Theater Camp

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Theater Camp

PG-13

2023

1h 34m

Comedy

Drama

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Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the new original comedy Theater Camp as Amos and Rebecca-Diane -- lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students to stage a masterpiece, and keep their beloved summer camp afloat.

Critics Consensus

Theater Camp's authentic depiction of the theater experience may not resonate as strongly with non-actors, but they'll probably be laughing too hard to seriously complain.

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Audience Says

Theater Camp is a decently funny mockumentary that'll get its biggest laughs from viewers who know the backstage life.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

09/18/2024

4/5

Lampooning big dreams and high melodrama, this comedy about the kids and counsellors at a stagey summer camp is charming, and brilliantly brutal.

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Craig Mathieson

Sydney Morning Herald

12/21/2023

3.5/5

Mostly improvised, it’s an amusing celebration of community seen through a song and dance lens as the chaotic but devoted staff at a summer camp instruct their dedicated young charges, ignore their own failings, and make sure that several shows go on.

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Dana Stevens

Slate

12/13/2023

Achieves the rare trick of creating a fictional work-within-the-work that is supposed to be really good, and actually is.

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Yasmin Kleinbart

InBetweenDrafts

Apr 14

7/10

Theater Camp may be riddled with Broadway jokes, but that doesn’t mean the non-theater viewer won’t enjoy it. It’s full of heart and will make you question why theater programs are always on the chopping block.

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Clotilde Chinnici

The People's Movies

Aug 19

4/5

Theater Camp is for all the kids who needed theatre to find a place to fit in, who met some of their closest friends on stage, who were picked last in gym, and who can see parts of themselves in the characters in the film.

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Samantha Schuster

Cinéfilo Serial

Jul 18

3.5/5

With hilarious situations, characters full of passion for what they do, a successful staging, good songs, and hopeful messages, we find ourselves in a heartfelt work that leaves us with a more than pleasant feeling. [Full Review in Spanish]

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H S.

@Heidi1 May 16

Love this perfect hidden gem of a movie! ❤️❤️❤️

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Nick E.

@nicksmovies93 Jul 17

The movie may not be for everyone, but Theater Camp is an endearing analysis on the theater experience.

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Khadidja G

@Khadj 03/07/2025

Somewhere around the beginning of the movie, i remembered that even though I love theatre, i really cannot stand theatre kids

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Keron C

@RT32617582 12/30/2024

You have to like and understand the theatre and creative types to really like this film. It is about 30 minutes too long. There are funny jokes but not enough to last nearly two hours.

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Schwinnilla C

@RT20651491 11/24/2024

i laughed my ass off and then i cried like a baby...I LOVED IT...i know i promised myself no more buying films unless they're classics, but i might make an exception...long live JIMMY TATRO

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Ben D

@RT87620530 11/14/2024

Theater Camp accomplishes holding a mirror to this already dramatic community — wherein all stereotypes have been ridiculously stretched — while also reaffirming how important these getaways are to campers and counselors alike. After the camp’s matriarch, Joan (Amy Sedaris), suffers a coma-inducing seizure from a school production’s strobe light, her son, Troy (Jimmy Tatro), is tasked with running the Camp AdirondACTS, which is insolvent. Tatro does what Tatro does best here, selfie-stick and all. Several stories and relationships are playing out contemporaneously here, but most importantly, the story does not become a rivalry between camps — except for a mixer between the theater camp and the generic wealthy-kid camp, the campers from the latter are largely left out of the story. Theater kids are a combination of adult interests — theater history, fashion, politics, etc. — and adolescent issues. The way counselors — Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Nathan Lee Graham, Owen Thiele, et al. — interact with them is what generates the comedy. “Says you’re allergic to polyester. Why?” Amazing. The ending is bizarre — with an excellent Deus Ex Machina — which is bolstered by the fact that no one seems to acknowledge that this is a play for campers, yet the impromptu star, Glenn (Noah Galvin), is an adult. I loved it. Theater Camp makes you feel good. It lovingly skewers its own — and now that I’m marrying a “theater kid” I have an appreciation for the processes and procedures that coincide with acting, in all its many forms. Although I’d probably roll my eyes out of my head, I want to hang out with this crew anyway.

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Synopsis

Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the new original comedy Theater Camp as Amos and Rebecca-Diane -- lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students to stage a masterpiece, and keep their beloved summer camp afloat.

Director: Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
Producer: Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, Julia Hammer, Ryan Heller, Maria Zuckerman, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt
Screenwriter: Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt
Distributor: Searchlight Pictures
Production Co: Gloria Sanchez Productions, Picturestart, Topic Studios
Rating: PG-13 (Suggestive/Drug References|Some Strong Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 4, 2023, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.0M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital