Finding Carter

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Jul 8, 2014
    91
    Finding Carter isn't some teen show. It's a stellar drama.
  2. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: Sydney Bucksbaum
    Jul 8, 2014
    80
    There are some predictable relationship issues that are introduced between a few characters that are more than a little groan-worthy in how cliche they are. Those few issues aside, Finding Carter hits the ground running with an extremely compelling pilot.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Jul 8, 2014
    75
    Finding Carter stands out by avoiding the obvious.... The cast is uniformly good and the younger actors are notably credible as real teenagers--a rarity in many TV shows. Prescott is terrific.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Lori Rackl
    Jul 8, 2014
    75
    You may not be able to relate to the mind-bending premise, but the on-point writing and performances make this a worthwhile drama for the whole family.
  6. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Jul 8, 2014
    70
    The pilot's intriguing and the twentysomething Prescott's a believable enough TV teen (and a twin in real life). It's too soon to say if Finding Carter is the show girls raised on "Gilmore" have been waiting for, but it represents an encouraging departure for the "Teen Mom" network.
  7. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jul 8, 2014
    70
    The Finding Carter pilot proves there’s plenty of material to work with for a soapy drama.
  8. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jul 8, 2014
    67
    Carter’s journey is rushed. If the show just pumped the brakes a bit, it might discover a heart worth following.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jon Caramanica
    Jul 8, 2014
    60
    Much like the shows on ABC Family, Finding Carter has a muted palette, and is full of double crosses, shifting sympathies and warring dualities.... Carter has friends, but they’re mostly “Breakfast Club” archetypes. The one exception is Ofe (Jesse Carere), the rare sui generis sidekick on a teen show.
  10. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jul 8, 2014
    50
    Finding Carter isn’t bad, necessarily, but nor does anything about it really cry out to be found.

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#67 Best TV Season of 2014
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#95 Most Shared TV Season of 2014

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 43
  3. Negative: 6 out of 43
  1. kristen58
    Jul 9, 2014
    8
    This is way better than any of the crappy scripted dramas I've seen on MTV. It's more like a real quality show. I watched the two hourThis is way better than any of the crappy scripted dramas I've seen on MTV. It's more like a real quality show. I watched the two hour premiere all the way through, even after I was thinking if it sucked I would switch the channel after 5 minutes (which happens in 90% of the pilots I try out). It kept my interest, and I plan to watch it again.… Full Review »
  2. aslanmane
    Jul 11, 2014
    0
    I don't see the point of this show. It does not have redeeming qualities; it does not have a unique hook (who is gossip girl, who is A); itI don't see the point of this show. It does not have redeeming qualities; it does not have a unique hook (who is gossip girl, who is A); it does not have an endearing lead; it does not have logic. Television apparently does not have enough shows about young white privileged females trying to get away with bad behavior.

    Why didn't the police detain her for tresspassing? Why wouldn't the police arrest the drug-addled kids for their "prank?" Why are the kids around her ok with the crazy woman who abducted her? Would a normal teeenager who just recently found out she was kidnapped as a child keep shrugging it off every time sensible people tell her about her biological mother's good qualities? That dad turned into a caricature really quickly on the end of the second episode, what is this Revenge?    … Full Review »
  3. BW022
    Sep 17, 2014
    0
    The show has a great premise, but completely ignores it for plotlines which make your average soap opera look reasonable.

    Instead of    The show has a great premise, but completely ignores it for plotlines which make your average soap opera look reasonable.

    Instead of focusing on what it would actually be like to find out your were kidnapped... we episode after episode of outlandish plot twists -- her mom is having an affair, her dad is lying about writing a book, she immediately have a new school and partying friends, she ODs, her mom (using her police position) forces her ex-boyfriend to stay at the house, her sister falls for her ex-boyfriend, she makes contact with her kidnapper mom in the most outlandish way, she dates an ex-con, she runs away with him, he shoots her ex-boyfriend, etc. Then there is this goofy plot running where it is obvious her kidnapper mom had some type of relationship with the family, yet no one is saying -- even the kidnapper mom won't just explain it to her daughter after multiple meetings.

    By the forth episode... it was clear that there is no logic to any of the characters. I couldn't care less about any of them because I couldn't believe any of this. Instead of a solid drama based on an interesting premise... we get a bunch of random, negative, events which make you wonder why someone hasn't called Children's Services or moved in with their grand parents in an attempt to have a sane life for a week -- and not have to watch your family train wreaking and then continuing the next week as if nothing happened.    … Full Review »
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