Review of Wet Hot American Summer (2001) by Danielle S — 25 Jun 2008
Gene: "Now we need to make 8 gallons of bug juice by snack hour, do you know where the powder packets are?
Gary: Yeah.
Gene: In the pantry, above the sink, right next to my bottle of dick cream. Uh, wait, forget that last part.
Gary: Did you say dick cream?
Gene: No! I said next to my... stick... team, you know stick team! Stickball! Go away leave me alone!".
Set in August 1981, Summer takes us to the final day at a summer camp where an assortment of characters try to get some order in their lives before everyone departs. The most prominent storylines feature the camp?s director (Janeane Garofalo) trying to win the attention of a nerdy college professor (David Hyde Pierce), and a nice guy (movie co-writer Michael Showalter) seeking the attention of his fellow camp counselor (Marguerite Moreau). doomed to fail, and to the movie?s credit, he does. Rudd is fantastic as the prototypical jerk boyfriend. He should get a patent on his sigh. Molly Shannon scores in her supporting role as a sunny arts teacher in a personal crisis, who gets help from an unlikely source. A true revelation, though, is Chris Meloni who most of us know from "Oz" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". Was so funny.
This review of Wet Hot American Summer (2001) was written by Danielle S on 25 Jun 2008.
Wet Hot American Summer has generally received positive reviews.
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