After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless "crypto-bro" son to keep the thespian paradise afloat.
Amos Klobuchar
Rebecca-Diane
Glenn Winthrop
Troy Rubinsky
Rita Cohen
Janet Walch
Clive DeWitt
Gigi Charbonier
Joan Rubinsky
Films in the mockumentary genre can be thoroughly satisfying entertainment experiences when done right, as seen in such examples as “Zelig” (1983), “This Is Spinal Tap” (1984) and “Fear of a Black Hat” (1993). But the key, as noted above, is in doing them right, something to which this latest such offering from writer-directors Nick Lieberman and Molly Gordon can’t lay claim. The problem here is that the picture is too hit or miss on too many fronts: When it’s on, it’s brilliant and genuinely hilarious (especially in the film’s final act); however, when it’s not, it tries too hard to be funny ...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000.00
Revenue $4,400,000.00