Review of Wet Hot American Summer (2001) by Ray D — 11 Jun 2011
At best described as being sporadically funny, Hot Wet American Summer aims and fails to be a parody of the teen comedies from the 80's. Placed in the 1980s on the the last day of camp, the campers and camp counselors at camp firewood all embark on their own journeys throughout the day, exploring love, sex, friendship, and quantum physics.
Unfortunately the large cast of talented actors here are given nothing funny or worthwhile to say or do as the screenplay by Michael Showalter and David Wain needlessly divides its many characters into separate subplots that serve little purpose in the pursuit of humor.
Watching this film, I felt sad that there are many lesser known writers out there who could make films with more comedy in a single page of its screenplay than this one does in its entire screenplay. Hot Wet American Summer doesn't parody 80s teen comedies, it imitates them; unfortunately for you and me, it imitates the bad ones that are better left forgotten, as this movie shall soon be.
This review of Wet Hot American Summer (2001) was written by Ray D on 11 Jun 2011.
Wet Hot American Summer has generally received positive reviews.
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