Wonderfully offbeat film!

Who payed the critics

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Camping starts out with a gentle English journey to the countryside, but there's a dark foreboding that fans of Julia Davis will soon pick up on. Each episode becomes darker and more disturbing, but infinitely more funny as the characters develop and their real unpleasantness soon becomes only too clear. The cringe level makes Peep Show look like Jackanory and as the storyline builds to the incredible final episode we're left shaking our heads in disbelief at the unpleasantness of these self-absorbed characters. At the end of the final episode I was laughing so hard that I was almost crying, but most of all I was thinking, What the hell happened to Tom?

This series is a little gem and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it on NowTV. If you judge the series by Episode 1 alone, you're probably missing one of the best comedy series of 2016. The first episode simply introduces the characters and places them into context in the story-line. Keep watching past the first episode and the characters and story-line develop into something deliciously funny and very watchable. Yes, some of the characters and antics are cringe-worthy, but remember this is all part of the comedy. I ended up watching all six episodes back to back, culminating in an absolutely brilliant final episode. If you get the chance to watch it - then do. It's very good.

This would get ten stars as a tragedy or a horror film but it's an odd choice for a comedy. The actors are fantastic, I was initially intrigued with so many well drawn characters but I wasn't looking for such a deeply bleak and upsetting nightmare. Getting to the end of episode 5 has been a sick endurance test. And it ends very badly apparently. Whoopee! Why would anyone want to see children genuinely distressed? Who gets pleasure from 'cringe, cringe, that guy's letting children cope with Mum's coma on their own. HAHAHA!'? Which is not credible anyway, as mid life crisis man is just idiotic rather than monstrously neglectful. Maybe it's for people who don't find real life horrifying enough. Or if you need reminding of childhood traumas or recent divorces

Firstly, before I give my opinion, I have to comment on that of others. Saying re: Tom and Fay "the bloke with his new girlfriend is just embarrassing" shows that you've entirely missed the point. Of COURSE its embarrassing. Its supposed to be embarrassing, cringeworthy even. What you've done there is identified what the writer intends the audience to do, then listed it as a bad point. Why? Its like saying you don't like The Office because David Brent isn't a very good manager. Another reviewer mentions that a character "grates." - Yes, again, well done for stating the obvious. That's because the writer wants to convey the awkwardness and closeness of a holiday with other people, particularly in the claustrophobic microcosm of a camping holiday. People do "grate" but you're all in it together for 7 or 14 days - biting your tongue is just as essential as a groundsheet on a camping holiday with "other couples". Now I've run out of room to praise the incredible dialogue "I just went into Topshop and expressed myself. They're skinny carrots." Tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about a 40-something man trying to be 28 again. Julia Davis - promise me you will never stop making your characters say aloud what the rest of us are ashamed for even thinking. I'm off to a covered arcade with my hessian tote...