Camp Takota

Fun movie about the adult camp counselors and kid campers at a summer camp. Hilarious characters with different stories that show why they continued to work at camp or brought them to return to work at camp. . Enjoyed the energy of the cast and unexpected turns in the storyline. Movie left an impression that it was written by folks that aren't the standard Hollywood cookie cutter machine. Loved the quirky Chet character who was bossed around by Maxine and followed her around like a puppy dog. Don't know why there is a mention of an intense scene. It even has it's own camp song. Watched it in the cold dead of winter and appreciated the woodland scenes!

This movie doesn't deserve more than 6 stars. I might even be a little bit too nice. Although I really appreciate those internet personalities, the storyline wasn't great and most of it was predictable. Mamrie's acting was good (I think she's the most experienced one in that area), so was Grace's but Hannah's didn't convince me (sorry Harto. Boop Boop!). It's a good start, though. This is their first movie and you can see that they had fun making it. I really hope that the next one will be more entertaining as well as more elaborate and witty. That being said, if you want to spend a nice evening in front of a sweet movie, Camp Takota is the right fit as long as you don't expect to be blown away by the storyline and the puns.

This is a cute TV-grade movie about an unestablished young -- but not-that-young-anymore -- woman who escapes her dysfunctional life to work as a counselor at a summer camp, although she's just a leeeeetle bit too old for that.

"TV-grade" meaning that the actors can't really act and that the script is as predictable and boring as ... well, an underdeveloped and underdramatised TV movie.

When comely but still totally down-to-earth Elise (Grace Helbig) arrives back at Camp Takota, it quickly transpires that her camp counselor colleagues from back in the day are actually lesbians. That's why they always bunked together, geddit? Elise discovers the charms of simple camping life along with the rugged charms of local hunk Jeff who's an alternative farmer. Will Elise return to her busy city life or ... I'll stop here because I don't want to give away the ending.

I don't want to be overly sarky, this is an OK little movie but unquestionably a looooong way from being 7.5/10 impressive, as the current IMDb ranking would have it. Running a successful Youtube channel and being a successful movie actress are two different pairs of shoes after all.

As a major fan of Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart, I figured I would automatically love this movie, which I did. But even if you don't know them from their YouTube channels, this movie still freaking rocks. There were so many laugh-out-loud moments - and I am very grateful that I was home alone watching this since I was laughing like a complete idiot the whole way through.

Grace, Hannah, and Mamrie (along with all the other actors) were amazing and were able to tell this camp story extremely well. 'Camp Takota' has definitely been added to my list of 'Binge-Watching Movies' (with the likes of 'Mean Girls,' 'Pitch Perfect,' 'Easy A,' and others) for when you just need a good laugh.

I take my hat off (not literally. I am not wearing a hat) to Mamrie Hart for co-writing this, and I have one question left for the Holy Trinity: Sequel?

At the time of writing, this film had an 8.4 on IMDb and mostly 5 star reviews on Letterboxd. I had been waiting for this to come out for months, but I'd been a little sceptical that all these high ratings were just because this is Grace, Mamrie and Hannah's movie.

Camp Takota has a very simple and lighthearted storyline with some great jokes and some pretty solid acting from its extremely likable cast. Yes, this was shot on a minuscule budget and had its share of problems regarding distribution but it's beautifully shot and there are some incredibly emotional scenes that I really did not expect.

It's obvious that everyone involved in making Takota has a blast doing so and it really does translate onto the screen. It's a fun ride with some very admirable performances.