Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Best movie ever!

A Major Disappointment

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I saw this when it originally aired back in 1990. I caught a glimpse of it in 99', and have been trying to get a copy of it on ebay ever since. I finally did, and my expectations were met. I loved this movie, despite its cheese factor. It was from the 80's, pretty much, so all of its nuances and idiosyncrasies were to be expected. The movie was genuine, at least. The cliched storylines were a very prominent thing in youth television around this time, especially on NBC (see saved by the bell and California Dreams), so that didn't bother me. Besides, I felt the movie mixed it up enough that I was throroughly entertained despite its predictability. Some of the great moments of the movie in my eyes were Max burning the steak, Urkel macking to that girl the whole movie, the rap (of course), the softball game, and the twist at the end where winnie goes for the kid from 'my two dads'. (I take it for what its worth, sue me). Also, this movie was a testament to just how talented the kid who played Urkel really was. He was the only character in the movie who had to completely change up his normal TV role, which he did successfully, plus he commanded the movie's most instrumental segment, the rap. I always thought about how lucky Jaleel White's parents must have felt, that they were the parents of the goose that laid the golden egg who was paying dividends at like age 10. Back to the movie, the music rocked too. C'mon, the opening bus scene, and than the rap, it was pretty damn good for a TV movie. Nowadays the movie itself seems like a demonic high school reunion of sorts for B teen celebs from back in the day. Weird...but it hits the spot everytime. It doesn't get much better than this, minus the slow moving and unstimulating scenes with sherman helmsley. Its got my vote, but as you may have guessed, I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

i was 7 years old when this movie came out and i remember that my mom taped it for me. i am now a 20 year old college student, and when i was looking at tapes to see what I could tape over, i ran into camp cucamonga and i remember how much i loved this movie. i watched it, and yeah it was bad now, but it was still something that made me smile!

After finding this movie, i have decided that, that while it wasn't a total waste of movie, it is an otherwise wast of movie for the actors, but it was good exposure when it first aired in Sept 1990 on NBC.John Ratzenberger still in his "Cliff" mode, (then totally fresh and utterly underappreciated) Jennifer Aniston, an aging Sherman Helmsly ("The Jeffersons") etc, etc.On to the plot, its about a contemporary Summer Camp somewhere in California in 1990 AD...when fluffy hair, wristbands, mutlicolored socks, and Pop music were popular; this movie was more about the clothing color, than about the camp.Its a typical Cliched story where a camp loses its accredidation, councilors and campers first get a genuine taste of love, and kids bring all their belongings with them such as trophys, posters, stereos, and even an elaborate video camera!But where this movie faults is in its shear campiness and predictability! The kids do produce a wrap video being the only surprise, albiet its very cheezy because its lead singer is the kid who played Urkell. But the rest is pure cliches: theres the customary intrapersonal feuds between rich and not-so-rich, kids go off alone and get lost in the woods, the camp's owner Merv (Ratzenberger) can't tell the difference between an inspector and the handyman (Helmsly) And Of course the sappy love story: the responsible councilor Ava (Aniston) who eventually falls for the party/womanizing Roger played by an unknown actor.All in all a good "let's make fun of those idoits" movie, if you can ever find it!

Man oh man. This movie is really only for those sentimental about the time when pink Bugle Boy shirts were socially acceptable. Plot is evidently not all that important to the makers of this one, but what *is* important is squeezing in as many B-celebrities as possible without going over budget. All of Candace Cameron, (a then unknown) Jennifer Aniston, The Infathomable Breckin Meyer, Jaleel UPN White, John Ratzenberger, The Nerd From The Wonder Years, Good Winnie Hunting, and a whoooole bunch of other people you might recognize from TGIF. I sat there wondering when Dabney Coleman and Leslie Nielson were going to show up.It's about a camp. It's about some American youth. Who sing. Sing. Sing!!!!Recommended for sarcastic teenagers who have nothing to make fun of.