King of the Camp

May. 18,2008      
Rating:
3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In order to win the heart of counselor Cindy Keyes, kitchen boy Will Cross comes to realize that becoming King of the Camp takes much more than beating tough guy Chase Gunn in a wake boarding competition.

Reviews

Noutions
2008/05/18

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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Voxitype
2008/05/19

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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SanEat
2008/05/20

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

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Tymon Sutton
2008/05/21

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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lawrenceb56
2008/05/22

I felt a little sorry for the performers in this piece of garbage, but only till they started doing the Chow Time dance number. Then I lost all pity for them and wanted them to leave the screen as soon as possible. I've seen better work in junior high school assemblies. I just realized that my review won't be posted unless it contains ten lines of text. Well, I'm going to have to work really hard to find anything more to say about this totally forgettable piece of adolescent pablum. But even if I only make it to nine and a half lines, that will contain more thought than anyone put into the making of this sorry excuse for a film. Oh, man-I still have two more lines. I wish now I'd never stumbled on this movie. It's now wasting way too much of my life. One of the girls was sort of cute, but it's still a really bad movie. If you think your kids might enjoy it, you should be working harder to raise smarter children. That was rude. Sorry. Okay--that's ten or more lines.

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jaegoggle
2008/05/23

It's not like HSM is Shawshank Redemption either. But yes, the acting is sub-par, dialogue is sophomoric and the dancing is simplistic. But story is simple to follow, and fairly clean movie. If it's aimed at tweeners, it misses the mark for my taste. For 16er's, I suppose it's alright in this day and age. There are some sexuality exerted between the yoga and cheerleader girls. This is where it's a little much for tweeners. Probably like someone said, some of the actors look more like their in their 30's. Again, the story is clean, it conveys good moral values and the songs are actually good. Being a movie with wake-boarding, though not a wake-boarding person myself, there could have been more and better quality wakeboarding at the least. But finally, at least my mind wasn't propagandized by blockbuster movies that try to sell sell sell worldly ideals and products to me, ad nauseum. Not the best 1.6 hours, but good values and catchy tunes... "we'll be friends forever, singing the songs we love together..." Was on my DVR, not worth saving. But didn't complain like after I saw Clash of the Titans.

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freddyboomboomwash
2008/05/24

King of the Camp was a fun, little flick. As someone who spent each and every summer at camp in northern Ontario, it was easy to relate to this story. In the film, Will is Romeo to Cindy's Juliet - they are two characters from different sides of the tracks, who come together, despite their backgrounds. And if you've been to camp before, you know there is a barrier between counsellors and staff.The scenes in the dining hall were impressive - not sure if the producers hired all those extras or if they were kids staying at the camp - but there were tons of them in the background, which was nice to see.Summer camp, first and foremost, is all about having fun - and King of the Camp's songs and music do the right job! Recommended if you like this sort of movie.

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erincangig
2008/05/25

I really liked King of the Camp - it was a fun musical and had a bit more depth to it than other movies in the genre. The leads, Cindy and Will, seemed like real genuine people.You could tell the studio behind the movie wanted to appeal to both boys and girls, because there is a strong wakeboarding presence in the film. The stunts are pretty amazing, including the lead actor who jumps onto a dock on a wakeboard from the water.And the DVD came with a free soundtrack - the songs were another strong point of the movie. The ghost story was particularly good - all the songs seemed to fit the theme of being at camp.

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