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10 February 1985 (USA) morePlot:
Two teenage summer camp counselors struggle with their younger campers, providing a variety of humorous situations and romantic encounters. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Excellent 80s fun moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael J. Fox | ... | Dennis Baxter | |
| Nancy McKeon | ... | Rhonda Malone | |
| Caren Kaye | ... | Margo Klopper | |
| Adam Baldwin | ... | Ike Dimick | |
| Robert Klein | ... | 'Big Irv' Klopper | |
| Joe Wright | ... | Jerry Disbro | |
| Thomas Nowell | ... | Brian Firestone (as Tommy Nowell) | |
| Matthew Shugailo | ... | Toby Kaplan | |
| Derek Googe | ... | Bobby Novak | |
| Cary Guffey | ... | Timmy Mezzy | |
| Cameron Arnett | ... | Steve Sawyer | |
| Ryan Langhorne | ... | Martin Blair | |
| David Wasman | |||
| Shanna Stewart | ... | Irene | |
| Carol Chambers | ... | Nurse Blanche Zucko |
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Hard Labor Creek State Park - Fairplay Road, Rutledge, Georgia, USAFun Stuff
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The name of the main female character (Rhonda Malone) was changed to "Sandra" in the Hungarian version of this film - "Rhonda" means "ugly" in Hungarian. moreFAQ
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There are lots of other 80s movies that I enjoy. But this one is something special. I always feel like the "summer camp" genre of movie has been ruined by certain other ones...Meatballs...Party Camp, and so on. Poison Ivy accurately captures the sense of humor a young camper has. From a logical point of view, there's some real nonsense (why exactly does Disbro dress up like that?) but it still provides perfectly clean fun.
There are a few problems. Most of them are technical (sound mixing) and directorial choices, but those problems don't detract from the enjoyabilty of the movie.
This movie is also noteworthy for two other things: 1 - This captures the essence of the 80s Michael J Fox. Those glittering closeups on his face really just say it all and 2 - It's highly quotable. I have two friends who also saw this when they were younger, and it's a ball to exchange quotes with them periodically.