Finding Carter

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
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
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  1. metabad
    Jul 30, 2014
    4
    The show starts with an interesting premise.
    A girl named Carter finds out that her mother isn't her real mother but the woman
    who abducted her from her family. Carter struggles with the fact that she still loves that 'mother' and doesn't get along with her biological mother where Carter lives now with the entire family, her abductor-mother on the run. Sure, it's interesting and    The show starts with an interesting premise.
    A girl named Carter finds out that her mother isn't her real mother but the woman
    who abducted her from her family.
    Carter struggles with the fact that she still loves that 'mother'
    and doesn't get along with her biological mother where Carter lives
    now with the entire family, her abductor-mother on the run.

    Sure, it's interesting and that's the reason I kept tuning in.
    But a couple of episodes into the show I realised that that's not really what the show is about.
    The reason why I want to see the show, the relationship to her abductor,
    is merely the B-storyline and you get only a spoonful of that each episode, at most.

    The main storylines are for instance:
    One of Carters new 'friends' releases a painting in school of Carters face, one side half rotten,
    with out asking Carter first. Heavy stuff!

    Another example:
    She meets some guy and the others ('friends') tell her that he's a drug dealer.
    What does one do? Invite him over to your house when the parents are home. Of course!
    And then watch him show Carters little brother how to roll a joint while the parents are there.
    That's not enough, because Carter has to end up with that guy in a car that turns out to be stolen.
    OMG, storytelling gold!

    Maybe, if I found any of the characters more likable, I wouldn't have found the show that disappointing,
    but I just don't care about those people.
    My main problem is with the character of Carter:
    She's too passive. You get the impression that she didn't have a life before she 'changed families'.
    What does she like, what are her hobbies, who are her old friends, and I mean except for that slacker dude.
    She just hangs around with people who are into weed and things seem to just happen to her.
    I call that lack of personality.

    By now you must have realized, that I'm simply too old for this show, but I ask you: 'Who isn't?'.
    I can't imagine anyone 18+ to be interested in this stuff.
    If that's intended, then ok, fine. But is that demographic big enough for that kind of show?    … Expand
  2. FleshWorld
    Aug 13, 2014
    5
    The show is just so incredibly average. The star seems so smug and happy with herself that she's annoying to watch from week to week. The mom character, the police officer, is equally as annoying. And she seems like she's been through a lot with the bags under her eyes and just the way she comes off every episode. The fact that she's cheating on her husband makes her all the moreThe show is just so incredibly average. The star seems so smug and happy with herself that she's annoying to watch from week to week. The mom character, the police officer, is equally as annoying. And she seems like she's been through a lot with the bags under her eyes and just the way she comes off every episode. The fact that she's cheating on her husband makes her all the more annoying. This must be tailor-made for a very young demographic because I just can't relate.… Expand

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  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.
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