Released | Oct 23rd, 2023 |
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Running Time | 129 Min. |
Director | Eddie Nova |
Company | Wicked Pictures |
Distribution Company | Pulse Distribution |
Cast | Charles Dera, Seth Gamble, Lucas Frost, Jay Romero, Theodora Day, Lumi Ray, Queenie Sateen, Lexi Victoria |
Critical Rating | AAA 1/2 |
Genres | Comedy, Marquee |
Social director Lumi Ray and bartender Lucas Frost run the Piña Colada bed and breakfast, a kind-of land-bound Love Boat for couples and singles looking to get frisky. When Ray shows Jay Romero to his room, he makes a pass, and Ray—amenable—calls "heads" when he flips a coin, as if it matters who wins because ... you know.
Queenie Sateen bristles at hubby Charles Dera working away on his laptop, grousing, "We might as well take separate vacations," when he points out that this is how he makes the money to pay for this vacation.
In their room, Seth Gamble almost-proposes to Theodora Day, getting on one knee and handing her a scroll that says "To my eternal love." Close enough for a bed bounce, he may propose before the weekend's over. At the bar, Frost tells Dera about a local hookup website, and Dera checks it out, swiping right on "Piña Colada" while Sateen, sunbathing, snarkily snipes at him.
After spending the next morning shopping with Romero, Lexi Victoria flirtatiously tells bartender Frost she needs a massage ("I'll be in your room in 30 minutes"), getting Romero angry ("I see what you're up to!") and getting Frost laid. Romero tries to cash in the coin flip by summoning Ray to his room, but she primly invites him to tonight's luau instead.
When Victoria's jewelry gets stolen, Ray asks Romero if he knows anything about it and he offers to buy a replacement piece to keep the place's reputation intact. Ray is quite grateful and demonstrates it on the patio's tanning bed ... but the spell is broken when they're gathering their clothes and the stolen piece falls out of Romero's pocket. And when Dera meets the woman from the website ... they're both surprised.
Like a '30s Republic western or a contemporary Quentin Tarantino movie, Piña Colada re-works familiar characters and situations, like the running gag of Gamble not-proposing to Day, the unhappy-couple subplot (the movie title is a tipoff), and the social director and bartender being named Julie and Isaac. Good for couples.