Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Viktor Hammarberg Whoa. Slow down. That's a pretty ambitious statement, favorite TV show of all- time? Really? Yeah. I also think it's the smartest TV show of all time, because no one makes comedy like this. It's sort of similar to the style of humor and the randomness of Family Guy. Also, in a way, it's the kind of humor Scary Movie tried to achieve.I love the good vibes and how they manage to capture a genuine summer camp feeling while still being completely ridiculous in the acting and story line. The soundtrack is great and to my surprise consists of pretty much all original music. So nice. They poke fun at pretty much every television and movie stereotype, sometimes in such subtle ways many could mistake certain parts for being cheesy, or lame. But rest assured, it's 100% intentional. Every episode and almost every single scene has subtle elements of comedy within the comedy that makes for inceptional hilarity. The whole series really embraces lame-on-purpose and takes discreet comedy to a whole new level.I hate to be judgmental and all but I feel so strongly about this show that I can only conclude that if you don't find this TV show hilarious then A) you don't get it, B) you haven't been exposed to enough pop culture to understand what they're mocking, or C) you laugh out loud at films like Central Intelligence and find Barney Stinson to be the funniest man alive.I just wanted to write this review out of pure passion. Third time I see the show now, and it still holds up. Just wanted to give some cred to the geniuses behind this awesomeness.Sidenote: the movie is not nearly as funny, but it's very entertaining to watch the TV show and then the movie, just to see how young everyone looks.

mpurvismattp Just kidding I didn't actually die of a massive heart attack...or did I? I loved the WHAS movie and if u did too well then I guess we're buddies for life and since I'm your buddy I'm gonna let u in on a lil secret, come closer to the screen we don't want any dorks to find out ya know what I mean...dorks...pfft. Anyway now that were alone I can tell you that Netflix managed to get the ENTIRE cast back together as well as adding some hilarious cameos from todays biggest Hollywood stars (like the kid that plays Peter Pan in that Geico commercial). How f-ing cool is that right? I mean that kid probably has his pick of top quality scripts in Hollywood and he took his time to do this show, wow. The humor is wackier then ever and although the camp councilors may look a bit older (and some a bit fatter) they won't let that stop them from playing slightly younger versions of the characters that made them major Hollywood players and taught a generation of kids that you don't have to be ashamed to hump a fridge or have a bottle of dick cream, it's about being who you are. And isn't that what life's really all about?

FilmBuff1994 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is a terrific comedy series with well written episodes and a star studded comedic cast. It's a very fun show that will surely please any die hard fans of the original 2001 movie, it has all the same goofy, slapstick and straight up ridiculous humour that people have come to expect from Showalter and Wain. It definitely had many noticeably flaws that bothered me, although they may not have been of huge concern to many others, first off I wasn't very found of all eight episodes taking place in one day, it's fine for a movie, but not for eight episodes that are all thirty minutes each, I think it would have given the writers more creative freedom to have each one take place in a different day instead, revolving on their first week of camp. Also, the jokes about the age gaps of the actors and their characters was overused, it was already stated with their clothing and personalities, it didn't need to be stated so often, with characters mentioning they were "too young to drink alcohol" or a girl mentioning she just started her period, I think if they do have another reunion it would be better for it to be set years after the events of the first movie, possibly with the cast taking control of Camp Firewood. The cast is definitely a delight, there isn't a single member from the movie who dosen't return, Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Marguerite Moreau, Michael Ian Black, Elizabeth Banks and Janeane Garofalo, just to name a few, are all back in action, and some great new characters, played by the likes of Jason Schwartzman, John Slattery, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm, among many others, and somehow none of them end up feeling underused. However, my favourite part of the whole series had to be Christopher Meloni, who actually wasn't my favourite character in the first movie (that being David Hyde Pierce, who sadly only features in two episodes, both times very briefly), but he steals every scene he is in this time around, and Gene is as cool as he's ever been. It definitely had many imperfections, but Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is still a great laugh that gets better for each episode, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy series. During the summer of 1981, we follow the campers of Camp Firewood on their insane first day. Best Performance: Christopher Meloni Worst Performance: Michael Showalter (as President Reagan) Best Episode: Day is Done Worst Episode: Campers Arrive

ptann We tried watching the movie (which I'd never heard of until about a week ago), and just didn't get it. But we decided to try the show anyway since 40-somethings in wigs playing teens seemed like an amusing idea. And it was! For me, that joke never got old. Besides that, there were some great parody story lines, playing on old TV and movie tropes, that I found very funny.-Standout Actors-The show is worth watching for Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks alone. They both went hilariously over the top, plus their story lines were among the funniest. Kristen Wiig, Josh Charles, Chris Pine, and Michael Cera were standouts in smaller roles, for the same reason.-This show is polarizing -- for a reason-Some people won't get the humour here, perhaps because they just don't appreciate irony and absurdism. But maybe there's another reason… I think some people haven't been exposed to all the cheesy after school specials and movies of the week that this show is parodying. TV has become pretty sophisticated in the past decade or so; it's not quite as innocent (and in some cases, silly) as it used to be. And if you're not familiar with what's being parodied, it's hard to get the joke.