Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Wet Hot American Summer (2001) |
| Director | David Wain |
| Screenplay Writer | Michael Showalter, David Wain |
| Based on Novel by | — (Original screenplay) |
| Lead Actors | Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter |
| Cast | Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Release Date | July 27, 2001 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 37m (97 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$1.8 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$295,000 (theatrical) |
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Summary
The last week of summer camp in 1981. It’s nothing like you remember it.
Review
The porn-tastic title to this movie has to be intentional, as the entire thing is an over the top take on that most hallowed of film comedic traditions the pretty stupid flick about summer camp. It may seem daring, ironically walking in the footsteps of Meatballs and Ernest Goes To Camp, but the cast and crew of this tiny little movie (mostly culled from that most excellent of sketch comedy shows, The State) that not enough people have seen pull it off with great aplomb.
All the standard tropes are here competition with a rival camp, the desperate urge to lose one’s virginity, the trip into town, drinking around the campfire, and doing drugs, but they’re played absolutely deadpan in a way that elevates the material from merely amusing to absolutely hilarious.
Throw in some great performances and a few bits of surrealistic comedy and you have gold, I tell you, gold! If you thought that Meet The Parents was the high point of American comedy and think that laugh tracks are a good idea, this isn’t the movie for you, but fans of indie comedies like Best In Show are going to adore this if they don’t already.
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