valmont666

I originally wasn't going to compare this to "Fame", but it's kinda inevitable. Don't get me wrong...I love "Fame" and will always love it, but "Camp" just had something about it that stuck with me. I guess it's just more relatable for me. In my high school plays I was the "honest to God straight boy" among the fag hags and the gay guys. I wasn't always as lucky as Vlad...but that's a story for another time. Anyways...the songs in the movie (original and broadway showtunes)were hella rad. The cast just completely blew me away, especially the girl who played Dee, my favorite character in the movie. All around awesome movie...these kids have very promising futures with their talent. "Camp" is definitely my new favorite movie.

There's no getting around the fact that this is an odd film. There's not much of a plot which means the movie solely lies on the characters. That is a good thing. All of the characters are real and (well at least three of them) are sympathetic. You care for them and feel bad when s**t hits the fan for them. The acting was superb by all of the young cast, especially Tifanny Limos. Larry Clark always seems to find the best unknown actors for his films and many of them have gone on to bigger things (Chloe Sevingy anyone?). Now the big issue about this film, as his last film "Bully", is it's unrated nature. I didn't want to really get into the whole sex thing cause that's not what the movie is all about, but what the hell. There were a few shots that were really unnecessary such as watching Claude's dad take a piss, but other things seem to fit in well for the storytelling. The infamous masturbation scene was to show how screwed up Tate was with the whole fine line between pleasure and pain thing. The end threesome was to show that even though these kids have been put through s**t for the past day they can always rely on each other to help them forget their problems. This is Larry Clark's most controversial film, but not his best in my opinion (I think "Bully" is), but it's still awesome. It's realism at it's best. I love Larry Clark's work and can only hope to someday be a film maker like him that breaks the taboos and pushes the boundaries of censorchip. This movie is like the American "Y tu Mama Tambien" with it's views of sexuality and today's youth. The writer, directors, and cast should be very proud of themselves. I pray for an unedited theatrical release because i would love to see "Ken Park" on the big screen

I have been aware of this movie for sometime now. From it's production state, to it's now third pushed back release date. It took me forever to track down a copy of it, but it was worth it. This movie is less like the popular teen films of the 90s like "She's All That" and "10 Things I Hate About You", and more like the darkly comedic and often overlooked "Drop Dead Gorgeous". The performances are great, especailly by Piper Perabo who is now fully redeemed for "Rocky and Bullwinkle". Jane Mcgreor also turns in an excellent comedic performance in her debut film. Both the girls have promising careers in their futures. Yes, there are many stereotypes in the film, but they do work as a comedic affect. Let's face it, America likes to make fun of two kinds of people. Texans and the French. This movie does a great job at both. The only thing needed now is a THEATRICAL RELEASE! SOON! This movie is too good to stay shelved or end up straight to video.