• Network: HBO , SYA
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 12, 2016
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 29
  2. Negative: 7 out of 29
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  1. Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Oct 11, 2018
    80
    A very funny, quasi-cringy series that takes the Sartre-esque point of view into the great outdoors.
  2. Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Sep 21, 2018
    80
    Girls collaborators Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner have adapted the British version of this comedy into a wickedly funny, unnerving eight-episode.
  3. Reviewed by: Michael Haigis
    Oct 11, 2018
    75
    Created and co-written by Lena Dunham, Camping is replete with characters who are more layered than they initially appear.
  4. Reviewed by: Kristen Baldwin
    Oct 5, 2018
    75
    When Camping allows itself to dial back the quirk, it delivers some laugh-out-loud moments and emotional observations about marriage and femininity. ... Camping is not perfect, but if it allows Jennifer Garner to explode with the white-hot rage of aggrieved womanhood, it will all be worth it.
  5. Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Oct 11, 2018
    70
    Camping is not an easy watch, even when things are relatively peaceful among the group. But the performances are all strong, and the writing tends to find more empathy for its characters--Kathryn included--than they often have for one another.
  6. Reviewed by: Richard Roeper
    Dec 14, 2018
    63
    Fine actors, one and all, saddled with playing caricatures who have one or two thinly drawn storylines apiece.
  7. Reviewed by: Kelly Lawler
    Oct 12, 2018
    63
    There are moments when Camping feels a little pointlessly misanthropic, and others where it just feels random. In the middle are a few laughs, a few good performances and a little bit of that "Girls" sense of humor.
User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 23
  2. Negative: 14 out of 23
  1. Oct 16, 2018
    0
    I can safely say I will never watch this show after the 20 minutes I wasted on it ever again. I would rather get attacked by fire ants than beI can safely say I will never watch this show after the 20 minutes I wasted on it ever again. I would rather get attacked by fire ants than be tortured by watching this show. Nothing good comes of it! Full Review »
  2. Oct 22, 2018
    0
    This is almost painful to watch. The characters, Garner and Juliette Lewis in particular, are way over the top - we get it, a helicopter mom /This is almost painful to watch. The characters, Garner and Juliette Lewis in particular, are way over the top - we get it, a helicopter mom / wife / hypochondriac and a free spirited hippie healer to the max. The hammer-us-over-the-head approach to these two is mind-numbing. The other characters are swallowed up in this travesty of a program. Not unlike Roseanne Barr, it may be possible that Lena Dunham (and no she's not a racist) may be yet another one hit wonder unable to deliver when it's not 100% centered on her own story. Other than Lisa Kudrow's cringeworthy "The Comeback" the all time worst HBO show ever, this may be in the running for second worst.. Full Review »
  3. Oct 22, 2018
    0
    This is probably the worst piece of garbage HBO has ever aired. This must have been a package production deal HBO made with Denham because IThis is probably the worst piece of garbage HBO has ever aired. This must have been a package production deal HBO made with Denham because I cannot come up with any other plausible explanation as to why this made it to post-production.

    Anybody professionally tied to this production should be ashamed.
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