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- 2013
- The CW
- 2013
- The CW
Summary Originally a digital series, the comedy follows best friends Ryan (Noah Reid) and Brandon (Dillon Casey) as they travel throughout Europe, before Ryan meets up with his fiancé Beth.
- 2013
- The CW
- 2013
- The CW
Backpackers
Season 1 Premiere: Aug 15, 2013
37
2.0
Summary Originally a digital series, the comedy follows best friends Ryan (Noah Reid) and Brandon (Dillon Casey) as they travel throughout Europe, before Ryan meets up with his fiancé Beth.
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
37
20% Positive
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20% Mixed
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60% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
37
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
60% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The transition from web series to half-hour episodes makes for some awkward pacing, as a single episode blasts through three or four different comic setups and lacks the typical thematic structure of episodic television. Nonetheless, Backpackers generates effective momentum through recurring characters and increasingly heightened situations.
This may be how it is among the backpacking young nowadays; surely, we are meant to see them as passionate, in their individual ways. Yet the whole business feels a little shallow.
Backpakers benefits from filming on location in Europe but that can’t make up for the lowest common denominator escapades, which play like an unfunny, made-for-TV “Road Trip.”
Not worth sitting through for the scenery when you can switch to Travel Channel.
With no character development and too many plot jumps, Backpackers could use a rest stop.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
2.0
13% Positive
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0% Mixed
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88% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
2.0
13% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
0% Mixed
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0 Ratings
88% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Shaftesbury Films
- Smokebomb Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Aug 15, 2013
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
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Awards
Writers Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 1 Nomination
