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Title: Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Janeane Garofalo | ... | Beth | |
| David Hyde Pierce | ... | Henry | |
| Michael Showalter | ... | Coop | |
| Marguerite Moreau | ... | Katie | |
| Paul Rudd | ... | Andy | |
| Zak Orth | ... | J.J. | |
| Christopher Meloni | ... | Gene | |
| A.D. Miles | ... | Gary | |
| Molly Shannon | ... | Gail | |
| Gideon Jacobs | ... | Aaron | |
| Ken Marino | ... | Victor | |
| Joe Lo Truglio | ... | Neil | |
| Michael Ian Black | ... | McKinley | |
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Liam Norton | ... | Arty |
| Amy Poehler | ... | Susie | |
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics professor. He is busy trying to save the camp from a deadly piece of NASA's Skylab which is hurtling toward earth. All that, plus: a dangerous waterfall rescue, love triangles, misfits, cool kids, and talking vegetable cans. The questions will all be resolved, of course, at the big talent show at the end of the day. Written by Sujit R. Varma
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"Wet Hot American Summer" is an overlooked comic gem and an absurdest spoof of those god-awful summer camp movies from the 1980's. If you enjoy "Monty Python" style sketch humor or were a fan of "The State" (many of the players are employed here) or "Kids in the Hall," then this is the ticket for you. People who enjoy humor more in line with the Farelly Brothers or the "American Pie" films probably just won't "get this." It's all a matter of taste and your sense of humor. But seriously, how can you go wrong with a movie that has a pep talk from a talking can of vegetables or an overly dramatic chase scene where the person doing the chasing is thwarted by a single barrel of hay in the middle of a wide open road? My personal favorite is when the guy is driving the van singing along to "Danny's Song" and then out of nowhere screams bloody murder as he slams into a tree. Oh, and who can forget the hilariously rapid decent into the underworld of drugs and despair by the kids spending an hour away from camp in town? This is also a must see for people who appreciate Janeane Garafalo's comic timing and Molly Shannon's bizarre brand of humor. This film was grossly overlooked when it hit theaters, but I think there is a cult following waiting for this movie. I hope these people are allowed to collaborate on another comedy. If they are, then we may have a new dawn of "Monty Python" style humor infecting the barbarian hordes.