It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

While attempting to see this in a second run theater on a school night, it was mysteriously sold out, so i opted for "Interview with a Vampire" instead and left halfway through. It would have to wait till the days of the internet for me to rightfully obtain a copy and pursue my viewing pleasure. This was an awesome kids movie, it was every kids dream come true, No parents, Plenty of money, and a camp counselor that has traveled through time. Christopher Lloyd teams up with Thomas F. Wilson (biff) in an awkward comedy about the limits an out of work school teacher is willing to go to make a thousand bucks. So the premise is all these rich kids have to go to camp in the summer and their dreading it. A plan is organized so all the parents Think there going away to their respective camps, but instead they take the money and rent out a lodge for the entire summer to cause mayhem. The doc is recruited to act as the adult in the transaction, which contains quite a hilarious exchange between Lloyd and Burgess Meredith (golobulos). The summer goes as planned, kids curb their boring specialties (playing the cello, using computers) and use their parents camp money on video games, electric guitar's, wide screen televisions, probably a thousand pizza's and of course a whole line of Nerf products! It's an orgy of junk food, pranks and the fabled Popcorn omelet. The dishes are done man, its summer, Jessica Alba is here, LETS PARTY!

I thoroughly enjoyed Camp Nowhere! It's a great movie to just sit back and relax to, while vicariously living out on screen the things you wish you could have done as a teen. This movie is better than Meatballs, or other "summer camp" movies, as it doesn't feel the need to resort to sexual content to be funny.

Involuntarily I have watched this one on TV. It was good, had an okay storyline (even though pretty unrealistic... but that applies to all movies of this kind), and most importantly it didn't have exaggerated cheap and lame humour a lá Police Academy or similar. This one might even entertain grown ups. I'd say this movie was one of the better kid's flicks (not saying that Police Academy is one, but honestly, it's a big piece of crap). However I can't judge the original version since I've seen the German dubbed version which was pretty ok. I think it's underrated here at IMdB. I give it a kids/comedy rating of 7/10 (please note that this is not a generic movie rating. imo you cannot judge all kinds of movies the same).

A very ingenious and enjoyable comedy for all the family. Most of the Y-geners can delight watching their stars at the beginning of their acting careers: Jonathan Jackson ("General Hospital"), Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate About You), Marnette Patterson ("Movie Stars"), Jessica Alba ("Dark Angel"), and Allison Mack ("Smallville").It's also good for the X-geners to see Christopher Lloyd and Thomas F. Wilson together again (they previously appeared on the Back to the Future trilogy, as Dr. Emmett L. Brown and Biff Tannen, respectively).It's a load out of fun! Highly recommendable.