commentary on david brent life on the roadmovie

COMMENTARY ON DAVID BRENT LIFE ON THE ROADMOVIE MOVIE
COMMENTARY ON DAVID BRENT LIFE ON THE ROADMOVIE TV

Gervais has painted Brent as a sympathetic character, and while his jokes this time around are extremely hit or miss, especially when compared to the amount of times the jokes hit in THE OFFICE, the character is a loveable idiot. While most of his humour usually comes from saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, the character of David Brent has never been better. He tries so hard to create a plot, but there really isn’t one, and if a joke is funny, Gervais repeats it several more times until it dies an unfunny death. In fact, if this were to simply be a one off 30-minute special, I may have liked it a whole lot more than I actually did. The film, which, much like the show, was written and directed by Gervais himself, feels like a prolonged one-off 30-minute episode focused in on David Brent.

COMMENTARY ON DAVID BRENT LIFE ON THE ROADMOVIE MOVIE

One of the biggest issues I had with this movie was the fact that there simply wasn’t enough story to work with. Some stories just aren’t benefited from transitioning into a two-hour movie, and unfortunately, DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD is one of these. Some are hits the Monty Python and Star Trek franchises in particular, but others don’t manage to work nearly as well as they did on television. The film follows the band on tour, travelling alongside them through all their ups and downs (mostly downs), and documenting the goings on of David’s life nearly 15 years after THE OFFICE came to a conclusion.Ī number of shows over the years have attempted to transition from the small screen to the big screen, and it’s usually to mixed results. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, with the band embarrassed of David and ashamed to stand next to him up on stage, especially Dom (Doc Brown), a wannabe rapper who’s hoping to get noticed. Putting together nearly every cent he has, David books for the band to go on tour, despite really only travelling around a very small area. He puts together Foregone Conclusion, a band of which he is the lead singer. Unfortunately, he doesn’t really fit in, and so David decides to finally follow his dreams of being a rock star. From there, David went into a downwards spiral, as we find out in this movie, but he soon bounced back to the man he once was, now working in a new office for a sales company.

COMMENTARY ON DAVID BRENT LIFE ON THE ROADMOVIE TV

The character has appeared in a number of TV specials, promotions and short films over the years, but now, 15 years after the show’s beginnings, David Brent is officially back in business with his very own movie, DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD.įor those who haven’t seen THE OFFICE, or perhaps those who need a bit of a refresher, David Brent was the man in charge, but as the show came to a conclusion, David was fired. While many of the characters in that show were fan favourites, there’s one that stood out the most, and that’s David Brent (Ricky Gervais). In 2001, up and coming talents Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant started a television show called THE OFFICE. It was a documentary styled comedy that revolved around a small handful of workers, and it was a hit. Enjoy Kernel Jack’s thoughts on the movie…….all the best……JK. It’s out now from the fine folks at Entertainment One, it is rated MA15+ and runs for 96mins. Kernel Jack on the other hand has seen them and appreciates the comedy quite a bit more, so he was the most appropriate to review DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD. I love Ricky Gervais however and really must find the time to see his crazy office manager at work.

For some reason I am rarely drawn to comedy on television. It may be surprising to know that I have never see an episode of THE OFFICE. Fifteen years in the making we finally have a David Brent movie.

Commentary on david brent life on the roadmovie