Video Capsule Review

WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (2002)

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Rated: R; Video Release Date: Jan 15, 2002; Genre: Comedy; With: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon and Michael Showalter; Distributor: USA Films

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By Alice King

A sort of Meatballs-meets-Airplane! set on the last day of summer camp in 1981, this overlooked offering from Showalter and David Wain (vets of MTV's The State) hearkens back to a kinder, gentler era when striped tube socks were the height of cool. While recent teen spooforamas strain themselves with knowing winks, the dumb straight-facedness of Wet's lusty counselors and loser campers makes for smarter humor.

Posted Jan 11, 2002

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