AIP got ambitious for this - they shifted the local to the ski fields and actually went there, added some extra star power for Frankie Avalon by teaming him with Dwayne Hickman, had some quasi names as the girls (Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig), had James Brown and Lesley Gore as the music acts, and use a plot which borrows heavily from Some Like It Hot.
I wish this was better than it was - I liked the scenery, and the tunes (James Brown in a sweater singing "I Feel Good"!), Avalon and Hickman are a solid duo, the skiing gives it freshness. Aaron Kincaid is fun as the rich guy falling for Hickman.
The script isn't up to this. The motivation to go in drag - "to find out about women" -is weak. There is no urgency no villains. The female characters aren't differentiated. It doesn't have much logic. I wish Funicello had been given a role. The relationship between Walley and Craig and Avalon and Hickman lacks sense.
It's breezy, it's fine, I just wanted it to be sharper.
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