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Family camp, common sense media reviewers.

Hilarious faith-based comedy is aimed squarely at parents.

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

The only message kids are likely to take away is t

Two dads are set up as contrasts: One is preoccupi

Racial diversity among supporting characters, incl

Fathers who are angry with each other fight and ki

Focus on marital problems. Subplot involves teen r

Insulting words "dummy" and "idiot."

Brands shown or mentioned, often for comedy, inclu

Parents need to know that Family Camp is a faith-based family comedy starring YouTube's The Skit Guys, aka Tommy Woodard and Eddie James. While iffy content is mild, the story and messages are really directed at parents, so much so that kids may lose interest. Two dads let their frustration boil into fighting…

Positive Messages

The only message kids are likely to take away is that going to church camp as a family could be fun. But messages directed at parents, specifically dads, are about not just living your life next to your family but engaging with, listening to, and being present for them. Faith-based messages throughout, including that the patriarch's role is to lead his family in Christ.

Positive Role Models

Two dads are set up as contrasts: One is preoccupied with work, the other is comically super involved with every element of his family. Both grow from knowing each other. Women are conscientious mothers. Church leaders and camp directors offer positive guidance.

Diverse Representations

Racial diversity among supporting characters, including a mixed-race family, Black church pastors and congregation members, a Latino church camp director, and a successful Indian businessman. But female characters are seen in stereotypical roles and speak only about their spouses and kids. The teen daughter's storyline is about her interest in a boy.

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Violence & Scariness

Fathers who are angry with each other fight and kick, albeit comically. Villains threaten injury or death with a crossbow and by preventing hikers from getting to safety. A child is alone in the woods and hears scary noises, including wild animals.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide.

Sex, Romance & Nudity

Focus on marital problems. Subplot involves teen romance. Discussion about kissing. Boy calls a girl "a tease."

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Products & Purchases

Brands shown or mentioned, often for comedy, include Chick-fil-A, Fun Dip, Ace Hardware, Dodge Grand Caravan.

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Family Camp is a faith-based family comedy starring YouTube's The Skit Guys, aka Tommy Woodard and Eddie James. While iffy content is mild, the story and messages are really directed at parents, so much so that kids may lose interest. Two dads let their frustration boil into fighting (pushing and shoving), and a person is threatened with a crossbow. A child who's alone in the woods hears scary noises, including wild animals. Iffy language is limited to insults like "dummy" and "idiot"; characters also talk about kissing, and a boy calls a girl "a tease." There's racial diversity among supporting characters, but female characters are depicted stereotypically, only speaking about men, children, and marriage problems. While the story's focus is heavily on grown-up stuff, the activities at Camp Katokwah may get kids excited to go to church camp -- and for many families of faith, that will be a win. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Based on 9 parent reviews

Funny, Fun, Family Movie!! It’s about time! Loved it!

Don’t waste money on tickets - not funny, what's the story.

To get some quality family time together, the Ackermans sign up for their church's FAMILY CAMP. But when they end up bunking with the overachieving Sanders family, the Ackermans decide to go all in to win the camp's coveted championship trophy.

Is It Any Good?

The Skit Guys have answered faith-based movie lovers' prayers: This is easily the best Christian comedy made to date. With excellent production values, solid direction, and fantastic comedy chops from the cast, Family Camp is a winner. Its laugh-out-loud humor may help it cross into the mainstream, as could the way it depicts the Ackermans, who positively represent many families of faith in "the secular community": They go to church and believe in God, but they don't talk about it all the time. Writer-director Brian Cates smartly contrasts the Ackermans with their bunkmates, the smugly pious Sanders family. This allows Christian families to laugh knowingly at two extremes they may recognize.

Woodard and James' dynamic is reminiscent of Steve Martin and John Cand y in Planes, Trains and Automobiles , right down to the "I Like Me" speech. Their energy is also reminiscent of Martin and Eugene Levy -- and the more you realize that, the more it becomes obvious that Family Camp is very similar to Cheaper by the Dozen 2 . The plots are almost identical. And the movie's super-fake (but fun!) beaver is most definitely a nod to the Caddyshack gopher. Even the characters' marital issues are generically unoriginal: Tommy Ackerman (Tommy Woodard) spends too much time at work, and his wife, Grace (Leigh-Allyn Baker), rides him for it. The bigger problem, though, is that when the dads get lost in the woods, the film as a whole gets lost with them. Better plan some second-act s'mores or you might lose the kids' interest. Bottom line? Family Camp isn't perfect, but its issues are forgivable, and it's lots of fun.

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Families can talk about how comedy can be used to break down barriers and find common ground. How does that idea serve Family Camp 's purpose?

What makes something a faith-based film? How does this one compare to other faith-based films you've seen?

Why is camp a popular setting for comedies? What elements of the camp experience create different circumstances for the characters?

