Unlikeable is the only way I can describe this documentary. The kids were unlikeable. The parents unlikeable. The people running the camp were unlikeable. The journalist is unlikeable. The frustration of hearing all of these unlikeable people talk about a situation that they all put themselves in is ridiculous. Parents not being able to control their kids. Kids so horrible that their parents would mortgage or sell their homes to put them in camps. The owner and director of the camp, so egotistical and money hungry that he lost sight of the goal. His family, so easily wanting to frame him in a good light, even as their lives were destroyed in coincidental fashion. The documentary itself was well-directed and gave some information, but it would have better been served if they had added people who were pro and con the wilderness therapy (with good knowledge) to even indicate if this type of "therapy" worked at all. Overall it just seemed to want to try and shock. It did not.
Review of Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare
