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Theater Camp

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6.5/10 • 174

2023-07-131h 33m

Comedy

You only fit in by acting out.

After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless "crypto-bro" son to keep the thespian paradise afloat.

Directors
Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
Writters
Noah Galvin, Nick Lieberman, Molly Gordon, Ben Platt
Editors
Noah Galvin, Nick Lieberman, Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Jon Philpot

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  1. Ben Platt

    Ben Platt

    Amos Klobuchar

  2. Molly Gordon

    Molly Gordon

    Rebecca-Diane

  3. Noah Galvin

    Noah Galvin

    Glenn Winthrop

  4. Jimmy Tatro

    Jimmy Tatro

    Troy Rubinsky

  5. Caroline Aaron

    Caroline Aaron

    Rita Cohen

  6. Ayo Edebiri

    Ayo Edebiri

    Janet Walch

  7. Nathan Lee Graham

    Nathan Lee Graham

    Clive DeWitt

  8. Owen Thiele

    Owen Thiele

    Gigi Charbonier

  9. Amy Sedaris

    Amy Sedaris

    Joan Rubinsky

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CinemaSerf

Aug 30, 2023

6/10

When "Joan" (Amy Sedaris) unfortunately has a seizure caused by the strobe lighting (or perhaps the singing) at an am-dram performance of "Bye Bye Birdie", her profiteering and none-too-bright son "Troy" (the Channing tatum-esque Jimmy Tatro) finds himself in charge of her summer camp for would be, young, theatricals. This school is largely held together by "Amos" (Ben Platt), "Rebecca-Diane" (Molly Gordon) and the technical factotum "Glenn" (Noah Galvin). Next door there is a much more exclusive operation and they have their eyes on the valuable land, so when foreclosure looms they all must rally round to raise some cash and save the place from demolition. Can they? Do we actually want them to? I don't come from a nation where there is much of a summer "camp" culture, and so much of this just came across as an overly contrived concept with all of the precociousness of "Glee" but none of the character of "Fame". The kids are largely just annoying, as is the dithering storyline between the two adult principals. There is one decent song but you have to wait a while for that, otherwise the POV documentary style of photography offers an intimacy into the lives of some professional no-hopers charged with instilling some semblance of hope into these youngsters that just didn't engage me. I was on my own in the cinema when I watched this - it's better than that, but only just.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5,000,000.00
Revenue
$4,400,000.00
Keywords
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