| 100 |
Entertainment Weekly
The movie is so hilariously sly about something so fetishistically trivial that at times it appears to take in an entire culture through a lens made of cheese.
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| 90 |
Newsweek
This shamefully underpromoted, gloriously silly romp made me laugh harder than any other movie this summer. Make that this year.
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| 80 |
Chicago Reader
It's not a sex movie but a parody, and the loose feel is part of its genius.
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| 70 |
Variety
Nearly half over before it finds a consistent groove, let alone a decent hit-to-miss joke ratio.
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| 63 |
Boston Globe
The film keeps being yanked back from nothingness by this or that clever sendup, delivered by a small army of invigorated performers who seem to push off from one another's energy levels.
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| 60 |
Mr. Showbiz
A mess, bouncing nonsensically from one style of farce to another, leaving large vacuums and dead spots — which may themselves, of course, be deliberate.
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| 60 |
Los Angeles Times
It's nice, once in a while, to come upon a movie that knows it's nothing special, proves it and doesn't care so long as its target audience feels good enough to have a refreshing beverage or two afterward.
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| 60 |
LA Weekly
Like, you know, genius. But, like, you know, why?
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| 60 |
The New York Times
In essence, it's a ragged collection of bits and sketches cobbled into about a dozen plots, most of which call upon the cast to do a lot of tongue and neck-spraining French kissing.
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| 58 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It comes out less like a spoof than a smart-aleck remake of "Meatballs," minus the energy of Bill Murray.
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| 50 |
Rolling Stone
Lulls aside, Wain and Showalter deserve camp kudos for getting the details right.
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| 50 |
New York Post
Mostly it fails to score. Maybe that's why no one has attempted summer-camp comedy since the third "Meatballs" sequel a decade ago.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Harmless enough, and its team of actors so frisky and enthusiastic that it manages to deliver a modicum of laughs despite itself.
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| 50 |
New York Daily News
The frantic proceedings are more likely to have you wishing this summer would just come to an end.
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| 50 |
Austin Chronicle
Big, dumb, and fun.
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| 38 |
Chicago Tribune
This low-budget comedy will most likely try the patience of a paying audience with its uneven pacing, wavering tone and poor production quality.
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| 38 |
USA Today
Claudia Plig
The writing here is rarely funny, and often trite and predictable. A couple of scenes are downright disturbing:
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| 30 |
TV Guide
Most of the scenes fall flatter than a lead soufflé, and the film's sight gags -- Andy dumping campers' bodies by the roadside, Gene humping the refrigerator -- are outrageous without actually being funny.
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| 30 |
Village Voice
The film exists in a humid meta-movie ether all its own.
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| 25 |
Chicago Sun-Times
I want to escape, Oh, Muddah Faddah -- Life's too short for cinematic torture.
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| 20 |
Salon.com
A thoroughly inept piece of moviemaking. You're more likely to find a ham sandwich at a Passover seder than to find a laugh in this picture.
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| 20 |
Washington Post
Stumbles right out of the gate and never regains its footing. It's sad to see a gifted comedian like Janeane Garofalo trying, but failing, to anchor this mediocre affair.
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| 10 |
New Times (L.A.)
Doesn't swing, doesn't score, can't make it to first base, never even drags its sorry ass out of the dugout.
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| 0 |
Washington Post
This is supposed to be funny? It was so depressing I almost started to cry.
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