David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)

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A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Before saying anything about this movie I need to say I did not watched the office, I like British humor, but I unfortunately did not have a chance to watch it, and I am not a fan of this kind of humor, but I found this interesting, though I got bored at some parts some dialogues and situations were quite funny, and I think it is too real at some points I was not able to laugh. so, I think it was interesting to watch. I actually give a high rating because the situations and dialogues are more deep than most popular movies I have watched on recent years that are promoted as "comedy and drama".

If you are a fan of The Office and David Brent then you will probably really enjoy this. The music is fun and at times even good. Jokes are classic cringe-worthy Ricky Gervais.Emotionally we follow the same story arc as The Office Christmas special. David Brent is stepping out into the world. We want him to succeed in his dream but reality quickly steps in.

13 years after the end of the beloved sitcom, The Office, David Brent is still stuck in an office, but a documentary crew is filming him again and he decides to go on tour with a band in a last-ditch attempt to live his dreams of being a rock-star. Like most films connected to TV shows, this is annoying since it doesn't connect to the show enough, with Gareth, Tim and Dawn disappointingly absent. Ricky Gervais was never the most impressive actor in The Office, but he gives a good (If often irritating) tragicomic performance here. This film serves as an interesting exploration of the character and has many good laughs and touching character moments along the way; it humanizes David Brent, though don't worry it also embarrasses him and every opportunity. The trouble is, there's a line between comedy and sadism and after a funny first half, the film just gets extremely uncomfortable and stops being enjoyable. The Office was quite depressing. Extras was incredibly depressing. But this- wow. Be warned: you will cringe. A lot. The original show had enough realism and honesty to pull off the cringe, as it felt so truthful but here the uncomfortable stuff goes too far. I can tell Stephen Merchant was the one who added the nuance that made the sitcom so good. With Gervais on his own, there's no-one to stop him from taking the cringe comedy too far. Even so, while he's clearly not as good as he was, there's no denying that this is a funny and often enjoyable road movie with some nice bits of drama. 6/10

Much better than I expected, not a massive e fan of Rocky, however was surprised at his good performance I would recommend as a good watch. Nice and easy viewing for a bed time film. Not to much thought required which suits me.....Good