When the beloved founder of a summer theatre camp goes into a coma her hopeless “influencer” son is put in charge. This “fly on the wall documentary” follows the various teachers and staff try to keep things afloat as the banks threaten to foreclose. 

Firstly before we go on, I am going to spell the word theatre using British English for this review unless it is the title of the film. But setting aside my foibles let’s talk about Theater Camp! 

It is just fine…

Damn it is so hard to review this sort of film. Do you like musicals and are you aware of the cliche of camp performers and luvvies and find that funny? If you do and you are then you will probably find this mostly enjoyable and generally a middle of the road enjoyable time. On the other hand if you do not like musicals or find those cliches unfunny steer clear of this as far as humanly possible. There is nothing for you to enjoy here! 

Mostly though the film is a warm comedic look at young performers and those with arrested development. The main focus is on Amos (Ben Platt who also co-writes) and Rebecca-Diane (Molly Gordon who also co-wrote and co-directs) who are the drama and music teacher who spent all of their childhood summers at this very camp. They of course write a brand new original musical for each summer and this year is no exception. 

All in all it is a brisk 92 minutes of forgettable light entertainment.