Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

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Synopsis

Dir: David Wain. Comedy. In a parody of teen movies of the 1980s, the staff (Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Ken Marino) of a children's camp try to finish their tasks on the last day of summer.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, some in a sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of sexually suggestive scenes - no nudity or detail; frequent use of sexual language - some detail
• Infrequent detailed portrayals of illegal substance use in a comic context; infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context - some detail

Thematic elements

• The conventions of the teen comedy film
• Parody and exaggeration
• Perspectives on summer camp

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language

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