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- Netflix
- Aug 4, 2017
- Netflix
- Aug 4, 2017
Summary The sequel to David Wain's 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer and the 2015 prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is set in 1991 with Joey Bragg, Jai Courtney, Mark Feuerstein, Skyler Gisondo, Samm Levine, Alyssa Milano, Adam Scott, Dax Shepard, and Marlo Thomas joining the cast.
Created By: Michael Showalter, David Wain
- Netflix
- Aug 4, 2017
- Netflix
- Aug 4, 2017
Season Premiere: Aug 4, 2017
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Summary The sequel to David Wain's 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer and the 2015 prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is set in 1991 with Joey Bragg, Jai Courtney, Mark Feuerstein, Skyler Gisondo, Samm Levine, Alyssa Milano, Adam Scott, Dax Shepard, and Marlo Thomas joining the cast.
Created By: Michael Showalter, David Wain
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Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
67
50% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
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6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Ten Years Later is sturdier and better paced than its admittedly great predecessor, but there are times when you’ll look around and wonder, “Where’d everybody go?” And then the complement to that question: “Why is everybody here?” If there’s any definition of the spirit of Camp Firewood, it’s that the people need the place more than the place needs the people.
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later is fun precisely because it seems to be flying by the seat of its early-’90s jeans, feeling free to do whatever it wants, any old time.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
6.2
61% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
18% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
21% Negative
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Watched all 8 episodes in 2 days. Found myself watching the majority in one sitting. The pacing is fantastic and I found myself wanting to spend time with the characters the whole way through. The ensemble cast is enough to derive enjoyment from David Wain's cult classic revived, "Jane" by Jefferson Starship at the beginning of each episode is simply a bonus. It's goofy, it's majorly off-beat, and this crazy concoction feels more put together and better written than it ever has. The "shoddiness" other reviews complain about are exactly why I loved it. It's obviously cobbled together with aging actors and references no one surely remembers and that's all part of the charm. You gotta watch the movie. Ya gotta see the prequel series. If you're a fan of Wet Hot, it's all here. If you're not already aboard the train, it's easy to admit you'll probably be not only disappointed, but bewildered as to why its so beloved. This fan was majorly entertained. Seeing everyone back at camp is mostly enough though. Just gotta weigh what the series means to you.
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SEASON 1
Ten Years Later and these characters keep being just the same and there is something to learn from this: one mediocre film can be helped by the masterful ways of television.
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Overall, it’s broad, ridiculous, silly humor that isn’t as daring or progressive as some of the best comedies on TV but it works more often than it doesn’t.
With Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, there are definitely barren stretches and the overall thinness of the narrative is, especially toward the end of the eight episodes, a part of the story itself. Being the worst of the Wet Hot American Summer entries is no disgrace and there's enough lunacy, inspiration and cleverness here that Ten Years Later at least makes for a fast binge.
It is, like First Day of Camp, very hit-or-miss. Some of the newbies never entirely click, while other relative latecomers (particularly Wain and Lake Bell as Hebrew-speaking lovers who rope Ken Marino’s muscular virgin Victor into solving their fertility issues) inject some fresh life into the proceedings given the absence of some characters and the diminishing returns of others.
Gone are dumb adolescent antics; replacing them are jokes about careerism, the fear of settling down, and the perils of being young parents. It’s as staid as it sounds, and the show isn’t helped by the fact that many jokes referencing the movie have only grown more stale.
Ten Years Later, with its adults now playing adults, is less emotionally rooted and its parody more scattershot.
Definitely worth the watch if you're a fan of the original film and the other Netflix series. The humor for these films will always breach a certain audience, and although I wasn't laughing hysterically I found myself grinning at the bizarre moments, of which there are many. I think the ending could have been stronger, I feel like they ended some character's involvements too soon. Altogether a great addition.
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SEASON 1
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
Unacceptable. They are all too old, and in some cases too fat and ugly, to make this work. Half the time is taken up going back to explain the past. The tensions, the fun, the sex are all missing. This was a YOUTH show. What jokes there are take ten minutes to articulate.
There is simply no excuse for watching this. Too much much better stuff.
And this is the sort of thing i love.
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