MinistryofDoom

Ah yes, a werewolf movie....if by "werewolf" one means a woman in yellow contact lenses and pointy teeth. Do not be misled: there are no actual werewolves in this movie. There is very little horror here as well. What we are treated to is a mopey girl who whines and complains throughout most of the film, saving the last 20 minutes for when she finally goes nuts, but even then, it's a huge disappointment because what you're expecting to finally happen..never does. The score was good though!

Skip this and go watch paint dry; it's more interesting than this snorefest. The story suffers from many plot holes, poor acting, and terrible dialogue. The fun bits make up less than 15 minutes and the climax itself is ultimately reached far quicker than you could raise and eyebrow and say "Huh?". The dogs weren't so much fun "characters" as they were just staring off into space while some actor flatly delivers lines over them. There is no entertainment to be had from this film at all. It feels like something that even the Family Channel would pass on. Save yourself the waste of time. Watch the trailer and you'll pretty much have seen the best parts in under 5 minutes. Yeah, this is a "fun family movie", if you're a mortician and your family are a bunch of cadavers.

Growing up, I've always been jealous of the kids that got to go away to summer camps each year. To be able to go out on a weeks long adventures without parents, that's every kid's dream at one point. Camp Nowhere is just that. It's a story about a group of misfit kids that hire a reclusive con-artist to chaperone them at their own personal summer camp where they get to let loose and do what they want without parental supervision. Of course, it's got the stereotypical classes of youth: the glamour girl, the insecure brainy girl, the rebellious rule-breaking cool guy that everyone envies, the dorky awkward kid, and the goofy sidekick. Yep, they're all there. Each kid's parents are planning to send him or her to a specialized camp where they could hone their unique hobby skills whether it be theater, computer programming, etc...The thing is, these kids just want to spend a summer going "nowhere" and doing absolutely nothing in particular. So that's exactly what they set out to do. So they conspire together to create a camp where they could do what they want, when they want with no rules, no parental supervision, no counselors, no adults. Things start out fun but it all soon goes off the rails in hilarious ways.

You'll recognize Christopher Lloyd right away as the reclusive Dennis Van Welker. He took this film just after he completed Back to The Future 3, and Dennis the Menace. Lloyd is awesome and lovable throughout the film, as always. He's just naturally likeable with his funny and goofy antics. Also, a fun fact: Thomas F. Wilson plays the goofy cop in this film. You may recognize him as Biff Tannen from the Back to The Future movies. So this is a reunion for both Lloyd and Wilson as B2TF Alum.

Camp Nowhere is also significant because it was the debut of two future stars: Jessica Alba in her first film role as Gail, and Andrew Keegan who played cool kid, Zack Dell. Six years later, Alba would land a recurring role in the Dark Angel series, and Keegan would become a teen heartthrob with a long list of roles and appearances.

Overall Camp Nowhere a great family-friendly comedy driven a cast of very talented kids. Everyone will get a kick out of it. It fits into the Summer Camp genre nicely along side other films such as Heavyweights, Meatballs, Indian Summer, etc. Not a bad choice for movie night!