My review was written in April 1988 after watching the movie on Prism video cassette.
"Thinkin' Big" is a B movie that poses the pointless question: can a full-length feature be consturcted from jokes about penis size? Answer is: yes, but a very bad time-killer will result.
Shot in Texas at the end of 1985, pic received a brief releases in 1986 in California ahead of its current home video slotting. Helmer S. F. Brownrigg is known for his horror and exploitation pics: "Don't Look in the Basement", "Keep My Grave Open" and "Poor White Trash, Part II".
Skimpy plot line has four guys and five gals heading south for the Texas coast in a parody of spring break frenzy. They arrive (the South Padre Island and Port Isabelle locations look cold and foreboding), get together and party -cue the wet t-shirt contest.
Pic is mainly an excuse for innumerable shots of topless girls, of which Regina Mikel and April Burrage take honors as the best chests. However, an endless stream of stupid double entendres around fat hero Pud (Bruce Anderson) believing his Asian-Ameican pal Wong (Randy Jandt) has a 3-foot long sex ogan. Though pic is R-rated, on-screen displays of a vibrator and penis expander are typical of its poor-taste approach.
Heroine Darla Ralston is Texas' answer to Annette Funicello, while hero Kenny Sargent shows the most acting promise here. Tech credits are acceptable on the level of regional filmmaking.