Movie Details

• In theaters : May 13, 2022
• On DVD or streaming : June 28, 2022
• Cast : Tommy Woodard , Eddie James , Leigh-Allyn Baker
• Director : Brian Cates
• Studio : Roadside Attractions
• Genre : Comedy
• Run time : 111 minutes
• MPAA rating : PG
• MPAA explanation : some action and thematic elements
• Last updated : October 13, 2022

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“I ’m not junk. God doesn’t make junk,” one character explains in a touching moment of “Family Camp.”

The Skit Guys are a duo of content creators that have been entertaining Christian audiences and churchgoers since the infancy of YouTube. Their brand of goofy-yet-sweet sketches are a perfect blend of entertainment and poignancy. With “Family Camp,” they take that formula and make the leap to the big screen with their first feature film.

Tommy (Tommy Woodard—“The Skit Guys”) is a successful businessman, but his wife Grace (Leigh-Allyn Baker—“Will and Grace,” “Good-Luck Charlie”) yearns for more. She desperately wants him to spend some quality time with her and the kids. How can that happen?

Family church camp, of course.

Upon arrival at Camp Katokwah, they are forced to share a cabin (actually a yurt) with a seemingly perfect family led by patriarch Eddie (Eddie James—“The Skit Guys”). Now, Tommy’s family feels that they must put on their “perfect” façade as they participate in various camp activities and competitions. However, these disguises can’t last forever, and the true identities of these families will eventually be revealed.

It’s amazing to me that a goofy, cheesy, family movie can be profound; but “Family Camp” does it. The film starts at a breakneck pace with Disney-Channel-style rapid dialog and punchlines. The editing is quick, the jokes are nutty, and the premise is simple. It’s reminiscent of 80’s comedies like “Caddyshack” and “Vacation.” Even with its familiar tropes, the jokes are subverted with fresh, comedic takes. As the story develops, that speedy pace subtly slows down and restrains itself to take time to focus on each character and the challenges they must face. These Christians aren’t perfect. They are far from it. Their struggles are our struggles. Their hopes are our hopes.

“I’ve been forgiven a lot, so I need to be able to forgive,” one character realizes. This thought comes directly from Ephesians 4:32:

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

In God’s sight, it is totally unacceptable for a Christian to refuse to forgive others. Remember the parable of the master who forgave a guilty man who owed him an amount so enormous that he could never hope to pay it back? The master completely forgave him. But, afterward, that forgiven man roughly grabbed another who owed him a very small amount, and allowed him no time to repay—showed him no mercy—and threw him into prison. When the master heard of this, he was FURIOUS and his punishment was swift.

In that parable , the Master represents God. And the forgiven man represents you—if you have similarly FAILED to forgive another, when Christ’s blood has paid your unpayable debt to God, and He has forgiven you for everything you have ever done wrong —and for your continuing failures to do everything that is truly right and good .

Therefore, we have a responsibility to be humble , forgiving, loving servants of God.

“In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins , for without it no human fellowship…can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts…” —Dr. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison

The Skit Guys know their audience, and they are specifically appealing to their Christian fans with “Family Camp.” They poke fun at various parts of Christian culture, but they also tackle serious issues within the Christian community— marital struggles, recognition of personal sin , current-day idolatry , and failing to trust in God and His Plan for our lives.

Whether you are a Christian or not, the values of this film are universal. When it removes the false veil that some Christians wear on Sunday mornings, vulnerability takes center stage. It honestly shows how screwed up some of us Christians are and how desperately they are trying to get through the day. Sometimes Christians feel like junk, but again, “God doesn’t make junk,” and I’m thankful this movie reminds us of that truth.

• Violence: Mild (slapstick)
• Vulgar/Crude language: Minor
• Profane language: None
• Nudity: None
• Drugs/Alcohol: None
• Occult: None

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Camping is Wholesome Family Fun – What could Go Wrong?

Have you ever thought that if you could just unplug and get away that maybe, just maybe, your family could get on the right path and everyone (including you) would be happy? Sometimes our plans seem good on paper but rarely do our plans achieve the results we want. While Family Camp is a faith-based movie, this Christian Movie Review will tell you what you need to know before taking the entire family.

To find out my criteria for movie reviews, read here!

Family Camp Christian Movie Review Synopsis

From Roadside Attractions, K-LOVE Films, and Provident Films “FAMILY CAMP, the first feature-length film from The Skit Guys, a renowned comedy act comprised of Tommy Woodard and Eddie James, also stars Leigh-Allyn Baker (“Good Luck Charlie”, “Will & Grace”, “Charmed”) and Gigi Orsillo (SLEEPER AGENT). The film portrays two seemingly polar-opposite families who are assigned to share the same cabin for a hilariously eventful week at church camp. The cast also includes Cece Kelly (HALT), Robert Amaya (COURAGEOUS, MOMS’ NIGHT OUT), and social media phenomenon Heather Land” famous for “I Ain’t Doin’ It.”

