I don't think this movie was worth a watch at all. I was really bored so just put on this movie and ended up being more bored. I didn't like the cast so much either. The movie was not touching and was not interesting at all. The whole romance thing also lacked chemistry. It felt very bland. It also didn't have much humour and didn't feel funny where it was supposed to be. It was like predictable and nothing very much that'll blow you away. I don't know why it has above 7 ratings here, but i'm sure once the user review start coming in it'll drop. It felt like a very typical kind of movie and wasn't anything new that would amaze people.
Camp Takota
2014
Action / Comedy
Camp Takota
2014
Action / Comedy
Keywords: childhood friendssummer camp
Plot summary
With her personal and professional life in shambles, Elise ends up having to take a job as a counselor at her old summer camp. There, she reunites with two estranged friends who attended camp and never left. When the future of the camp is put in jeopardy, the three friends must band together to save it, changing the course of their lives forever.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEBMovie Reviews
nothing special
Heartwarming, hilarious, and nostalgic
This film, despite having traditional, good old fashioned fun at it's very core, is hugely important in terms of indie films of the future. Not only does it rely on downloads for income, it's stars, Grace Helbig (Elise),Mamrie Hart (Maxine) and Hannah Hart (Allison) all spend most of their time being wonderfully funny and talented YouTube comedians. The way everything was produced, distributed, and made- from casting, to vlogging of it's production- marks an exciting future for film.
This excitement is heightened when watching the picture itself. Elise, an aspiring writer, seems to have her future secured with to-be husband Jeff (Chester See, another YouTube sensation),spending all her spare minutes researching honeymoons in Paris. However, a rather awful afternoon flips her surface-perfect life upside down. Her old summer camp is the flip side that she finds herself in, after a drunken night on Facebook with her mobile and all the wrong- or right- numbers by her side. Upon arriving at camp, she finds herself being reunited with old friends Maxine and Allison, who don't seem to have moved from when she last saw them, when they were still lil' tater tots experiencing camp themselves. It is not just old friends that Elise collides with, though- a man in plaid with just the right amount of facial hair, named Eli (Chris Riedell),also happens to sail into her life, and sweetly, realistically awkward encounters ensue. Just when Elise begins to get comfortable (or uncomfortable, in one case) with nature, and settles in with the ways of the camp, the continuation of it's home-made, pinterest-style values are put on the balance, it's future uncertain. Can the dwindling fire of the camp be re-lit? Through trials and tribulations, the highs and low(e)s of friendship, shock phone-calls and sweaty-palmed romances, you find yourself at a satisfying conclusion to this question.
With beautiful cinematography, a pastel-filled colour palette and quirky, playful, mise-en-scene, the film is a visual treat. The screenplay, written by Lydia Genner and Mamrie Hart, provides belly laughs and truly tear-jerking moments. The execution and deliverance of the script is of extreme quality, especially considering it's stars have never appeared in any full length feature films before, with Hannah Hart never having acted before in her life. Mamrie Hart's presence on screen is undeniable; a natural performer, her comedic timing utterly perfect. Warm, charismatic and charming, Hannah Hart offers to the film a performance so rich and sweet that it's slightly impossible not to fall in love with her and her tank-top-bandanna outfit combination. Grace Helbig shows true potential as an actress, her ability to captivate the audience effortless and natural. She has no trouble at all in leading the film, her balance of incorporating subtle character traits, raw emotion, and flowing humour proving to be finely tuned. All of the supporting actors, including the children, give just as fantastic performances, each adding their own wonderful twist to the tale of Camp Takota. Promoting friendship, sticking to what you believe in, and trusting yourself, this production will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside- with just the right mix of jokes, development of character arcs and relationships, and enhancement of a beautiful setting, Takota is a very worthwhile watch.
Summer camp, to recover from life tragedies!
It's great to see the three YouTube stars doing a film together. I'm not their subscriber, so I don't them. But YouTube is my one of the major social network to hangout. As many reviewers said, it was an average film. Might be rated high by the fanboys. Though it could have been even worse. The same old, same old plot. Below par acting skills. The film particularly aimed for late 20s and early 30s people. The rest of the guys from different generation would find is unfunny.
A young woman who recently lost her job, as well as broke up with her boyfriend, heads to her childhood summer camp to become a staff member where her two old friends already been serving. Time to recover from all the recent disaster stricken life, she's unable to cope and things take unusual turns to make events more complicated. The remaining story is to tell how she manages around.
For such a B movie, it is an acceptable. But beware of predictable storyline. The lines should have been very motivated, especially towards the end. There's no twist, if you already know it's coming and what it is. Too many adult jokes, otherwise the film would have attracted the youngsters, like teens and kids. Simply one time watchable film. Or you can find similar other great flicks out there.
5/10