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Wet Hot American Summer

Critic Reviews

42
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
5(21%)
mixed
10(42%)
negative
9(38%)
Showing 24 Critic Reviews
100
Entertainment Weekly
The movie is so hilariously sly about something so fetishistically trivial that at times it appears to take in an entire culture through a lens made of cheese.
90
Newsweek
This shamefully underpromoted, gloriously silly romp made me laugh harder than any other movie this summer. Make that this year.
80
Chicago Reader
It's not a sex movie but a parody, and the loose feel is part of its genius.
70
Variety
Nearly half over before it finds a consistent groove, let alone a decent hit-to-miss joke ratio.
63
Boston Globe
The film keeps being yanked back from nothingness by this or that clever sendup, delivered by a small army of invigorated performers who seem to push off from one another's energy levels.
60
L.A. Weekly
Like, you know, genius. But, like, you know, why?
60
The New York Times
In essence, it's a ragged collection of bits and sketches cobbled into about a dozen plots, most of which call upon the cast to do a lot of tongue and neck-spraining French kissing.
60
Los Angeles Times
It's nice, once in a while, to come upon a movie that knows it's nothing special, proves it and doesn't care so long as its target audience feels good enough to have a refreshing beverage or two afterward.
60
Mr. Showbiz
A mess, bouncing nonsensically from one style of farce to another, leaving large vacuums and dead spots — which may themselves, of course, be deliberate.
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It comes out less like a spoof than a smart-aleck remake of "Meatballs," minus the energy of Bill Murray.
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