Cemetery Junction

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Renude 1 @RT75479999 Jul 3 About people needing to get out of their boring small town working class lives and dead end jobs and live a little. Very relatable, funny and poignant. Gervais delivers the goods in his first big screen outing. See more Asal G @RT94439701 Dec 2 Vastly underrated comedy. So well written. See more Kevin M @RT60272551 09/11/2024 A great film, cast and story with some fantastic music to boot See more Lawl B @RT54304741 06/20/2024 First class comedy in places, well written, great acting, superb music and having lived a similar life working for the Pru, its bang on. See more G 0 @Mupkins 02/01/2023 Far far better than the score it's given here. Perhaps as an Englishman I can relate to the story more than the predominantly US audience on Tomatoes, but it's charming, witty and not overly sentimental See more isla s @RT89656869 09/04/2022 This is very much a film about mostly working class teenagers in 1970s England. Its written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, so of course the comedy is a fairly blunt, with some moderate/strong sex references and strong language featured but then I suppose that does give it more of an authentic feel. It has a quirky feel to it, with the characters being a bit stereotyped in terms of being 'lairy lads', working class disillusioned people feeling not so motivated to work with 'the system'. That aside, I enjoyed the musical score, with numerous chart its of the 1970s played (including a scene featuring Northern Soul) and I liked that the film had a decent energetic feel to it, which is perhaps a bit ironic given some of the characters seem anything but motivated to do alot - its mostly down to the talk of dreams of a better life and the soundtrack I suppose. If you don't like strong language (including the c-bomb) then this is probably best avoided but otherwise its worth a watch. However, I didn't feel it stood out as an especially memorable film as such, though the characters are alright. I suppose I felt it was a bit too grim but then, to be fair to the writers etc., given the films setting, it wouldn't be authentic if it wasn't. I felt that it had the potential to be made into a TV series - it had the feel of a feature length TV program episode actually, moreso that than a film as such. Of course Merchant and Gervais are well known and very popular for the successful TV series they've made. To me, this was an ok film, not great but not awful - its bleak in one regard but there is a slim sense of hope present as well. I don't think I would especially recommend this as such but there are worse films around. See more Read all reviews

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