
Wuchak
Fun early 60s beach flick; lacks the depths of the first film
RELEASED IN 1961 and directed by Paul Wendkos, "Gidget goes Hawaiian chronicles events when Gidget (Deborah Walley) breaks up with Moondoggie (James Darren) and goes to Hawaii with her parents. By the time Moondoggie eventually shows up, Gidget is making time with a celebrity singer/dancer (Michael Callan) and soon has a rep as an easy girl.
Walley has better curves than Sandra Dee in the original 1959 movie and shes generally fine as the new Gidget, but her annoying facial expressions paint a (seemingly) weaker, whinier protagonist. Dee was underdeveloped at 16 when Gidget was shot, but there was something precious, dynamic and strong about her version of Gidget; moreove...