If you loved A Futile and Stupid Gesture, try Wet Hot American Summer

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by David Wain, and they both carry the pitch black, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Futile and Stupid Gesture, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Wet Hot American Summer is

Camp Firewood, last day of summer 1981, a boombox playing. Counselors scramble, a NASA alert sounds, and the talent show looms. David Wain's chaotic comedy sets the stage for a frantic finale.

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