{"id":42019,"date":"2019-01-18T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42019"},"modified":"2020-11-22T18:59:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T01:59:13","slug":"meatballs-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42019","title":{"rendered":"Meatballs (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It just doesn&#8217;t matter! It just doesn&#8217;t matter!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-42020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Poster.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA wacky counselor (Bill Murray) inspires his motley crew of misfit summer campers to stay positive during their annual Olympiad competition with a rival camp, while romancing a fellow counselor (Kate Lynch) and providing one-on-one mentoring to an insecure young boy (Chris Makepeace).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Murray Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Misfits<\/li>\n<li>Summer Camp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;unremarkable comedy&#8221; &#8212; the first in a string of films Bill Murray made with director Ivan Reitman, including <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73\"><em>Stripes<\/em> (1981)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42061\"><em>Ghostbusters<\/em> (1984)<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;broke Canadian box-office records, proving former <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> star Bill Murray could make it as a movie star.&#8221; He notes that while &#8220;Murray is quite funny&#8221;, &#8220;too much of the humor is sophomoric and tasteless&#8221;, and &#8220;at times schmaltz gets in [the] way of humor&#8221;. That just about sums up this tedious flick, which was understandably enjoyable for audiences of the day hoping to either relive nostalgic memories of summer camp or fantasize about what never was, but hasn&#8217;t held up well at all. It&#8217;s strictly must-see viewing for Murray fans.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An innocently nostalgic look back at summer camp<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Nostalgia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Nostalgia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Nostalgia.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Nostalgia-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Meatballs-Nostalgia-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope. You can skip it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079540\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/meatballs\/review\/105891\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwipster.net\/meatballs.htm\">Qwipster Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6061&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/meatballs.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It just doesn&#8217;t matter! It just doesn&#8217;t matter!&#8221; Synopsis: A wacky counselor (Bill Murray) inspires his motley crew of misfit summer campers to stay positive during their annual Olympiad competition with a rival camp, while romancing a fellow counselor (Kate Lynch) and providing one-on-one mentoring to an insecure young boy (Chris Makepeace). Genres: Bill Murray Films Comedy Misfits Summer Camp Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that this &#8220;unremarkable comedy&#8221; &#8212; the first in a string of films Bill Murray&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42019\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42019"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53925,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42019\/revisions\/53925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}