My Synopsis:

When Tom Ackerman (Tom Woodward) shows up at the end of Sunday service wearing golf cleats, his wife, Grace backs him into a corner. She makes him agree to a week at a family church camp tucked away from civilization. Will Camp Katokwah be the miracle to save her family?

When the family arrives at family camp, they are forced to share a Yurt with the Sander’s family. On the surface, the Sander family appears to have it all.

Is Tom Ackerman capable of change? And what secrets are the Sanders -the “perfect godly family”- hiding from the world?

Family Camp – Christian Movie Review: What Parents May Want to Know:

While Family Camp probably won’t win any awards, it is a clean wholesome comedy. It has all the elements you would expect from a faith-based film. No language, cheesy jokes, and predictable characters.

If you have ever spent time at church camp, you will recognize the hallmarks of camp such as the campfire singalongs, the church camp romance, and the clean family puns and jokes.

While there is no foul language, there are a few instances of name-calling such as dummy and idiot. Additionally, siblings verbally fight during a car ride.

A woman begins to say, “Oh my” and you believe she will take God’s name in vain, but she changes it to goodness.

A man drives aggressively. Two men have a physical fight.

A tranquilizer gun is used.

Some of the camp games get a little more aggressive. Additionally, two men are tied to a tree and left unattended overnight.

A chiropractor adjusts several people without their consent.

An animal is almost hit by a vehicle.

Spiritual Content:

This is a spiritual faith-based film involving a church camp so there are many Christian and Jesus references. People are shown praying.

A person says, “I prayed for a hedge of protection.” Another person says, “Church camp is just so Jesus-y.” A question is asked, “Is this feeling kinda cultish?”

A man walks in while a family is praying, and using oils to anoint. He asks if they are “sacrificing their children.”

While participating in a camp game, a person asks, “What demon invented this game?”

WWJE – What would Jesus eat? is referenced. A joke is told, “When God closes a door, he opens a Chick-fil-A.

The movie makes fun of some Christian practices that probably look odd to outsiders looking in. It is all done in fun. A woman asks about praying in her prayer language. It is thought to be speaking in tongues, but she is really wanting to pray in Spanish.

Sexual Content:

A husband dips his wife and she makes a comment about the “kids” who are watching. He replies, “How do you think they got here?”

A man makes a comment about his “trophy wife.”

A chiropractor comments on a woman’s neck being lovely in a professional way.

A teenage girl meets a boy at camp. She spends time with him and her mother watches from a distance worried about what will take place. The boy tries to kiss the girl, but she rejects his advances and he says, “quit being such a tease.”

An epi pen is used. The person injecting it is told to put it in the thigh or the buttocks.

Drugs/Alcohol & Other Content:

No drug or alcohol content.

An ATV is taken without permission. A man lies. A person vomits off-camera.

Teachable Moments: Family Camp

Ultimately Family Camp is about forgiveness and reconciliation. However, I think a deeper message is that when we try to be Holy Spirit in others’ lives we usually make a mess of things.

Another great lesson in this movie is about setting boundaries. Tommy Ackerman does most of his work on his phone. With the advent of cell phones, we have seen a generation of people that have granted everyone access to them 24/7. How do you set boundaries? Do you turn off your phone? Do you leave work at work?

Viewing Recommendations: Family Camp Christian Movie Review

I have often said, we vote with our money. I believe we have great cinematic art in movies, but unfortunately, most of those movies lack any moral compass. Gone are the days you can take your children to a movie without first previewing it. Voting with our dollars means supporting faith-based movies. So while I think this movie is cheesy, I still recommend you see it.

While Family Camp has a horrible CGI beaver, it is meant to be horrible. This movie has all the earmarks of a tacky Christian film, but it is clean wholesome family fun. While the laughs are predictable, I didn’t expect to cry. However, tears were shed!

And if the truth is told, it is entirely relatable. Some of the things that came out of Grace Ackerman’s mouth have come out of my mouth.

I would recommend ages 8 and up due to the length of the movie. At almost 2 hours, children younger than that will have a hard time sitting through it.

What the Cast and Crew Have to Say:

“For over 20 years, we’ve dreamed about making a comedy feature film,” said Eddie James of The Skit Guys . “Our goal is to always include humor, heart, and Him (God), and we were able to accomplish that in FAMILY CAMP.” “We believe humor helps break down barriers,” said Tommy Woodard of The Skit Guys. “I feel like there’s a real hole in the movie world when it comes to family comedies. I mean, this is what used to drive the box office,” said Leigh-Allyn Baker. “People, now more than ever, need to laugh. I’m really glad that people can laugh at this and laugh with us.”

