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Robbie D @RT78184041 Jul 16, 2026 Very good and funny. I love Lars. And the Perkis See more Kymber H. @SandlotLover17 Jun 14, 2026 It’s already. It makes me feel bad for all of the plumper children out there. (Like me) See more Emily W @RT61684370 Apr 2, 2026 ABSOLUTE CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE! 100/10 MUST WATCH This movie is perfection. See it for yourself. The charisma and humor each person on set carries throughout this film makes it great. The plot is a rollercoaster ride like none you’ve seen before. I would give anything to experience seeing this for the first time again. I urge and beg, sit and watch with pizza, sausages, candies (melted or not), and a crisp soda. Let this film take you back to simpler time, summer camp. (PS you’ll get the food references if you watch the film!) See more Michael S. @Suba117 Jan 8, 2026 One of my most favorite moves. Don’t listen to the critic score. See more Fox W. @foxygrandpa910 Dec 24, 2025 Childhood classic of mine. I remember watching this on vhs. Tony Perkis is an ultimate villain and the fan theories that he is connected to White Goodman are awesome. See more Joey H. @Joeyhubb1989 Oct 4, 2025 Released on February 17th, 1995; directed by Steven Brill, written by Brill and Judd Apatow, and a with a musical score composed by J.A.C. Redford, this film from Walt Disney Pictures tells the comedic story of a group of heavyset boys spending a summer at a weight loss camp, which has just been taken over by an overzealous, unscrupulous and borderline psychotic fitness guru. At the heart of this story is young Gerald “Gerry” Garner, an 11 year old boy from Long Island, New York. As school lets out for the summer, Gerry has absolutely no plans to do anything but hang out and have fun. However, his parents make the decision against his wishes to send him to a weight loss summer camp for boys known as Camp Hope. Gerry isn’t looking forward to going, but soon feels reassured after meeting a fellow camper named Roy Murphy. Upon arriving at the camp, Gerry quickly befriends Roy and all of his other cabin bunk mates for the summer; consisting of Michael Simms, Cody Farley, Samuel “Salami Sam” Dampier, Phillip Grubenov, Nicholas Wales and their leader Josh Birnbaum. Gerry also meets counselors Pat Finley, Tim Orford and new nurse Julie Belcher. On the first night of camp, the long time owners Alice and Harvey Bushkin are saddened to announce that they were forced to declare bankruptcy and had to sell the camp to a new owner; a maniacal fitness guru named Tony Perkis Jr, who intends to spend the summer filming a weight loss infomercial by making all of the boys work hard to lose weight. As the boys spend their summer feeling miserable, they soon come up with a plan to take over the camp and take back their summer with help from Pat, Tim, Julie, and three of Tony’s employees; foreigner Lars; former camper Dawson, and Kenny Parry the Cameraman. As the kids and counselors finally start to enjoy their summer and have a great time, they soon become strong and confident enough to take on Camp MVP, the sporting camp across the lake in an all out contest known as the Apache Relay. The adult cast in this film includes Tom McGowan as Pat Finley; Paul Feig as Tim Orford; Leah Lail as Julie Belcher; Tom Hodges as Lars, Allen Covert as Kenny Parry; David Bowe as Chris Donnelly; Tim Blake Nelson as Roger Johnson; Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller as the Bushkins; Jeffrey Tambor as Maury Garner; and Ben Stiller in a dual role as both Tony Perkis Jr and Tony Perkis Sr, the Lighting Fixture King. The film also includes future filmmakers Judd Apatow as Homer Schulz and Peter Berg as an unnamed Chef. The child actors in this film include three actors from the Mighty Ducks trilogy; Aaron Schwartz as Gerald “Gerry” Garner; Kenan Thompson as Roy Murphy; and Shaun Weiss as Josh Birnbaum. The rest of the child cast includes Robert Zalkind as Michael Simms; Cody Burger as Cody Farley; Max Goldblatt as Phillip Grubenov; David Goldman as Nicholas Wales, and Joseph Wayne Miller as Samuel “Salami Sam” Dampier. Filmed and released between the releases of D2 and D3: The Mighty Ducks, this 90s film has become a cult classic and a must watch for Disney lovers. It’s certainly a guilty pleasure of mine. I give it a solid nine out of ten. See more Read all reviews

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