Pitching Tents

2017 American film

Michael Grant
Jim Norton
Booboo Stewart
Samantha Basalari
Jonathan Lipnicki

CinematographyChristopher ByeEdited byDavid HopperMusic byZack Ryan

Production
company

Meritage Pictures

Release date

31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)

Running time

92 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Pitching Tents is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Jacob Cooney, starring Michael Grant, Jim Norton, Booboo Stewart, Samantha Basalari and Jonathan Lipnicki.

Cast

Michael Grant as Danny
Jim Norton as Mr. Mulligan
Booboo Stewart as Todd
Samantha Basalari as Alison
Jonathan Lipnicki as Scott
Eric Allan Kramer as Bruce
Spencer Daniels as Stash
Marco James as Phil
Michelle Duffy as Caroline
Josh Caras as Pete
Chris Ellis as Principal Don Bishop
John Farley as Jack
Kevin Farley as Neal
Vincent Pastore as Tony
Richard Riehle as Grandpa
Ashley Kate Adams as Becca
Kabby Borders as Shelley
Kendra Cantara as Dawn
Madison Coppola as Adrianne
Ashley Couture as Kim
David Gere as Mike the Cop
Kathy Searle as Ms. Keyes

Reception

Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "is all cutesy retro raunchiness without any innovation or comedic payoff", and that "it might have been excusable back in the day, but now it’s just boring."^[1]

Joe Leydon of Variety wrote that "the perpetrators of this throwback flotsam have been so diligent in their efforts to replicate the look, tone and smirk of those instantly forgettable trifles, their movie could almost pass for a thirtysomething-year-old feature only recently recovered from a time capsule."^[2]

References

^ Walsh, Katie (30 March 2017). "Review: Retro comedy 'Pitching Tents' flounders with '80s raunch". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
^ Leydon, Joe (31 March 2017). "Film Review: 'Pitching Tents'". Variety. Retrieved 8 October 2023.