Goin' Coconuts (1978)

Thanks for the memories!

Instant Favorite.

An Exercise In Nonsense

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I never saw this movie, didn't know it was a movie when I bought the album back in 1978. I loved the soundtrack album, I wish they would reissue it in CD. I have a Greatest Hits album that includes On the shelf, but I also liked the other songs, specially Falling In Love (it was great), the instrumental version of May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day, and that cover they did that went like this "Baby, now that I found you I can't let you go, I built my world around you, I need you so, baby even though you don't need me..." One day I had that song playing and my older brother said "Wow, that's a very old song!". He remembered the original; for me it was new. Later I heard the original (I don't remember the title of the tune), but I still prefer Donny & Marie's version.I really enjoyed (and still do) their music and their TV show when I was a teenager. God bless them both!

I remember this movie from when I was only 5 years old. I went to it in California and got to met Donnie and Marrie. I have seen it only 2 times and wish I could find it again. I am glad I found info here. Everyone should see this cute, funny, family movie. This movie is a timeless classic. I hope my son will get to see it himself. Donnie and Marrie did a great Job and OH so cute. I cant believe that not many people have even heard about this movie. I have been looking online forever for a copy of it. If you have not seen this movie you must watch it if you can find a copy. I think Donnei and Marrie should have done more movies besides this one. They always will remain great and such wonderful performers.

I recently had the pleasure of viewing this spectacular movie milestone and I just gotta say, "WOW!!!" Music superstars Donny and Marie Osmond are brilliant, mesmerizing and totally convincing as themselves. Herb Edelman lends outstanding support with his astonishing portrayal of their whiny worrywart manager. Ted Cassidy (Lurch on "The Adams Family"), Harold Sakata (Oddjob in "Goldfinger"), Kenneth Mars, and veteran acne-scarred meanie Marc Lawrence are all magnificent as a bunch of no-good villains who want to get their grubby hands on Marie's necklace. Gorgeous blonde hottie supreme Crystin Sinclaire (Mel Ferror's daughter in "Eaten Alive") offers delectable eye candy as a lovely young lass who catches Donny's lascivious eye. The masterful direction by Howard Morris deftly creates a considerable amount of joy, tension and excitement; the taut narrative never meanders or makes a single false step and the lightning fast pace ensures that the picture practically explodes across the screen throughout. The fiercely intelligent and incisive script by William Mark Daniels and Raymond Harvey offers plentiful profound and provocative insights on such crucial components of the human condition as greed, lust and the need for fun and leisure. The eloquent dialogue is remarkable ("That Charlie; if he wasn't dead already I'd kill him"). The exquisite cinematography by Frank Phillips contains some of the most beautiful imagery ever captured on film; the island of Hawaii is sharply depicted in all its sweetly lush tropical serenity. Best of all, the bouncy, happy score by Nelson Riddle and the delightfully dynamic song-and-dance numbers by Donny and Marie both take you straight to groovy 70's boogie wonderland. A cinematic landmark of monumental cultural importance.

No one ever talks about this movie, least of all the Osmonds! In the recent E! True Hollywood Story on Marie and the VH1 Behind The Music bio of the Osmond family, "Goin' Coconuts" is mysteriously missing from the Osmond's resume. Is it that bad? Actually, no. It's a blandly cute semi-musical with Donny and Marie in Hawaii where Marie's necklace attracts the attention of clumsy villains. It's repetitive, extremely mild, unpolished, but for fans of Donny & Marie's TV variety show, this picture may spark wonderful memories. It encompasses all the shtick you can recall, put over with an exhausting amount of cheap pizazz. Some buffs don't even believe this actually played in theaters, but it really did...mostly on a double-bill with Farrah Fawcett's "Somebody Killed Her Husband". "Coconuts" was the better offering. ** from ****