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Joey H. @Joeyhubb1989 Oct 3 Released on August 26th, 1994; directed by Jonathan Prince, written by Eliot Wald and Andrew Kurtzman, and a musical score composed by David Lawrence; this Disney film released through their Hollywood Pictures banner is about four schoolmates and friends who, along with several other friends and schoolmates, set out to have the best summer of their lives. The four main children are named Morris “Mud” Himmel, played by Jonathan Jackson; Zachary “Zack” Dell played by Andrew Keegan; Gaby Nowicki played by Melody Kay, and Trish Prescott played by Marnette Patterson. Each of these friends are facing going to separate summer camps that they’d rather not go to; computer camp for Mud, military camp for Zack, fat camp for Gaby, and theater camp for Trish. Based on an otherwise innocent comment by Mud, the four friends get the idea to use their parents’ money to rent out their own place and run their own version of a summer camp; one with no rules, no counselors, no parents and nothing but freedom to have fun. They end up recruiting an ex drama teacher and out of work actor named Dennis Van Welker, played hilariously by Christopher Lloyd, who is looking to pay off money he owes for a 1979 Caribbean yellow Gremlin car to a debt collector. After having to blackmail him into helping them, the four kids, along with maybe 20 or 30 other classmates who find out their plan, manage to rent out an old campground that used to be a hippie commune in the 1960s. As an extra added precaution, the kids and Dennis all convince their parents that none of their camps have any Parents Day so as to make sure they don’t try to come and visit there. As the kids are having the time of their lives, they soon arouse suspicion of a local doctor named Celeste Dunbar, and a state trooper named Eliot Hendricks. Eventually the parents all want to come and visit so the kids are forced to work together and give all of them a parents day for each respective camp. Do they succeed and manage to finish out their summer? Well that would be a spoiler wouldn’t it? This film also features notable actors like Wendy Makkena as Dr. Celeste Dunbar, Thomas F. Wilson from the Back to the Future films as trooper Eliot Hendricks, Burgess Meredith as Feln, M. Emmet Walsh as T. R. Polk; musician Nathan Cavaleri as Steve, Allison Mack as Heather, Joshua G. Mayweather as Walter Welton, Hillary Tuck as Betty Stoller, Mooky Arizona as Arnold, and this film also marks the feature film debut of Jessica Alba as a girl named Gail. This movie is a guilty pleasure for anyone who has ever been to a summer camp and has wanted to have the freedom to enjoy themselves. I give this underrated film a solid ten rating out of ten. It’s one of my all time favorites. See more Arildo R @RT09426380 01/23/2024 Comédia adolescente estilo anos 80: peripécias e aventura, mas com toda a essência da juventude anos 90. See more Tanya B @RT98304943 11/06/2023 My childhood favorite movie. Watched it so many times, so entertaining. See more Omar F @OmarFigueroaReviews 04/18/2023 A great underappreciated gem. It's a great lesson for kids who don't want to listen to their parents. Also Christopher Lloyd, Tom Wilson, Wendy Makkena and Peter Scolari were fantastic. See more 09/04/2021 Christopher Lloyd um fofo, as cenas com o policial são as melhores, extremamente exageradas, mas divertidas, adoráveis pirralhos, aventura e diversão na medida certa, temperada com muita nostalgia… Tudo muito fofinho, aquele anos 90 adolescente que a gente ama, saudosismo puro… See more 01/31/2021 I grew up with this movie, it was harmless fun. But in particular the Christopher Lloyd performance was really fun. There are also some solid supporting performances from Tom Wilson and Kate Mulgrew. It's a little unfocused at times, but still is an enjoyable kids movie. It has a few potential red flags for parents which include some sexual references and the misuse of fireworks. See more Read all reviews

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