Camping

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO , SYA
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 12, 2016
User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 14 out of 23
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  1. lulu2480
    Oct 14, 2018
    8
    A US remake of a British series (that I didn't watch so I can't compare). Great cast, and good script but it got a 8 from me as I think Jennifer Garner (so good in dramas) overacts a bit too much.

    David Tennant and Juliette Lewis always perfect and a pleasure to watch
  2. bdonnellan
    Oct 25, 2018
    7
    I have never felt compelled to write a review for any movie or TV show. After reading all of the negative reviews of Camping, which I almost didn’t watch because it was panned so often, I must say something.

    I thought to myself “Jennifer Garner, Juliette Lewis, Bridgette Everett, how bad could it be?” The answer is that it’s pretty funny. Not great but I laughed at least three times    I have never felt compelled to write a review for any movie or TV show. After reading all of the negative reviews of Camping, which I almost didn’t watch because it was panned so often, I must say something.

    I thought to myself “Jennifer Garner, Juliette Lewis, Bridgette Everett, how bad could it be?” The answer is that it’s pretty funny. Not great but I laughed at least three times during the first two episodes. That’s way better than average for me.

    Maybe Lena Dunham fans expected some more pretentious BS and this isn’t hip enough for them. It has some good jokes, some really good comedic acting and it’s better than most people are writing.    … Expand
  3. MarkyMark31
    Nov 8, 2018
    8
    Not sure why all the negative reviews. I think the show's a bit inconsistent at time, but overall, pretty hilarious. I don't usually watch a lot of comedies, but this one was quirky enough with just the right mix of weird characters to make me like it. Of course, I'd probably like anything with Juliette Lewis so maybe that's part of it.

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Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 29
  3. Negative: 7 out of 29
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    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.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: James Poniewozik
    Oct 16, 2018
    50
    The comedy of social discomfort can be exquisite, like a deep-tissue massage that hurts until it feels good. Camping has moments like that. But too often it shoots past cringe comedy into straight-up cruelty without relief or enough redeeming laughs, becoming a “No Exit” experience of watching the terrible be terrible to the terrible.
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  3. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Emily Nussbaum
    Oct 16, 2018
    60
    The show’s better when we escape from Kathryn’s control and into the loosey-goosey ensemble, who are busy bickering, doing drugs, trading partners, and refusing to have the healthy getaway she’d hoped for.
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