Camp Cool Kids

2017

Comedy / Family / Mystery / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43%
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 623 623

Plot summary

Encouraged by his quirky grandfather, a young boy faces his fears at summer camp.


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Director

Top cast

Markie Post as Euginia
Michael Gross as Grandpa Norman
720p.WEB
959.64 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 19

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 5 / 10

Actually not all that bad...

When I sat down to watch this 2017 movie "Camp Cool Kids" it was because my 9 year old son wanted to see it. So I sat down with him to watch this movie from director Lisa Arnold without knowing anything about it.

Turns out that the movie was actually watchable and entertaining enough for what it turned out to be. And it is a movie that appeals to both youngsters and adults alike.

Now, when you sit down to watch "Camp Cool Kids", forget about all things realistic, as that is not present in the movie. The kids are literally without supervision 95% of the time while they were at the camp.

But the storyline is good and nicely paced, and it has something to offer to both young and adults in the audience, which is definitely a nice accomplishment.

The acting in the movie was good, although I had hoped to see a bit more of Michael Gross, I think he wasn't given enough screen time and could have spruced up the movie quite a bit more.

All in all, a watchable and entertaining enough movie. I am rating it a five out of ten stars, because it is not an outstanding movie, nor is it probable that you'll watch the movie more than just once - as it doesn't have enough contents to it to support more than a single viewing.

Reviewed by infoalwaysacritic 4 / 10

Camp No-Supervision

Meet Spence, a kid who, like many kids his age, struggle with fear and loss. He and his brother have just moved in with their grandfather, along with their recently widowed mother, who send them off to summer camp in hopes that it will build character and help them cope with the loss of their father. Before they go, Spence's grandfather tries to help equip him to face his fears, and that is what this movie is about - facing and overcoming your fears.

Camp Cool Kids could have been another movie to add to the shelf of classic camp movies like Camp Nowhere, and Earnest goes to camp, or Camp Rock. The genre has plenty of family oriented films that address themes of overcoming fear and social inequality; what isn't clear is why somebody felt this movie should be made at all. The tropes are cliche, the acting is a mixture of passable and atrocious, and the representation of camp bears no resemblance to how any legitimate summer camp can be run - as someone who has worked at several summer camps, I urge parents to never send a camper to a camp like the one in this film.

If you can get past the inequality and injustice of the grossly corrupt camp leadership, the absence of supervision and bizarre circumstances, you may be hampered from finishing the film by its slow-moving plot. Thankfully this picks up about midway through. Its soundtrack will likely drive you bonkers when a simplistic fanfare played on a children's keyboard blares over top of the plot's climax. This wouldn't seem so strange if it weren't for the use of legitimate musicians for the few highlight cuts in the film that are actually pretty decent.

Something that may not distract everyone, is the absence of a competent lighting technician on the film. Instead of using something as simple as fill light, it is evident that they were forced to gain up the exposure to compensate for the shooting conditions. This made several scenes flat and washed out, leaving people's features obscured.

As it is intended for a young audience, most children would not be distracted by the technical deficiencies of the film, but when other films address the themes more effectively, it is hard to justify the film to anyone but those looking specifically for the summer camp genre, and who has already seen all of the rest of them.

Reviewed by nmhagan-45723 4 / 10

Wow

Wow, what a great movie. While watching this fantastic movie I was just overwhelmed with lovely emotions and feelings. Just kidding, this movie is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. I just wasted an hour and a half of my life watching this joke. The actors practically ruined their career by "starring" in this "great" film.

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