David Brent: Life On The Road
- 2016 film
Comedy film focusing on The Office's David Brent. Stars Ricky Gervais, Ben Bailey Smith, Tom Basden, Jo Hartley, Tom Bennett and more.
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Ricky Gervais at his best
Ricky Gervais at his toe-twistingly funny and poignant best.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 10th August 2016Spinal Tap with the cringe turned up to 11
How you feel about David Brent: Life On Road will, inevitably, hinge on how you feel about The Office. While it lacks the warmth of the series, the gags are just as well observed and outrageous.
Rosie Fletcher, Digital Spy, 10th August 2016Life On The Road review
Narratively speaking Life on the Road doesn't truly go anywhere, but that's in line with the subject himself, and emblematic of the tour he's stupidly decided to embark on. As we too find ourselves going around in circles, just as he is on the M25 - but that's all part of the charm. That's David Brent.
Stefan Pape, Hey U Guys, 10th August 2016Life on the Road review
Another thing that's sorely lacking is the genuine affection Gervais and his co-writer on The Office once had for Brent.
Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, 10th August 2016David Brent: Life On The Road review
Age has not softened creator Ricky Gervais' determination to keep pushing the audience through the pain barrier, with a steady onslaught of excruciating cringe comedy, allowing only vague hints of redemption in the final furlong.
Charles Gant, Screen Daily, 10th August 2016Ricky Gervais planning to kill one of his characters
Ricky Gervais says he will kill off David Brent, "soon".
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 9th August 2016Stuffed with grade-A Brent material
It's not perfect, but if an extended episode of The Office is what you're after, you're in for a treat.
Matt Glasby, GQ, 9th August 2016The new David Brent emoji is genius
Ricky Gervais's character gets a very fitting tribute from Twitter in time for new movie Life on the Road.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 28th July 2016The awkward language of David Brent and The Office
As we know, David Brent actually has a lot of words, and most of them lead to podiacide, otherwise known as shooting yourself in the foot.
Susie Dent, Oxford Dictionaries, 22nd July 2016Ben Bailey Smith interview
Ben Bailey Smith on being Doc Brown, working with Ricky Gervais and keeping things weird.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 8th July 2016