Camp (2003)

Camp: Directed by Todd Graff. With Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus, Steven Cutts. After a series of Broadway flops, songwriter Bert Hanley (Dixon) goes to work at a musical camp for young performers. Inspired by the kids, he finds an opportunity to regain success by staging an altogether new production.

“Does Stephen Trask (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) ever write a note of bad music? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a wonderful movie. Admittedly, the pace is not perfection. But the music is great, the jokes are funny and most importantly it portrays a specific milieu. And movies that bring the audience into a milieu they might not know exists are almost always interesting. Iu0026#39;ve seen this movie once and Iu0026#39;ll see it again.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIgnore the critics who want to tell you what the movie isnu0026#39;t and what it should be. Theyu0026#39;ll only keep you from enjoying a good movie. Todd Graff has something to say. This is his movie and it works. One magazine reviewer noted that the kids in this movie emerge as full-blown professionals. Well — they are! Most of these kids have never done anything before. Thatu0026#39;s part of what is being said here. Thereu0026#39;s all this talent that no one has ever seen. There are kids who are this good. Todd Graff found them.”