Review of Wet Hot American Summer (2001) by Azoth S — 19 Oct 2015

I could go into a big depth analysis about how good this movie is, but I think I'll keep this one short, and sweet. Wet Hot American Summer is a hilarious movie if you dig the type of comedy at play. The movie itself is having fun with movies, particularly some of the cheesy 80's, early 90's teenage movies/camp movies, and a lot of the inconsistencies associated with badly made 80's movies. So, if you're not familiar with a lot of 80's movie pop cultures, and film, then you might miss some of the jokes here. That's part of what makes this movie so brilliant though. There are in your face, laugh out loud jokes, but there's plenty of reference jokes for those who will get them, then there's a huge of amount of absurdity, a few thinkers, and some raunchy stuff all thrown in the mix. I once heard someone say that this was The Caddyshack of it's generation, and I couldn't agree more. It's very much in the same type of vein as Caddyshack with some of it's humor, it's a parody as much as it is an homage to some of those classic 80's films. The reason it's gained such a cult following, is because it truly is its own unique experience.

And the cast, so much talent, people are usually shocked to read the cast list, and to have never heard of this movie, but thanks to Netflix, a lot more people have found out about it. It's great that they were able to get the cast back together for Wet Hot American Summer Series on Netflix.

VERDICT: B+.