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Midnight Trash and Low-Budget Laughs: Bad Counselors DVD Review

There is a certain type of low-budget comedy that feels almost tailor-made for the lowest possible fidelity. It is the kind of movie that you find at the bottom of a bargain bin at a gas station, or on a shelf in a rental shop closed for fifteen years. Bad Counselors takes its place in that niche, but it is a loud, vulgar mess that somehow manages to be a decent enough time if you just toss it in a night with a drink and lowered expectations. It stars a motley crew of misfits forced to supervise a summer camp for troubled teens, either by choice or by the court's order. They are a bunch of unqualified, egocentric adults who have nothing better to do with their lives than hang out with a bunch of hormone-fueled teenagers. Naturally, the camp counselor's incompetence is balanced out by the stress of the overworked but perfectly competent administrator running the camp. If you have seen Meatballs, Wet Hot American Summer, or Bad Teacher, you know what this movie basically is. It i...