Film Review – Theater Camp

Christopher Guest found tremendous critical and commercial success with his run of faux documentaries, but the last endeavor, 2016’s “Mascots,” failed to inspire much praise and viewership, with the helmer’s creative tank out of gas (he hasn’t made a movie since). Enter co-writers/directors Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, who join co-writers Noah Gavin and Ben Platt (who also stars) in an attempt to rebuild the Guest house, returning to the impishness of the “mockumentary” approach to construct “Theater Camp.” Perhaps one slightly recoils at the idea of a broad comedy set at a summer program for theater kids and their high-strung staff, but Gordon and Lieberman pull off a minor miracle with the effort, capturing a balanced tone of wackiness and feeling, while weirdness is exactly right, making for a frequently hilarious picture that understands timing and this particularly bizarre world of thespian spirit. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com