Christian Movie Review: Family Camp

About the family camp movie.

Rating: PG (A Faith-based Family Comedy)

Release Date: May 13, 2022 – limited

Runtime: 1 hour, 51 minutes

Director: Brian Cates

Producers: Jay Howver, Darren Moorman, Trey Reynolds, Justin Tolley

Writer: Brian Cates, Rene Gutteridege

Cast of Family Camp:

Tommy Ackerman: Tommy Woodard

Grace Ackerman: Leigh-Allyn Baker (Good Luck Charlie)

Hannah Ackerman: Cece Kelly

Henry Ackerman: Jacob M. Wade

Eddie Sanders: Eddie James

Victoria Sanders: Gigi Orsillo

Ed Sanders Jr.: Elias Kemuel

Barb Sanders: Keslee Blalock

Pastor Dave: Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike in Chuck)

Joel: Robert Amaya

Cookie: Heather Land

Slim: Myke Holmes

Beef: Weston Vrooman

Bramberger: Brandon Potter

The Beaver: David Acuff

When will Family Camp be available for streaming?

Currently, Family Camp is available to watch in theaters. It is not on a streaming platform such as Pure Flix, Netflix or Amazon, and there is no available streaming release date.

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Family Camp: a Christian comedy for the whole family

Originally published on Denison Forum

The joy of watching a comedy comes from its unexpected nature.

We laugh when we’re surprised by a well-timed joke, or from an unexpected pratfall, or when an outrageous situation arises. To that end, this review won’t spoil the comedy to be found in Family Camp .

But take it from my six-year-old son, with whom I co-wrote this movie review. Barely a few minutes into the film, he turned to me and said, “This is definitely already getting funny.”

He was right about that.

However, as the movie progressed, he was right about much more—much to my detriment.

What is Family Camp about?

Family Camp , the first feature-length movie from The Skit Guys , is a faith-based, family-friendly comedy that follows the plights of the Ackerman and Sanders families during their stay at a summer church camp. The driving conflict involves winning the Camp Katokwah Trophy, but deeper and more meaningful conflicts emerge as the movie progresses.

If you’re familiar with the decades-long work of The Skit Guys, it should come as no surprise that this film is chiefly a comedy. But there’s heart to it, and a few pointed messages. Somehow, The Skit Guys made a movie that is simultaneously overboard at moments and yet sincere on the whole.

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The film is one part The Parent Trap : the families are forced to room together. It’s also The Odd Couple : in the second act, the dads must learn to deal with each other’s wildly divergent personalities. And it’s a dash of Caddyshack , for reasons you’ll understand after seeing the movie.

Family Camp is a distinctly Christian film in both its message and its humor, with jokes about Dave Ramsey, essential oils, evolution, Billy Graham, and a barely audible mention of a “smokin’ hot mother.” Slapstick comedy also abounds. If there’s an opportunity for a head to be hit—by a frisbee, a log, or nearly anything else—it will be hit.

But Family Camp is not a Christian movie in the pejorative sense. The film had opportunities to veer into the banal sentimentality or spiritual cliches that tend to mar specifically Christian films. Yet the story stayed focused on its compelling (and sometimes quirky) characters. The snappy editing moved the plot along. And, as with better comedy movies, its serious moments are sprinkled throughout, adding just enough weight to provide a meaningful foundation to a story that exists first to make you laugh and then to make you feel.

This shouldn’t be surprising: as the real-life Tommy and Eddie said in their interview on The Denison Forum Podcast [1] , their ministry has always been about “humor, heart, and him [God].”

What is Family Camp really about?

The film wastes little time in getting to the heart. An early scene lays bare a central conflict: When they first arrive at Camp Katokwah, Grace Ackerman tells her workaholic husband, Tommy: “I need you to be here with me.”

Tommy (played by Tommy Woodard) loves golf and works hard to provide for his family but is distant from them, even when he’s with them. Later, he also admits to his pastor, “I think God and I are OK . . . Church is another thing on my list.”

Disclaimer: I am a dad who loves golf and works hard to provide for his family. I can also be distant even when present. And I can attest to sometimes considering church as just another thing on my to-do list.

During a scene when the families are roasting marshmallows, Tommy wears a powder-blue quarter-zip pullover—golfer attire. When my son saw that, he asked me, “Did you act in this?”

I was, in fact, at that very moment, wearing the exact quarter-zip as Tommy.

As if I hadn’t already felt convicted.

Throughout the film, Tommy fights the urge to answer his phone to “close a big work deal.” After one such call on-screen, my son told me, “He’s exact same person as you, on a bunch of calls and stuff.”

Dads, you’ve been warned.

The messiness of life

However, Tommy isn’t the only one with problems.

Eddie Sanders (played by Eddie James) and his wife, Victoria, appear like a loving, Christian family, but all is not well behind the scenes. After one scene in which Victoria opens up to Grace, my son told me to “put sad on there,” referring to our notes for this movie review.

When Tommy and Eddie eventually fight each other in a lake, my son said, “Put ‘mean story’ on there.”

And when the husbands make a grand escape in the surprising third act, my son said this movie “is gonna make you stressed out.”

Sad. Mean. Stress.

What I take from his simple, unvarnished review is that Family Camp captures life in its fallen mess. We cry with each other. We get mad at each other. We endure stressful situations. And yet we can laugh with each other.

My son may understand Ecclesiastes better than I do: there is “a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (3:4).

In the final act, Tommy and Eddie become literally lost in the woods. Then they have a rather unique mountaintop experience. When Tommy and Eddie are forced to work together to get back to the camp, Tommy speaks the change he knows he needs to make: “I need to find true north.” His resolution isn’t surprising, but it is necessary.

Is Family Camp good?

Ultimately, Family Camp will make you laugh.

It may also be a conduit for hard conversations between husbands and wives who’ve found themselves unintentionally drifting apart over time.

And it may help some viewers reconnect with God.

For such a broad comedy, that is an unexpected joy.

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Family Camp Parent Guide

This painful film serves only to confirm stereotypical misapprehensions about people of faith..

Theaters: This camp promises spiritual reflection and family fun: it delivers smack talk and intense competitions.

Release date May 12, 2022

Run Time: 111 minutes

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The guide to our grades, parent movie review by rod gustafson.

I am a person of faith who appreciates those rare cinematic gems that deftly weave the struggles and blessings that come to those who journey on the path of finding God. In Family Camp there are struggles and blessings, as well as characters journeying on a literal path. But where it leads is far from a carefully crafted message extolling the benefits of enduring faith and God.

As the title promises, this movie takes place at a church camp where families presumably come together to seek spiritual reflection while having some fun. The Ackerman family doesn’t seem to be finding much of either. Any hope their pastor (Mark Christopher Lawrence) had of helping them and other families, like the Sanders, come and reap the joy of a religious retreat is lost in a never-ending itinerary of competitive matchups that only bring the worst out of these campers. Instead of opportunities to become good sports, the lead characters find more satisfaction exchanging smack talk and slapstick violence – two ingredients that take up the vast majority of the screen time.

The script’s journey has an ending more predictable than the “amen” at the end of a rousing benediction. And the pews of this cinematic church are stuffed with stereotyped characters that seem to be irresistible choices for filmmakers. But the biggest question I have is, to whom are these movie creators hoping to give this somewhat irreverent and always clichéd sermon? Watching this film made me squirm in my seat while I thought of any non-believer that might have accidently bought a ticket to this romp. Certainly, such souls would only have confirmed all their misinformed beliefs about people of faith. Fortunately, the handful of people sharing the enormous theater with me were frequently laughing… I can only assume they are part of the choir to whom this movie was intended to preach.

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Family Camp Rating & Content Info

Why is Family Camp rated PG? Family Camp is rated PG by the MPAA for some action and thematic elements

Violence: The screenplay features mild violence that is played for laughs, yet often feels meanspirited. Characters drive reckless and have feelings of road rage. Characters tell lies throughout the script. Family members argue and squabble, and husbands and wives struggle with their relationships. First aid is administered to a character who is choking: hitting, thumping, and spitting are involved. A character’s business partner tries to steal his client. Competition between campers turns ugly, resulting in pushing, shoving, and gloating. A character is swarmed by bees. Grown men engage in childish fighting. Characters become lost in the wilderness, leaving family members to worry about their safety. People are shot with tranquilizer darts, tied up, threated with weapons, and left to the mercy of wild animals. Characters fall into water – accidentally and when they are pushed. Characters steal from others. A vehicle explodes after being shot with a flaming arrow. A character uses his medical knowledge to intentionally incapacitate others. Sexual Content: A man hugs strangers so tightly that their bones crack. Married couples embrace. Mild sexual innuendo is heard. A teenaged couple flirt: the girl confesses she has never been kissed. Later, when the girl resists a kiss from the boy, he accuses her of being a tease. Profanity: Name-calling and mocking are frequent. Characters insult one another and make spiteful accusations. Terms of deity are heard. Alcohol / Drug Use: An injection is administered to stop an allergic reaction. Characters pass out after being shot with tranquilizer darts.

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Amidst the ridiculous behavior of the characters in this movie, the script occasionally inserts some more serious dialogue. What is the minister trying to teach Tommy about the role of parents when he shows him a compass? How do you feel about fathers being a guide for their families? Although Eddie embraces such a role, what are the results of his interpretation of leadership? What things could you try to do in your family to get that balance right?

