Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

"Since it is basically just a collection of loosely connected stories smushed together, there is no reason for this to be episodic rather than just a four-hour movie."

"It’s more hit or miss (than the movie), and it has a coarser edge, with more of a tendency to rely on comic violence for laughs."

"If most of Showalter’s schtick doesn’t work, every scene Paul Rudd is in does, and so the project has a surprisingly successful give and take."

"If one plot string doesn’t hook you, wait two minutes and you may have better luck."

"The seams are visible; the inconsistencies, obvious. But the show’s brand of humour delights in the absurd, the makeshift, and the overblown."

"(The first episode is) jam-packed with hilarious lines and typically absurdist sight gags..."

"Mostly Wet Hot… simply made The Inbetweeners look sophisticated."

"I found it all funny, and even strangely compelling; it has crazy multi-thread narrative thrust."

"I never expected it to be quite as great, lively, and funny as it was."

"The jokes quickly grow repetitive and innocuous."