Wildwood, NJ

a testament to the resilience of teen girls, saying "you're not fat, i am" to your bffs, smoking in secret, the fleeting magic of making out, massive hair, matching t-shirts, wild summer nights of romance, smells of cologne/half-eaten funnel cakes/old sweat, puking under…

sydney

what a wonderful "I'll take my hi8, look for peeps & let them talk" video cam atmosphere, capturing girls who "instead of bumming around at home going to the beach to bum around with acquaintances". very big analogue nostalgia. let you dive back into these pre-digital…

shookone

mildly obsessed with these hyper focused, regional documentaries about places I've never been (or heard of), populated with eccentric people that aren't afraid to be themselves on camera — and this one does the unthinkable: it makes me want to go to NJ

Justin LaLiberty

thinking of a new form of mental fitness test where you have to watch 90s home movies and as soon as you say something like "take me back" or "i was born in the wrong generation" you fall through a hole in the floor. you get to the end and you get to rejoin society. i'd be…

Marcissus

This is a raw, evocative time capsule of an all American blue-collar seaside carnival town. Shot on grainy Super 8, the film very effectively captures a specific grit that predates the more polished "Jersey Shore" era by a decade. There's a veritas style to the production…

Jeff Sexton

Wildwood, NJ is a wonderful documentary about the girls and women who visit Wildwood for their summers. It's also outrageously '90s, The interviewees are all very open and we hear about the importance of Wildwood, its beach and boardwalk to them as a place where they go…

Rosalind

surprising amount of casual admissions of murder

arlin

A little bit HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT and a little bit STREETWISE. Great doc. A wonderful discovery and a new favorite. Watched via the great new AGFA Blu-ray.

Brian Saur

“i think we’ll be friends forever. unless she kills me first!” i’ve only been to wildwood once in my entire life (OC/AC/SIC were my holy trinity growing up) and i can’t lie it was far from a good time— but this makes me desperate for a day on the boardwalk there. i adored…

juno