When Grace complains that her family is coming up short next to Victoria’s, she is told to “peek behind the curtain”.  What does Victoria mean?  Why might the way we present ourselves in public be different than the way we live in private? Should we be more transparent? Why is it best to be cautious about comparing ourselves with others?

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The joy of watching a comedy comes from its unexpected nature.

We laugh when we’re surprised by a well-timed joke, or from an unexpected pratfall, or when an outrageous situation arises. To that end, this review won’t spoil the comedy to be found in Family Camp .

But take it from my six-year-old son, with whom I co-wrote this movie review. Barely a few minutes into the film, he turned to me and said, “This is definitely already getting funny.”

He was right about that.

However, as the movie progressed, he was right about much more—much to my detriment.

What is Family Camp about?

Family Camp , the first feature-length movie from The Skit Guys , is a faith-based, family-friendly comedy that follows the plights of the Ackerman and Sanders families during their stay at a summer church camp. The driving conflict involves winning the Camp Katokwah Trophy, but deeper and more meaningful conflicts emerge as the movie progresses.

If you’re familiar with the decades-long work of The Skit Guys, it should come as no surprise that this film is chiefly a comedy. But there’s heart to it, and a few pointed messages. Somehow, The Skit Guys made a movie that is simultaneously overboard at moments and yet sincere on the whole.

The film is one part The Parent Trap : the families are forced to room together. It’s also The Odd Couple : in the second act, the dads must learn to deal with each other’s wildly divergent personalities. And it’s a dash of Caddyshack , for reasons you’ll understand after seeing the movie.

Family Camp is a distinctly Christian film in both its message and its humor, with jokes about Dave Ramsey, essential oils, evolution, Billy Graham, and a barely audible mention of a “smokin’ hot mother.” Slapstick comedy also abounds. If there’s an opportunity for a head to be hit—by a frisbee, a log, or nearly anything else—it will be hit.

But Family Camp is not a Christian movie in the pejorative sense. The film had opportunities to veer into the banal sentimentality or spiritual cliches that tend to mar specifically Christian films. Yet the story stayed focused on its compelling (and sometimes quirky) characters. The snappy editing moved the plot along. And, as with better comedy movies, its serious moments are sprinkled throughout, adding just enough weight to provide a meaningful foundation to a story that exists first to make you laugh and then to make you feel.

This shouldn’t be surprising: as the real-life Tommy and Eddie said in their interview on The Denison Forum Podcast (which you may watch below), their ministry has always been about “humor, heart, and him [God].

“What is Family Camp really about?

The film wastes little time in getting to the heart. An early scene lays bare a central conflict: When they first arrive at Camp Katokwah, Grace Ackerman tells her workaholic husband, Tommy: “I need you to be here with me.”

Tommy (played by Tommy Woodard) loves golf and works hard to provide for his family but is distant from them, even when he’s with them. Later, he also admits to his pastor, “I think God and I are OK . . . Church is another thing on my list.”

Disclaimer: I am a dad who loves golf and works hard to provide for his family. I can also be distant even when present. And I can attest to sometimes considering church as just another thing on my to-do list.

During a scene when the families are roasting marshmallows, Tommy wears a powder-blue quarter-zip pullover—golfer attire. When my son saw that, he asked me, “Did you act in this?”

I was, in fact, at that very moment, wearing the exact quarter-zip as Tommy.

As if I hadn’t already felt convicted.

Throughout the film, Tommy fights the urge to answer his phone to “close a big work deal.” After one such call on-screen, my son told me, “He’s exact same person as you, on a bunch of calls and stuff.”

Dads, you’ve been warned.

The messiness of life

However, Tommy isn’t the only one with problems.

Eddie Sanders (played by Eddie James) and his wife, Victoria, appear like a loving, Christian family, but all is not well behind the scenes. After one scene in which Victoria opens up to Grace, my son told me to “put ‘sad’ on there,” referring to our notes for this movie review.

When Tommy and Eddie eventually fight each other in a lake, my son said, “Put ‘mean story’ on there.”

And when the husbands make a grand escape in the surprising third act, my son said this movie “is gonna make you stressed out.”

Sad. Mean. Stress.

What I take from his simple, unvarnished review is that Family Camp captures life in its fallen mess. We cry with each other. We get mad at each other. We endure stressful situations. And yet we can laugh with each other.

My son may understand Ecclesiastes better than I do: there is “a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (3:4).

In the final act, Tommy and Eddie become literally lost in the woods. Then they have a rather unique mountaintop experience. When Tommy and Eddie are forced to work together to get back to the camp, Tommy speaks the change he knows he needs to make: “I need to find true north.”

His resolution isn’t surprising, but it is necessary.

Is Family Camp good?

Ultimately, Family Camp will make families laugh.

