I watched Meatball several times in preteen years shortly after it was released, and remember loving it. Finally got the chance to see it again and became depressed. Found it cheesy and not funny. I know many of the movies from that time were cheesy, but they were genuinely funny, e.g., Stripes, Revenge of the Nerds, Strange Brew. I love Bill Murray but hated "Tripper". The movie did do a good job in defining the "summer camp movie". I hear about people recalling this fondly. It has developed a cult following. I thought about watching this with my kids (once they are 17 of course . . .), but after seeing it again I am glad that I didn't. Would of lost all my street cred. Lame jokes, lame characters, lame movie.
Review of Meatballs
