Meatballs

Along with the set pieces of comic disaster there’s also a touching (sort of) subplot as Tripper brings the shy boy Rudy (Chris Makepeace) out of his shell and makes him realise his true worth.

If one or two fall flat, so what. The next probably will hit your funnybone.

Through it all, Murray smiles and forges ahead, but his big riffs have been edited down to frantic bursts of mugging.

It's difficult to come up with a more cliche situation for a summer pic than a summer camp, where all the characters and plot turns are readily imaginable. That makes director Ivan Reitman's accomplishment all the more noteworthy.

Camp counsellor Tripper (Murray) is a John Belushi clone whose 'charisma' dominates the film's standard wackiness and sentimental story (of a kid who doesn't fit).

...while Meatballs is not a very good movie, you still kind of wish you could have gone to Camp North Star as a camper.

Amusing in an antiquated way? Perhaps. But funny? No.

I can't really say Meatballs is a great film, it's a silly, stupid summer movie, and sometimes, that's exactly what you need.

For those of you that are big fans of the cult comedy hit Wet Hot American Summer, Meatballs is the summer camp movie it parodied the most, even though Meatballs had a bigger heart and was strictly PG.