Camp (2003) Critic Reviews
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A comedy, and for all its cliches and clumsiness, close to a great one. Read the full review
The modestly perfect antidote to a synthetic, overblown movie summer: a blast of exuberant fun that stays rooted in humanity. Read the full review
Spiked with some genuine show-stopping musical numbers, and the sheer pluck of its young cast is nothing if not admirable. Read the full review
A big-hearted, exuberant, compassionate film with a wicked sense of humor and terrific songs performed by some preternaturally talented kids. Read the full review
Camp offers plenty of reasons to bristle at its cheery shamelessness, but it's too high-spirited and charming to resist. Read the full review
A crude but irresistibly effervescent movie cut from the same sequined cloth as "Fame," Camp couldn't be better timed to ride the coattails of "Chicago" to cult popularity. Read the full review
The sum is no greater than the ''Fame''-style saga of any one of them, and Graff, an actor and screenwriter making his directing debut, is less successful at developing each story than at conveying his general affection for the curtain-call species. Read the full review
The situations are mighty broad, but exuberance counts for something in the movie with perhaps the year's most double-edged title. Read the full review
Another of those summer movies that want to pluck at our heartstrings. If it would just stop plucking for a second, it might be enjoyable. Read the full review
Has a good deal of the appeal, and the drawbacks, of a high school play. It can be pokey and overly earnest and its dramatics are not always polished, but, on the other hand, would you want them to be? Read the full review
