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Old August 9th 03, 04:13 AM
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CAMP
A film review by Steve Rhodes

Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes

RATING (0 TO ****): *


"A boy, an honest-to-God straight boy!" exclaims a shocked counselor about a
singer at Camp Ovation, a performing arts camp. Yes, it's true. In a movie
that's a monument to diversity, CAMP even has a token heterosexual boy, a
lad named Vlad (Daniel Letterle). Mostly, however, the cast is a rainbow
made up of gays, reluctant bisexuals, transvestites, minorities, handicaps,
ugly people, fat people, alcoholics and you name it. It's political
correctness run amok. The story is supposedly based on a real life camp
attended by stars such Natalie Portman, whom none of these actors even
remotely resemble.



The film again validates the trailer rule. If a movie's trailer looks good,
that tells you nothing about the picture itself, since it's easy to disguise
a dog by pumping up its trailer. But, if the trailer looks appalling, the
movie will almost always be awful. The trailer for CAMP looked terrible,
which turned out to be the case for the movie as well, which features some
of the most unrealistic and downright pathetic acting that I've seen in some
time. And the movie's musical numbers, while well sung, are so bland that
listening to them is like being stuck in an elevator for two hours and
having to endure its musical offerings.



"I'm still here!" one of the girls belts out in song. And so was the movie,
which hung around for two tortuous hours like unwanted house guests who
never take the hint that they long since overstayed their welcome.



CAMP runs 1:54. It is rated PG-13 for "mature thematic elements regarding
teen sexual issues, and some language" and would be acceptable for kids
around 12 and up.



My son Jeffrey, age 14, gave it just one star, saying that he found it dull
and boring.



The film is playing in nationwide release now in the United States. In the
Silicon Valley, it is showing at the Camera Cinemas.



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