This early collaboration for Ghost Busters director Ivan Reitman and Bill Murray is solely dependent on its star for laughs, and there aren't that many of those. Murray plays a goofy counsellor at a Canadian summer camp who acts like an idiot. But he has a softer side, too, which comes to the fore when he takes a young loner under his wing. No better or worse than dozens of other similarly-plotted comedies, although Reitman has the good sense to get Murray on screen as often as possible. However, the wacky high jinks don't sit too well with the stabs at emotional depth.

Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female counselor at Northstar.