Wet Hot American Summer

2001
15
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Parody Raunchy Comedy Satire Slapstick Comedy Romance

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

Director
- David Wain
Writers
- Michael Showalter
- David Wain
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

62K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,918

Director
- David Wain
Writers
- Michael Showalter
- David Wain
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Wet Hot American Summer

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Dates in Movie & TV History - Aug. 18, 1981

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Dates in Movie & TV History - Aug. 18, 1981

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Trivia
In 2011, Paul Rudd told Entertainment Weekly that he was literally not sure he ever got paid for this movie. He thinks that because the budget and the production staff were both so incredibly small, they may have just overlooked making out a check for his salary.

Goofs
Many of the continuity "mistakes" were included intentionally by the filmmakers and were meant to be subtle and funny, including Neil's hair in the motorcycle chase scene and the differing level of completion of the blanket that Nancy is knitting when she gives Beth and Henry the library advice.

Quotes
Andy: You taste like a burger. I don't like you anymore.

Crazy credits
After the credits is a "10 years later" epilogue.

Alternate versions
DVD contains several deleted scenes.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Planet of the Apes/Brother/Apocalypse Now Redux/Wet Hot American Summer/Bread & Tulips (2001)

Soundtracks
Jane
Written by Dave Freiberg, Jim McPherson, Paul Kantner and Craig Chaquico
Performed by Jefferson Starship
Courtesy of The RCA Music Group, a Unit of BMG Entertainment

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Featured review

10/10

Like nothing you've seen before

Wet Hot American Summer is without question, the funniest movie to come out in years, and certainly among the funniest I've ever seen. The reason you might not have heard of it is because it isn't as advertised as other movies, because it doesn't have the type of budget to advertise itself. It breaks my heart that horribly made, unfunny, unoriginal movies, such as American Pie 2, were in more theaters and are more available to rent or buy.

The humor in WHAS is not comparable to humor in any other movie that comes to mind. The humor is a lot like the what you would see on The State (because it was written/directed by State cast members). Many scenes are just so ridiculous that you have to laugh, and if you don't, its because you are taking the movie too seriously.

The day this movie came out on video, my friends and I watched it as many times as we could manage to, in one day. Every time we watched, we noticed something new, and still laughed hysterically at the stuff we noticed the first time. It has the type of replay value that should make you go out and buy it, rather than rent it.