Movie Reviews for Camp

Camp

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Movie Reviews of Camp

Movie Review: CAMP
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw this movie on cable and just had to get a copy for myself. Its awesome. Summer camp for the nerdy thesbians, but these kids have talent!!! I love the medley of broadway tunes they sing, and the story is cute and funny as well. None of the actors are well known, but for this story I like it better that way.

Movie Review: Great Fun, Super-Talented Teens and Outstanding Songs
Summary: 5 Stars

I understand why some reviewers of this winning movie find it a little angsty and melodramatic - because it is. But for those who remember adolescence, everything is angsty and melodramatic - it's a time of operatic emotions and overblown reactions. It's a time when you think that no one has ever loved as you have, when tripping over your feet in the lunchroom is an embarrassment that surpasses that being arrested for prostitution, and a single zit on your forehead makes you want to take to bed for a week.

In Camp, Todd Graff captures those emotions perfectly. The actor are up to the task, with Robin de Jesus giving an Oscar-worthy performance as the drag-loving Michael. I'm serious. Compare his gutsy, accomplished performance with the tentative underacting of Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game, and I think you'll agree that it was de Jesus who should have walking the red carpet with his acceptance speech folded in the pocket of his tuxedo - or his evening gown.

But all the kids are terrific performers. So much talent! Why aren't these young people on American Idol?

Camp takes place in a special summer camp where it's the straight boys who are in the minority - much like the drama club of my high school back in the 80's. The songs are great, and by the closing number - the joyfully performed "For the Want of Nail," you'll be on your feet and filling out the application for next year's camp season.

Scott Sherman, author, First You Fall: A Kevin Connor Mystery

Movie Review: silly and predictible
Summary: 1 Stars

Silly, predictable, and over-the-top, this film tries too hard in all the wrong places. It should've focused on a better script and hired more talented actors (although the actors are pretty good singers, their acting abilities are questionable at best). It might pass for a made-for-TV film, but nothing more than that.

Movie Review: Harmless Fluff
Summary: 3 Stars

There are very few good gay movies out there. Whole New Thing, Harry and Max, La Cage Aux Folles and As Luck Would Have It are some of the only ones worth watching.

Now we can add to the list "Camp", a cute, harmless little bit of fluff. It doesn't touch on any of the major "issues". No one gets AIDS. No one gets gay bashed (well, sort of. Someone does, in a way, at the very begining, but that's about it), and no one dies. Instead people end up in slightly awkward, real-life situations, largly centering around who's sleeping with who (whom?).

The acting is decent all around. The film is well-directed and written. The song and dance numbers are servicable. Basically, it's a nice bit of brain-candy. Nothing serious, nothing filling, but a pleasant enough way to pass 105 minutes of your life.