Review of Happy Campers (2001) by Jeff G — 21 Mar 2009

This Film seems more like a experiment or a outline for a film that got a first draft but never got revised. The characters are sketchy and not that three dimensional and while the thought of peter stomare running a summer camp is demented fun unfortunately he is only around for little more then a cameo.

The story is these idealistic college students end up running the camp at which they work after the boss gets incapacitated they decide to run the camp to there ideals which turns out fun and fine at first but soon predictably becomes chaos. Just as the camp crumbles so does the mental capacity of the counselers who soon are hooking and coupling up and driving each other crazy to the brink of homicide.

This Film is a major disappointment as it is the feature directing debut of â??Heathersâ?? Screenwriter Daniel Waters. Who is brilliant at writing humor but with this film seemed to have great ideas but not a thorough way to put them all together he seems to theorize that this camp represents society to a certain degree. The same logic that was used in heathers but in that film the material seemed to take shape. Here it just seems like a ideological theory with jokes while trying to bring back summer camp movies a genre that has yet to catch on again.

I was personally let down as a fan of Daniel Waters I looked forward to this film and it seems as usual recently when he steps behind the camera I am always impressed by the ideas but hate the visual representation of them.

Skip it.