Summer Camp (1979) Reviews

• good

  ethylester2002-06-25

  I really liked this movie a lot. There was nothing bad about it. The characters weren't too stereotyped and the things people did weren't too outlandish. There were a few unbelievable things, but mostly, I thought it was all in good humor and worth watching again. It made me laugh. I'd recommend it to anyone who would like to be entertained just for the hell of it.

• Campy goings on in Meatballs, minus the clothrs

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  John Laughlin again proved a piece of eye candy for this R rated version of Meatballs. I really don't need to say much more, but there art some tender moments with young camper Laughlin who falls for a female camp counceller. The title song is one, I can't get out of my head. Yes there are raunchy goings on, and we do have a vixen here that gets it on with a lot of guys, and an older one, from which great dialogue springs doing climaxing: River, mountain, Streaaaam! It seems though talented actor, Laughlin, way better, than was offered here, was typecast, where really, we were blinded to all the good work, this guy can produce. Here it's just a raunchy, dirty, get your clothes off comedy with a few laughs and gags, but really doesn't rise above poor, stereotypical, sex comedy fare, where it wasn't really until Porky's brought the quality level of this ilk, much higher. If you want to get a bit titillated, and be mildly amused, kick your feet up, and watch.

• Awful entry in the T & A teen sweepstakes

  gortx2007-03-11

  I'm not sure in what context the other commentators had when writing their reviews, but by any reasonable standard this is a near unreleasably bad film. It probably got a minimum of theatrical play-dates and some cable airings over the years. With the exceptions that it was one of Chuck Vincent's first crossover films and that it denotes one of Scream Queen Linnea Quigley's first film roles, very little distinguishes SUMMER CAMP as a feature film. Mean, tasteless and without humor, wit or story, SUMMER CAMP just glides along stringing scene with scene. The frequent nudity is probably what garnered the film a release at all. The film played as part of the Grindhouse series playing at L.A.'s New Beverly Cinema, and, even with a dedicated audience the laughs were few. According to IMDb, the film is not available on DVD (or even VHS) - and that is not a surprise.

• A good try

  dr_midnight322001-11-15

  While this has been done before, this little Meatballs rip-off is pretty good. As with every boobie movie, as long as your mood is as silly as the film your watching, you'll have a good time. MUST be watched if only to hear the silliest version of "Row, row, row your boat" EVER to be committed to film. Have a good time with this one. Recommended

• Rather unexciting teen movie

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  "Summer Camp" is a teen movie telling the story of a summer camp that's about to be shut down due to a lack of success. Thus, the director invites several young college kids to join the camp, hoping that they will convince their parents to donate remarkable sums. The movie delivers more or less what you'd expect from such a film. The story is rather boring and won't catch many people. You get to see some semi-nudity and sexual tension but on a level that's still more or less harmless. Of course in the end the camp is based on an oil mine, what else would you guess. Alarming is that some of the boy-girl interaction in the movie seems to be less consensual than forced, which is something that should be avoided, even in such a rather casual movie. All in all you won't get too excited about this film. If you're looking for something easy with a bit of nudity and tension this could be a thing, but it is surely not a good movie in itself.