David Brent: Life on the Road

Howled like a loon. Good to see Mr. Brent back and in top form.

Awesome. I've never felt so sorry for Brent. A masterpiece.

Great fun, whether or not you've seen The Office (UK), and if you haven't -- "Life on the Road" will likely motivate you to take a look... a spoiler free prequel-sequel... :-)

Disappointed there weren't any Office cameos, and the movie isn't as good as The Office was, but still decent.

As a big David Brent film I was looking forward to seeing this. It is enjoyable and painfully funny, more for fans than newbies to the character.

While so much of David Brent's world is about the joke being on Brent for much of this movie it felt like the joke was on the audience. Part of what made the original series great was that we got to know the secondary characters. In this movie the secondary characters' existence is to reinforce what a flawed figured that Brent is. The cringe worked in the original series because you didn't get it in every scene. In this movie it was everywhere. I have loved literally everything that Gerais has ever done (including his lesser-known dramas) but this movie wasn't great or even good.

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Cash grab. Or ego stroke. Very disappointing... Let's hope it burst Gervais' bubble for a while.

A mockumentary following the life of The Office UK star David Brent as he goes on tour with his band ‘Foregone Conclusion’.

After two seasons of The Office and a couple of Christmas specials, it’s hard to understand why Ricky Gervais has decided to return to his now infamous David Brent character, when the series seemed to end so perfectly. Indeed, Life on the Road doesn’t really offer up enough new material to justify its existence.

The script is funny but doesn’t come close to re-kindling the magic of the original series, possibly down to the absence of writing partner Stephen Merchant. Perhaps that wasn’t the aim, but if so then it simply re-emphasises the fact that there isn’t enough for Brent to go it alone.

Gervais has always had a knack for making the audience cringe and make fun of a character before brutally reminding us that they are human. In The Office and Extras it works rather well but here it’s forced and clumsy.

I went in with high hopes but there’s no denying that Life on the Road misses the mark.

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Good old Brent. Feel sorry for the guy but then that's the point I guess. Nice, feel good ending though.