Meatballs

1979 92 min ★ 5.8 Comedy

Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.

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Cast

Bill Murray

Tripper Harrison

Harvey Atkin

Morty

Russ Banham

Crockett

Kristine DeBell

A.L.

Matt Craven

Hardware

Kate Lynch

Roxanne

Sarah Torgov

Candace

Keith Knight

Fink

Chris Makepeace

Rudy

Jack Blum

Spaz

Details

Director

Ivan Reitman

Tagline

"Are you ready for a good time?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,207,520

Production

Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players, Haliburton Films

Reviews

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Wuchak

October 7, 2018

★ 7/10

Amusing and harmless misadventures at summer camp with Bill Murray Bill Murray (who was 28 during shooting) stars as an eccentrically droll camp counselor at Camp North Star who “trains” CITs, counselors-in-training, as they oversee the hordes of kids and face challenges with teams from preppy Camp Mohawk. “Meatballs” (1979) is a fun and innocuous summer camp flick. It’s not great but it’s e...