Name: Meatballs
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979-06-28
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Matt Craven

1979·Comedy·1h 32m

6.8

★

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.

Directed by Ivan Reitman

summer camp

underwear on flagpole

famous speech

burp

french fries

toothpick

girl in swimwear

ketchup

panty raid

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Cast

Bill Murray

Tripper Harrison

Harvey Atkin

Morty

Russ Banham

Crockett

Kristine DeBell

A.L.

Matt Craven

Hardware

Kate Lynch

Roxanne

Sarah Torgov

Candace

Keith Knight

Fink

Chris Makepeace

Rudy

Jack Blum

Spaz

Cindy Girling

Wendy

Margot Pinvidic

Jackie

Crew

Ivan Reitman

Director

Len Blum

Writer

Harold Ramis

Writer

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Jack Blum

Casting

Popular Reviews

131 reviews

Will

7.0★ · 09/06/24

oh to be a teenager in the 70s

julesPRO

5.5★ · 07/13/26

summer camp comedy where the counselors are more chaotic than the kids and Bill Murray improvise half this film and the result is one of the most effortlessly charming comedies of the 70s

UkelilyPRO

7.0★ · 06/27/26

Camp

William Shatner 2.0

7.0★ · 06/15/26

I honestly think this is one of the more underrated comedy films, I really enjoyed it!

Emma Fann

10.0★ · 05/09/26

watched 4K HD remastered steelbook version

Yo next time we “remaster” a movie from the 80s LET’S NOT TAKE ALL THE VIBRANT COLORS AND WARMTH OUT OF IT!!!! SLAPPING A SEPIA TONED FILTER OVER A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED MOVIE IS NOT REMASTERING!!! It should be considered a crime to take away Bill Murray’s vibrant little neon orange shorts in this movie.