luckily for bill murray this be such a light weight project since he pretty much have to carry it . meatball be the story of low rent camp northstar and how it counselor deal with the camper as well a one another . then there be much make of their wealthy rival from across the lake name camp mohawk which culminate in a two day olympiad competition . above it all be bill murray clown around and make a pretty memorable film debut . the film be sprinkle with medium size laugh and chuckle and and more than a few guffaw along the way . the big laugh come from the prank play on the nerdy camp director . three of them involve the counselor move his bed outside in various location while he sleep . morty and or micky a everyone call him and wake up along the side of a road and string up in some tree several foot above the ground and and finally float on a raft in the middle of the lake . there be also some funny moment involve the counselor hit on one another and but this be a pg rat film with little in the way of raunchiness . the film take a serious note involve a shy camper name rudy who be play by chris makepeace . of course it up to murray to teach the kid how to open up and and give him the confidence he need to run a marathon during the olympiad . the sentimentality of rudy situation seem tack on to a great degree . notice how when murray first see the kid sit alone in the grass after get off the bus he tell him and you must be the short depressed kid we order . make you wonder if that line be really in the script or murray be just ad libbing while the camera be roll . in other word and murray might as well have say to makepeace and you must be that actor we hire to play the stereotypical lonely kid you see in most summer camp film who doesn not fit in . but before it all over and murray performance make this plot device more than bearable . he really seem to have some good chemistry with makepeace . the film culminate with the game between the two rival camp . very little of the event we be show be even slightly believable and but it just doesn not matter . this be a pretty good film on many level . don not let the absurd 5 . 6 rating this film be currently get scare you off . murray will keep you laugh throughout . just be warn . avoid the sequel . especially the one with corey feldman . positive star . the hound .