Meatballs

Meatballs is a Canadian comedy set at Camp Northstar, a low-cost summer camp where Tripper Harrison works as head counselor. Tripper is barely more mature than the campers he supervises, and he and the other counselors spend much of their time playing pranks, especially on Morty, the camp director. Among the campers is Rudy, a boy who struggles to fit in and is mocked by the others. Tripper takes Rudy under his wing, and the two form a friendship that helps Rudy gain confidence. Meanwhile, the camp prepares to face its rivals at Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, and romance develops between Tripper and Roxanne, a fellow counselor.

The film was directed by Ivan Reitman, the first of the fifteen features he directed in chronological order, ahead of Stripes in 1981. Harold Ramis, Len Blum and Daniel Goldberg wrote the screenplay, and Goldberg produced. Bill Murray stars as Tripper Harrison, with Harvey Atkin as Morty and supporting turns from Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Todd Hoffman and Matt Craven. It was made on a budget of about one million dollars and runs 92 minutes.

Audience response has been modest: on IMDb it holds 3.7 out of 10 from 666 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.8 out of 10 from 374 votes. A film critics' rating of 6.2 out of 10 from 37 reviews is noticeably higher than the IMDb audience score.