Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Directed by

David Wain

Genre

farce, independent film, parody film, romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film, satirical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 890 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

On the last day of summer camp in 1981, camp counselors and teens get into ridiculous adventures and romantic entanglements. It pokes fun at 1980s teen sex comedies with over-the-top characters and situations.

sillyenergeticslapsticknostalgiccampyabsurdparodicloudfast-paced

What happens

Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Showalter (and various other members of the sketch comedy group The State), Marguerite Moreau, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Zak Orth, A. D. Miles, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), Marisa Ryan, Kevin Sussman, Joe Lo Truglio, and Elizabeth Banks. It takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981, and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era. The film was a critical and commercial failure; it has since developed a cult following, and many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work. Netflix revived the franchise with the release of Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, an eight-episode prequel series starring most of the film's original cast, on July 31, 2015; and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, an eight-episode sequel series, set ten years after the original film, on August 4, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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