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- NBC
- Jul 10, 2013
- NBC
- Jul 10, 2013
Summary Little Otter Family Camp run by Mackenzie (Rachel Griffiths) has its share of problems and issues including a rival camp looking to buy it, romantic triangles, and bullies amongst the camp counselers in training.
Created By: Peter Elkoff, Liz Heldens
- NBC
- Jul 10, 2013
- NBC
- Jul 10, 2013
Summary Little Otter Family Camp run by Mackenzie (Rachel Griffiths) has its share of problems and issues including a rival camp looking to buy it, romantic triangles, and bullies amongst the camp counselers in training.
Created By: Peter Elkoff, Liz Heldens
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
19% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
51
29% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
52% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
19% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The characters, scripts and performances are surprisingly smart--almost, dare I say, deep. And you still get the comic humiliations, nasty rivalries and teeny bikinis.
The show, starring Six Feet Under’s Rachel Griffiths (as the camp manager going through a divorce from her husband/business partner), has sweetness and good-hearted humor.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.9
80% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
14% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 User Ratings
7.9
80% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
6% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
14% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
A TV series that does not leave you unemotional, free from censorship, and closer to reality, it's a shame that most of the critics have been affected by that established and rules of society to destroy this TV series, which shows nothing that can not be seen in a summer camp or in real life itself. At the last chapters, we can see a great moral background, so much better than society's rules, but the quid of question is, that the story haven't been evaluated in global terms, so this shows as critics aren't so intelligent for not valuing it globally. Perhaps there are many story-lines, but Game of Thrones has many more and has not been less evaluated for it. Thanks to all the critics for their censorship.
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SEASON 1
I'll start by saying that I do not expect summertime TV to deeply move me, challenge me, or enlighten me. With that said, I was hooked the moment I started watching and I believe it works perfectly in the way it was **** light summertime fun that "took me back" to my own fond memories of summer camp. I think what works best for this show is that the actors themselves are (in my opinion) very likable people. Griffiths, and the actors that play Kip, Buzz, Marina are the best. Sarah's "deep angst" and ambivalence toward swimming -and Robbie- are about the only story lines that seem overly contrived to me. (Basically I say, just lighten up on the light summer comedy if that's what it's about). When the girls are feuding -like girls can do- I think it's hilarious. Buzz's super earnest "agenda" amuses me too. Lastly, I could look at that outdoor setting all day. The beautiful weather in every episode gave me an endless-summer vibe in a way I had not felt since I was a kid. Obviously it's scheduled at the perfect time of year and wouldn't work any other time. It actually sparked just a bit more outdoor drive in me, and that's WAY more than I'd ever expect from network TV in July/August.... It's been a great summer in Minnesota this year, and Camp was a nice little touch.
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SEASON 1
Griffiths does her best to hold the show together as a scattered woman coming into her own.
By the second hour, though, Camp has already resorted to a “capture the flag” team competition and a slow-motion water-balloon fight, and over-employed the device of having Mackenzie bare her deepest, darkest secrets to a small chorus of friends. The third hour rebounds only slightly, and by then it’s pretty clear an energetic and attractive cast isn’t enough to make the Down Under-lensed doings rise much above the mundane.
Camp is wildly inferior to any number of delightful extant fictions about summer camp,”Wet Hot American Summer,” “Huge,” “Camp Nowhere,” “Salute Your Shorts” and Meg Wolitzer’s new novel “The Interestings” among them, but it has a certain high energy.
Broad, cheap and tedious, it wouldn't have the slightest chance of cracking a major network's schedule during the regular season.
What’s the excuse for airing this thing? There’s not a funny word in it.
I love this show! Actually my favorite show of the summer. The setting for the story line is very refreshing and one quickly becomes attached to the characters and their own challenges. I really hope this show continues!!
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SEASON 1
Was a little bit apprehensive about this show prior to watching but after the first episode I was hooked. I think it is funny, albeit corny, and has great characters in enjoyable situations. I don't understand how someone can give it a 0 out of 100, the new york post critic must be completely devoid of a sense of humour. Hopefully the network gives this show a shot, I'll definitely be watching!
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SEASON 1
I noticed that one of the reviewers compared this show to Friday Night Lights, and I'll say this show is nothing near it. In Friday Night Lights, the idea of football meant something. It was this sport that held the town, and the people together. Camp isn't that funny, the plot is a bit recycled, and overall, it's the "sterotypical" version of summer camp. We've seen tons of divorced mothers on television, trying to find their ways through life after their husbands left them for girls in their twenties. Love triangles like Sarah's are nothing new. Young teenage, nerdy boys are just as common too. Getting back to the ridiculous comparison to Friday Night Lights, Coach and Tami were probably the best onscreen couple to ever exist! Their chemistry was amazing, something like that WILL NEVER happen in this show. Basically, this show looks like an upscale soap opera. SO YOU MAY ASK, why did I give it a 5? The acting isn't that bad, and I can see it possibly recovering. Right now, it looks like an ABC Family teen drama, with less drama.
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SEASON 1
I was looking forward to this series hoping it was going to be so much more than it is. I find it to lack depth and any sense of what would be happening in real life at your basic summer camps. There are some cute things about this show but it has failed to make me feel invested in the characters or their stories. The adults at the camp are more wrapped up in their own lives than realizing all the drama, sex and drinking happening at the camp. I was hoping this was going to be a true family oriented show- real stories with lessons learned via responsible adults (mentors). I'm so disinterested that I've deleted the show from my DVR and am not even interested in the final shows of the season.
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