Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Daniel Letterle | ... | Vlad | |
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Joanna Chilcoat | ... | Ellen |
Robin de Jesus | ... | Michael (as Robin De Jesus) | |
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Steven Cutts | ... | Shaun |
Vince Rimoldi | ... | Spitzer | |
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Kahiry Bess | ... | Petie |
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Tiffany Taylor | ... | Jenna |
Sasha Allen | ... | Dee | |
Alana Allen | ... | Jill | |
Anna Kendrick | ... | Fritzi | |
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Don Dixon | ... | Bert |
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Robert Orosco | ... | Emil |
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Stephen DiMenna | ... | Glen |
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Omar Edwards | ... | Alston |
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Camilla Millican Samuelson | ... | Hillary |
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every two weeks. Several personal stories come to the fore. Is talented golden-boy Vlad honest in his feelings about Ellen? Can cross-dressing Michael have a relationship with his parents? Will one-hit-wonder musical playwrite and now camp counselor Bert Hanley remain mired in drink and cynicism? Fireworks are in store when Fritzi, who slavishly serves glamour girl Jill, is finally told to get a life, and the parents of Jenna, whose jaw has been wired shut in a compromise to avoid being sent to "fat camp", learn a valuable lesson at the summer's big end-of-season benefit. Written by Martin Lewison <dr@martinlewison.com>
Does Stephen Trask (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) ever write a note of bad music?
This is a wonderful movie. Admittedly, the pace is not perfection. But the music is great, the jokes are funny and most importantly it portrays a specific milieu. And movies that bring the audience into a milieu they might not know exists are almost always interesting. I've seen this movie once and I'll see it again.
Ignore the critics who want to tell you what the movie isn't and what it should be. They'll only keep you from enjoying a good movie. Todd Graff has something to say. This is his movie and it works. One magazine reviewer noted that the kids in this movie emerge as full-blown professionals. Well -- they are! Most of these kids have never done anything before. That's part of what is being said here. There's all this talent that no one has ever seen. There are kids who are this good. Todd Graff found them.