It may also be a conduit for hard conversations between husbands and wives who’ve found themselves unintentionally drifting apart over time.

And it may help some viewers reconnect with God.

For such a broad comedy, that is an unexpected joy.

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4 Things You Should Know about Family Camp , the Faith-Based Comedy Starring the Skit Guys

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Tommy Ackerman is a middle-aged father who loves his wife, his kids and his job. Especially his job .

As his wife sees it, he's either at work, on the golf course, or on his cell phone.

"We barely get to see you," she says.

But she has a plan to get him away from work and with the family: a vacation at Camp Katokwah, a scenic retreat by a lake. And with their church sponsoring an upcoming trip, the trek will have a spiritual element, too.

Ackerman begrudgingly agrees to go.

Unfortunately, though, the trip doesn't go as planned. First off, they're forced to double up with another family. If that wasn't bad enough, their accommodations – a yurt – leave a lot to be deserved. And that other family? They're awkward. And loud. And annoying.

"My choice would have been Maui," Ackerman says.

Can the Ackermans find the peace and quiet they need to bond?

The new faith -based film Family Camp (PG) tells the story of Tommy Ackerman, his wife Grace Ackerman, and their yurt neighbors, the Sanders.

Here are four things you should know:

Photo courtesy: ©Roadside Attractions,  used with permission.

1. It Features the Skit Guys

If you grew up in an evangelical church, you have likely seen the work of the  Skit Guys , a comedy duo featuring two life-long friends, Tommy Woodard and Eddie James. They perform at conferences, churches and camps. They also produce short (but excellent) videos for use in churches – some inspirational, some humorous. (Most of the videos don't even show the duo on camera.)

The duo's career began by performing skits for their youth group. They were so impressive that other churches invited them to perform.

In the film, Woodard plays Tommy Ackerman, and James plays Eddie Sanders.

2. It's a Rare Breed: a Faith-Based Comedy

Faith-based dramas have been prevalent for the past two decades ( I Can Only Imagine  and  War Room , among them). Faith-based documentaries are, too ( The Jesus Music is one of the bests ever).

But faith-based comedies? They're nearly as rare as faith-based musicals (2021's A Week Away leads that tiny bunch).

Moms' Night Out  (2014) was the first quality faith-based comedy of the modern era. There have been a few good other ones, including The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017), Selfie Dad (2020) and Switched (2020).

Family Camp belongs on this small list of best faith-based comedies.

Much of the humor involves situational comedy, playing off the awkward arrangement of the two families forced to camp together in a yurt. (A curtain is placed down the middle of the yurt for privacy.) Eddie is outgoing but socially awkward. Tommy is straight-laced and businesslike. The wives are opposites. The kids are, too.

Slapstick comedy is prominent. The arrangement gets off to a bad start when Eddie, a chiropractor, immediately gives Tommy an unwelcome back massage. From there, Eddie: 1) saves Tommy from choking on a piece of meat, 2) gets the two men lost in the woods, 3) nearly drowns his friend in frustration – although Eddie started the "fight," and 4) gets the two men kidnapped by a pair of redneck hunters. (A beaver – yes, a beaver – saves him.) Somewhere in there, they also get into a squabble over a harmonica.

The comedy stays clean. My 10-year-old son laughed and laughed while watching it. I did, too.

Photo courtesy: ©Roadside Attractions, used with permission.

3. It Delivers Solid Lessons

Family Camp  is a movie with a solid message – several of them, actually.

It displays unconditional love between moms and dads, parents and children, while reminding us that no family is perfect. (We see the Ackermans and the Sanders bicker several times, yet they always make up.)

It urges Christians to practice what they preach not only in public but at home when no one else is looking. (Eddie, as we learn, isn't a cheerful person when he's only around his wife and kids.)

Family Camp has several other good lessons. It promotes forgiveness and reconciliation. It endorses purity in dating relationships (Tommy's daughter pushes a boy into a stream when he tries to kiss her.) It even shows us the dangers of making your family an idol.

4. It's for the Whole Family

Family Camp is rated PG for "action and thematic elements," but – honestly – it could be rated G. It contains no coarse language. It contains no sexuality. The violence remains in the super-silly Three Stooges realm.

"We are committed to making faith-based comedies that you don't have to worry about what's being said or done," James said.

With Family Camp , he added, "there's no bait and switch."

The film has a lot of big companies and well-known names behind it. Like Roadside Attractions ( Manchester by the Sea ). And Provident Films ( Blue Miracle, War Room ). And K-LOVE Films ( The Jesus Music, The Case for Heaven ). It also stars Leigh-Allyn Baker ( Will & Grace ) and Robert Amaya ( Courageous, Moms' Night Out ). Rhett Walker even performs.

Family Camp is a movie you can watch with your whole family. Not many live-action comedies can say that.

