Happy Campers (2001)

Directed by

Daniel Waters

Genre

teen film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

College freshmen work as summer camp counselors at Camp Bleeding Dove. The film follows their messy adventures and personal dramas over the summer through each counselor's point of view.

darkly comicraunchyoffbeatnostalgicquirkyirreverentsummerychaotic

What happens

Happy Campers is a 2001 American black comedy film written and directed by Daniel Waters and starring Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain, Jaime King (in her film debut), Emily Bergl, and Justin Long. The film focuses on a group of college freshmen and their experiences as summer camp counselors at the fictional Camp Bleeding Dove. The film is collectively narrated by each of the subjective counselors. It marks Waters' directorial debut, as well as the film debut of Jaime King. The film was screened at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and was later released straight-to-DVD on June 18, 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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