Backpackers

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Season 1
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Myles McNutt
    Jul 14, 2014
    67
    The transition from web series to half-hour episodes makes for some awkward pacing, as a single episode blasts through three or four different comic setups and lacks the typical thematic structure of episodic television. Nonetheless, Backpackers generates effective momentum through recurring characters and increasingly heightened situations.

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User Score
2.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 7 out of 8
  1. FleshWorld
    Aug 13, 2014
    3
    I watched this show when it was a series of online webisodes and boy was it thin. It's a little bit hard for me to believe that they broughtI watched this show when it was a series of online webisodes and boy was it thin. It's a little bit hard for me to believe that they brought it to network television. Picture the first 15 or 20 minutes of any Hostel movie and then take out all the horror and you have backpackers.… Full Review »
  2. displaynames
    Jul 14, 2014
    0
    This show is terrible, it's like Eurotrip and Roadtrip but worse. Also, is it just me or is the sound off? The music is really loud and drownsThis show is terrible, it's like Eurotrip and Roadtrip but worse. Also, is it just me or is the sound off? The music is really loud and drowns out the dialogue. It's like they were trying to mask how bad the dialogue is!… Full Review »
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