Theater Camp

Summary: The eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York must band together with the beloved founder's bro-y son to keep the camp afloat.

Release Date: September 14, 2023

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Molly Gordon

, Nick Lieberman

Writers: Noah Galvin

, Molly Gordon

, Nick Lieberman

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Gloria Sanchez Productions, Picturestart, Searchlight Pictures, Topic Studios

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,009,945

International: $ 400,900

Box office:

Domestic:$4MInternational:$400.9KWorldwide:$4.4M

Adaptation/remake:

based on short film

Production:

Searchlight Pictures

(Walt Disney Studios subsidiary)

Metacritic audience rated it equally with the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

70/100

Metacritic User:

70/100

39%43%

39% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

43% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White35.71%Black21.43%Jewish21.43%Asian7.14%Latino7.14%Mixed / Other7.14%

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LGBTQ content included:

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BechdeltestPassed!

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Message3/5
Role model3/5
Diverse3/5
Violence1/5
Sex2/5
Language3/5
Consumerism1/5

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Race	White	Asian	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	9		9		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Forebears	5	1	6
Ethnic	2		2		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Bettaface	1		1		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.betafaceapi.com/demo_old.html
Total	17	1	18
Cast Percentages	94.44%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1990) Percentage	75.6%	2.78%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[{"name":"White","y":75.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.35,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":2.78,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.33,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.8,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":9,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.9,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.22,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1990) Representation	+18.84	+2.78		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[["White",75.6],["Asian",2.78]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	3.5%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+13.19	+2.06		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Asian",3.5]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	80.3%	3.28%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11754247015222,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":479458890027,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1266576400662,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":89247251884,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":629049960000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":419532888918,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+14.14	+2.28		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",80.3],["Asian",3.28]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World population (1990) Percentage	18.18%	35.17%		{"name":"World population (1990) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":10255352235,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":29818948239,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":6916814927,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":95592664863,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":54375905652,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":184922908066,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":37059058840,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":105067424240,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1770611959,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1990) Representation	+76.26	-29.61		{"name":"World population (1990) ","series":[["White",18.18],["Asian",35.17]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	29.46%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+57.96	-23.9		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Asian",29.46]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Asian","y":5.56,"color":"#90ee7e"}]}
Notes		The US Census considers Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Bangladeshi as Asians. At ZR we group Pakistanis with the Arab world. And we group Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi with India because 1.) they are all genetically similar as "South Asians and 2.) there are only a handful of actors from those regions in our database. However, you are viewing the "Asian Alone" category from the US Census when comparing it with Domestic representation. Also note that the 2000 and 2010 estimates include MultiRacial Asians not just "Asian Alone" estimates, and in some categories they include Native Hawaiians as "Asian." So there is a margin of error less than 1% and some inconsistencies with the grouping.

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This film gets a 1/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21232992/parentalguide last updated: 2024-10-27Update data
Commonsensemedia Rating https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/theater-camp last updated: 2024-10-27Update data
Message 3/5	Letting kids explore their passions and artistic gifts is a positive experience. Theater camps can provide tweens and teens with an important creative outlet. Best friends should support each other without being smothering or controlling. Not every actor will be a big star, but they still need encouragement.
Role model 3/5	Camp staff members, while flawed and sometimes petty, want to create an inclusive, welcoming place where all drama kids can find a safe space to be themselves without judgment. Amos and Rebecca-Diane love each other and demonstrate a close (if borderline co-dependent) platonic relationship. They care about helping the kids be the best actors they can be (though they're sometimes hard on them), and Glenn loves the camp enough to save the show from embarrassment. Troy, for all his silliness, cares for his mom and his dreams. But he's also shallow, materialistic, and clueless.
Diverse 3/5	Racial, ethnic, body size, and LGBTQ+ representation among camp staffers and students. Theater camp is portrayed as being so LGBTQ+ friendly that a straight boy apologizes for wanting to play football. A boy camper comes out as straight to his gay dads.
Violence 1/5	Stage combat and fake fighting. One kid slaps another. Joan has a seizure and is in a medical coma for most of the movie. Some of the songs and monologues performed have potentially disturbing words.
Sex 2/5	Discussion of kids giving too much "virgin" energy to play a sexy role; commentary about how a young girl's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" in an audition makes her believable as a French prostitute, to which someone objects, but only because the term should be "sex worker." References to a character's crush on another actor. Brief discussion of people being hot/attractive. Implied sex between Troy and the woman from the rival camp.
Language 3/5	Strong language includes a couple of uses of "f--k," plus "damn," "bitch," "ass," "s--t" (in a song sung by a child), "piss," "hell," "goddamn," and "vaginal sleeve" in reference to fashion.
Consumerism 1/5	References to many real musicals, plus Playbill, YouTube, social media.
Drinking 0/5	Camp staff members drink alcohol confiscated from campers. A musical reference to a character's cocaine use in the 1970s or 1980s features a giant prop nose with white fabric symbolizing the cocaine flowing out of the nostril. An adult asks whether a camper took his CBD gummies, and it seems like that could have happened. Jokes about Throat Coat tea being dealt like drugs and a "tear stick" being a form of doping for actors. A cafeteria worker drinks cooking wine while making a camp meal.

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Theater Camp 87%

From sundance.org: "As summer rolls around again, kids are gathering from all over to attend AdirondACTS, a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York that’s a haven for budding performers. After its indomitable...

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Theater Camp Passed!

This movie passed 3 of 3 tests. It was entered by Ben on 2023-10-03 22:03:58. Ben said:

Janet and Rebecca-Diane talk about Janet's "chaotic" energy.

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Theater Camp, 2023 - ★★★

I'm kind of torn on this because I like it a lot in theory and there are a handful of genuine lol moments. That said, I can't help but feel that the whole mockumentary framing device is a cheat that...

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