The long anticipated follow-up to David Wains 2001 cult classic is here!
Heres our spoiler-free review…
5000 words on summer camp.
Id manage to work in a few more camp metaphors, too.
Theres also what is perhaps the worst (and best) portrayal of Ronald Reagan ever committed to film.
Just like the movie showed us everyones final day at Camp Firewood, appropriately this prequel shows us theirfirstday.
The series slowly inches through this, with each episode spanning a few hours in the transformative day.
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Even if they only made one episode, this would still feel like a success.
For those eager for nods and allusions towards theWet Hotfilm, you wont be disappointed, either.
Youd even be wise to re-watch it before checking this series out.
This is an absolute love letter to the source material and it feels like fans made it.
If the murmurs are true and they plan to make more of this, itll be happily welcomed.
Through these kids we see some beautiful, touching stories going on under all of the crassness.
Theyre the ones with the insight and all the answers.
Its scenes like these that really hammer home how much Wain and Showalters comedy has progressed.
Lets just take a minute to talk about the cast, because this is as stacked as it gets.
I mean he literally refers to them as peasants at one point.
At one point its exclaimed, I was expecting this to be the best summer of our lives!
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
