hyped garbage

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

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".

As a huge, long-time fan of The Office, I was a bit skeptical when I first heard about this spin off movie. Upon watching it, my skepticism was confirmed. Apart from an inexplicably annoying nervous laughter (or whatever it's supposed to be), which will surely make you cringe more every time you hear it, Brent's usual characteristics are intact: his horrible sense of humor, his complete inability to read the room, his ineptitude with understanding how he comes off to other people and his larger than life-view of himself. Still, the movie never impresses. Perhaps it is because in The Office, David Brent wasn't the only developed character. It had other fleshed out characters that gave the viewer some breathing room, ensuring that every second with Brent was complete, brilliantly panic-inducing hilarity. In this movie, Brent is the only person we ever get to know anything about, so without a solid bunch of likable characters, it is easy to tire of him. Unfortunately, the concept of Brent being a musician quickly loses its charm. In The Office, it was enough to hear his band name a single time to burst out in laughter. This movie creates more of a beating the dead horse-situation.I wouldn't deter any fan of The Office from seeing the movie, but I would advise that they do so without expecting too much.

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning The insufferable David Brent (Ricky Gervais) has moved on from his days at Warnham Hogg, and is now a sales agent for a cleaning products company. But feeling unappreciated and unsatisfied in his role (though unable to see how he's the cause of his own demise), he decides to reform his band Forgone Conclusion and sets off on a nationwide tour, but playing in small venues to a far from sold out crowd. Brent's support act is aspiring rapper Dom Johnson (Doc Brown), who upstages him at every turn.Huge cultural phenomenon though it was, The Office never really entered into the list of my favourite British comedies. Personally, I preferred Gervais's celebrity satire Extras, which just caught my eye that little bit more. But that's not to say I couldn't remember the glittering moments of comedy gold from it, and Gervais certainly created a culturally iconic comedy creation that has endured. I've caught this belated film adaptation at a time when his name is mud because of his tasteless baby death jokes, and so it's lucky it's not just come out on general release, and this serves to transport you back to a simpler time before he got so carried away with himself.As Steve Coogan proved with his filmic Alan Partridge several years ago, you can resurrect an old character and still win over the critics. Whether Gervais's Brent adaptation was received so favourably, I'm not sure, but like the best of them, the concept is stretched that bit further in a film format than on TV, and there are times when the pace suffers and you wonder whether the material has the strength to last the length. Luckily, after a sluggish start, Gervais brings the character to life and makes him funny all over again, a guy who thinks he's so cool and talented but just comes off like someone's embarrassing uncle. Where it slides is the inconsistent tone between making him an arrogant, insensitive arsehole and lovable buffoon, which is a tricky roll of the dice.It struggles to really keep the pace of the show, but it's faithful to its source, and there are enough belly laughs to make it worth your time. ***

David Brent (Ricky Gervais) gained a little notoriety from the BBC2 documentary The Office. The film crew has caught up with him once again. He now aspires to be a singer-songwriter in between doing sales calls. His band is called Foregone Conclusion. He is now working at Lavichem selling toilet products. He continues to be the same clueless self-obsessed idiot as before. He signed half-black rapper Dom Johnson and starts writing for him. He decides to spend all his money to go on tour with his music.Brent in an office continues to be good comedy. When he's on his concert tour, the comedy becomes flatter and more one dimensional. Everybody is smarter than him and sees the idiocy of his songs. Some of the songs are actually good in its fun stupidity. This is for those who love the original Office but also those who like Gervais' brand of comedy.