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Entertainment rating: 4 out of 5 stars.

Family-friendly rating: 5 out of 5 stars.

Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press ,  Christianity Today ,  The Christian Post , the   Leaf-Chronicle , the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

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Heists never go according to plan.

That’s the moral of Noah’s recent story, a tale we might call, How I Ended Up at Deer Run Christian Camp .

You see, Noah and his gang broke into a man’s office to steal a video game console that allegedly contains some super important secrets coded inside. But when Noah is spotted by a police officer, his gang abandons him, driving off after Noah hands them the console. And Noah can’t get in trouble anymore, because if he’s caught, then he’ll be shipped off to juvie.

Fortunately, while escaping the cop, he runs into his social worker, who looks surprised to see that he actually showed up to hop on the bus and go to the camp. Well, he didn’t mean to, but it’ll help him escape his current situation.

So that’s how Noah ended up at a Christian summer camp surrounded by a bunch of overly chipper people who can’t seem to take the hint that Noah doesn’t want to talk to them. At least attending the camp will give him some time to lay low and maybe put a gold star on his record.

Because it won’t be long before his gang realizes that the console Noah handed them wasn’t the console they were after.

Noah brought it with him to summer camp.

Positive Elements

A counselor named Jake mentors Noah. Despite Noah’s angry and standoffish attitude, Jake doesn’t give up on trying to get through to Noah. Jake believes no one is beyond help. In part, that’s because Jake was very similar to Noah, and his life was changed by another person who similarly reached out to him.

Jake also sticks up for another camper who’s been bullying Noah. While Jake says he cannot excuse the boy’s behavior, he stops Noah and others from gossiping about the boy, since they don’t know anything about the hard life he’s had. Instead, Jake works to help the two resolve their differences and practice forgiveness.

Spiritual Elements

We hear a bunch of vague references to Christianity but few explicit references, as Jesus is never mentioned at all. For instance, Jake references Jesus’ parable of the sower to Noah, but he uses the parable as a way to tell Noah that he (the soil) should open up to the help of others around him (the seed); in the context of the actual parable, however, the seed is clearly the Word of God (Luke 8:11).

When Jake asks Noah if he wants to know the one thing that can fill the void in Noah’s heart, Noah storms out before we hear the answer (though we later see Noah enter a church to meet Jake, who says that church was the answer). A sign in the background of one scene references Alistair Begg’s famous quote regarding the thief on the cross: “The man on the middle cross told me I could come.”

People pray for Noah’s safety. Jake tells Noah that he prays for others.

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One girl, Mallory, develops a bit of a summer camp crush on Noah, though nothing comes of it. A man uses a pick-up line on an uninterested woman.

Violent Content

When Noah’s old gang eventually figures out where he is and comes to get him, the campers engage in tactics similar to those found in Home Alone . To that end, the gang members fall on their faces and backs. They have swinging rocks slammed into their crotches, and one is likewise shot in the crotch with a paintball gun. Furthermore, they’re attacked by “murder hornets” and fall into a pit. One has to have leeches ripped off his face. After they capture one boy, they threaten to bash his face in with a rock.

Jake tells a campfire story about the camp’s dog, Lazarus, being electrocuted, which is why he claims the dog and its master dislike electronic devices. Noah and another camp nearly break into a fight. The camper pelts Noah with food, starting a food fight.

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We hear some very mild interjections, such as “dang” or “oh my gosh.”

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Other negative elements.

Noah steals a couple items, and he runs from a police officer. A joke is made about urination. One camper makes fun of Noah and decides to bully him when the camp counselors pay Noah special interest. Campers engage in Home Alone tactics rather than going to an adult for help when dangerous criminals attempt to hurt Noah.

Camp Hideout is a standard-issue summer camp film about a jaded boy who breaks out of his shell when he sees that people really care for him.

For those who’ve attended a summer camp, what you see onscreen just might bring back a memory or two of your own time at camp—goofy gang members hopefully not included. And if you’re you wonder whether or not those vengeful gang members are just as gullible as Harry and Marv from Home Alone , really about the worst it gets is one threat about smashing in a child’s face with a rock.

And yeah, that threat is quite violent. But the movie’s content is otherwise pretty tame. It even takes a few moments to make a reference or two to a Christian belief—although these feel more like handwaved afterthoughts, which is a bit of a shame for a movie that takes place at a Christian camp.

All in all, no need to hide away from Camp Hideout .

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Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”

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This movies is definitely family friendly, and would suggest it to anyone looking  to take their family  to a safe, funny,  meaningful movie.

You will laugh, cry,  and be entertained the whole time. Some movies start slow  and end rough, we were  pleasantly surprised how the movie grabs your attention and keeps you on the edge  of your seat.

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God doesn't make junk...

Overall,  we rate the movie 5 out of 5 praise hands.

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