Crituque The Critic

Camp is the story of a boy Vlad that goes to Camp Ovation. Vlad is the typical jock of his high school. He goes to Camp Ovation in search of bringing out his true passion, singing and song writing. The Camp is nothing what he thought it would be, its filled with gay/Broadway obsessed teens. He soon finds that each kid has their own separate problems and this camp has more drama than the musicals that they preform.

The film's characters are the misfits -- the ones who lip-synch show tunes in
their bedroom mirrors and find solace in that hopeful irony peculiar to Broadway
musicals -- and their stunned joy at being among others like them is palpable.

I agree with the critic in this statement. All the kids in the movie are the die-hard Broadway fans. The ones who dedicate their life to it. The movie makes it so you can relate to every character in a certain way. Most of the kids though aren't accepted outside Camp Ovation, either by their parents or society.

''a bunch of little freaks -- the more normal we try to make 'em, the more
lonely and isolated they're gonna feel.''

This is said during the movie by their crazy, alcoholic, washed-up director, who soon sees that no matter what they aren't going to be able to change these kids. And the way they are now is normal.

Graff has a lot to learn as a director -- at best, ''Camp'' looks as though it
were shot on an indie sneaker-lace -- and the cast of first-timers can be
amateurish. But the characters come alive when they sing, and so does the
movie."

I do think that the film could have been at some parts a little better. They could have gone a little more in depth in the characters. But overall it was the singing that made me fall in love with the movie. You see these kids and you think they will have a good voice, but what comes out of their mouth is what you least expect.

"It's the rare movie that can make you weep with sorrow and happiness before the
opening credits are even finished."

This is true. The movie has a very harsh reality of the teenage life. In ways it's very good, it makes you think twice about how you treat people and what you view is wrong and what is right. In other ways it's really hard to see what these kids go through and how their parents cant even accept them.

The community in ''Camp'' extends behind the camera, and it invites
everyone
in front -- and in the audience -- onto the stage.

The movie truley does make you feel apart of their life and their problems. It's much more that just a bunch or freaks who are obsessed with musicals(though you do get to see alot of that). You get too see their lives and how this camp is a place where they are able to express themselve
without any judgement from the world around them, and for them to just be themselves. "You cant fit in when you stand out".

Quotes: Ty Burr- Boston Globe(rottentomatoes.com)

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