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 [[Category:1996 films]]
-[[Category:African-American films]]
+[[Category:African-American comedy films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:American buddy comedy films]]
+[[Category:1990s buddy comedy films]]
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+[[Category:1990s sex comedy films]]
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+[[Category:Films about obesity]]
+[[Category:Films set in Los Angeles]]
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 [[Category:Artisan Entertainment films]]
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+[[Category:1996 independent films]]
+[[Category:1990s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language independent films]]