The latest film in Jennifer Garner’s prolific career is Camping, an acerbic HBO comedy based on Julia Davis’ British series. In the show Garner plays Kathryn, a Virgo mom who loves groupon discounts and is a control freak who can’t seem to let go of her petty little annoyances. It’s a far cry from the fun-loving characters audiences have come to expect from her, but she’s convincingly grating in the role.
She’s a nag who doesn’t even enjoy the outdoors, and if you’ve ever been on a camping trip with people like that, you know exactly what she means. She’s a narcissist with a bad case of self-pity, a hypochondriac who invents maladies for her friends and family, and she’s so obsessed with her Instagram feed that her husband calls her a “celebrity.”
Despite the fact that it’s supposed to be a skewering of oblivious city folk living in a torturous bubble of passive aggression, there’s just not enough funny stuff here. It’s not helped by a cast that includes Ione Skye as Kathryn’s meek sister, Chris Sullivan as her brash husband Joe, Janicza Bravo as her meek sister Nina-Joy, and Juliette Lewis as Jandice, a reiki healer who surprises everyone by showing up on the trip with her recently single friend Miguel (Arturo Del Puerto).
There are some laughs to be had in Camping, but it’s hard to find much joy in watching these loathsome people suffer through a wretched weekend of discomfort. Eventually, it all starts to feel pointless and misanthropic—much like the whole thing in general.
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