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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783273655
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783273657
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 3175
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Tasty and nutrition-free as a snow cone on a hot summer day, Wet Hot American Summer is a silly, hilarious throwback to those mildly smutty early-'80s teen comedies. It takes place on the last day of Camp Firewood's 1981 season, and it's everyone's last chance for romance, self-realization, and of course the Big Talent show. The movie is filled with brilliant comic performances; it looks like the cast just took over a summer camp and had a great time. Writers Michael Showalter and David Wain have captured the essence of parody: absolutely nailing the conventions of their subject, kidding the hell out of it, and all the while showing a real fondness for the genre. People unfamiliar with Meatballs and its many imitators may well be left cold by Wet Hot American Summer, but anyone born between 1965 and 1980 will love it. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - fabulous
i love this movie. it is hilarious and everything you want from a comedy. I would suggest this to anyone with a immature sense of humor.
Rating:  - at times unwatchable, but still quite likeable
I checked this title out mainly because it stars Janeane Garofalo and David Hyde Pierce. Isn't Garofalo, despite her not being "hot" in Hollywood standards, such an actress who invariably infuses an immense charm to any movie she stars in? Simply by her being there? The beautiful and exotic landscape of rural Ireland plays its part, but it is largely her comic talent that saves the consistently mediocre romantic comedy The Matchmaker. To many, her dancing to the tune of My Sharona in Reality Bites will be even more unforgettable than Uma Thurman's in the "famous dancing scene" of Pulp Fiction. (*Both come from 1994).
As to David Hyde Pierce, I love and admire him in Frasier, for the obvious reason that he is a brilliant, brilliant, comedian. Wet Hot American Summer shows Pierce and Garofalo as each other's love intersest, which can be a reason enough to give it a chance. I had a few (not many, but, well, more than two) real laughs watching them. Even though the chemsitry is weak, the two are adorable. Further, it is unmistakable that the concept behind the movie and the overall "feel" of it is nothing but genial. So, while you may decide to call it quits 20 minutes before it ends, you still can leave it feeling somehow, and pleasantly, heart-warmed.
Rating: - Funny Funny Funny
LOVE this movie. It helps to have some experience of being a camp counselor. If you have ever done time at an overnight summer camp, this movie will have you on the floor.
Rating:  - a little funny, a little weird...
Pretty funny most of the time, but a little weird. I thought it was a typical stoner movie, but it really wasnt'. It was a good camp movie, but some of the parts and scenes didn't mesh well at all, it's kind of all over the place. I liked it cause it had jenne garfalo and paul rudd...
Rating: - Hilarious
Love this movie, bought it after having already seen it several times. A classic with a genius cast, crew and creative team.
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