Cunk on Life

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Cunk on Life

2025

1h 11m

Comedy

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"What’s the point of it all?" is a question humans have been asking themselves since the dawn of time. But as we cling to our dying planet, working round the clock while we’re slowly being replaced by machines, now more than ever, people are desperately looking to make sense of their lives – before someone invents a computer that makes sense of it for them. This one off special will see Philomena tackle some of the most complex concepts to have ever been discovered, including Quantum Physics, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hedonism – and at least four other isms – as well as exploring subjects from the big bang to biology, morals to meditation and art to artificial intelligence. In her search for answers, she’ll also examine some of history’s foremost thinkers and ground-breaking creatives, from Dostoyevsky to Van Gogh, from Nietzsche to whoever came up with those signs in kitchens that say, ‘Live Laugh Love’.

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Dan Einav

Financial Times

Ingeniously, Cunk’s guileless, blasé approach to sacrosanct and controversial subjects often sheds light on injustice, absurdity and hypocrisy.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 16, 2025

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Craig Mathieson

Sydney Morning Herald

Some of the diversions work better than others (shout-out to the puppetry team), but there are still just enough gags that transcend stupidity for subversive insight.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 13, 2025

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Karl Quinn

The Age (Australia)

Love her or loathe her, Philomena Cunk might be the perfect creation for our age. Blissfully and wilfully ignorant, she careens down the misinformation superhighway, sideswiping science, expertise and pomposity with abandon.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 13, 2025

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Randy Meeks

Espinof

The hilarious reflections and absurd comparisons are still there... But between laughter and laughter, there is still something that doesn't feel quite fluid.[Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jan 16, 2025

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Joel Keller

Decider

Cunk On Life is often laugh-out-loud funny, mainly because Diane Morgan plays Philomena Cunk with just the right tone; Cunk is dumb, ignorant about her own stupidity, and confident in that stupidity without being cocky.

Jan 2, 2025

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Jonathon Wilson

Ready Steady Cut

This is the Cunk way. It’s an extremely sophisticated form of childishness, really, asking clever people stupid questions about their fields.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 2, 2025

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Daniel R

Anyone who doesn't rate this 5 stars is a real Van Gogh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Rolo T

“Every life form is made of cells, like a prison, which is probably why existence is so depressing. It’s a life sentence. Just like the sentences I say in this program about life.” - Philomena Cunk This sort of dry and absurd humor isn’t for everyone, and it might fly over a lot of people’s heads, but for those who get it, it’s so damn good. And Cunk’s delivery is a sight to see. Genuinely made me laugh more than any other show or movie this past year, and made me rewind and watch hilarious moments again and again. This whole movie is loaded with absurdly funny and sometimes surprisingly good questions about life, religion, death, etc. If you’re in the mood to laugh and not take life so seriously, I highly recommend this one. I just wish there was a bloopers reel or something like that in the end credits. There’s no way everyone kept a straight face the whole time they did these interviews.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Tomaz B

Some jokes were funny, the rest were either not funny or I just didn't understand them. What I really like is Cunk's "I-don't-give-a-damn" approach to life. I think her performance really saved the whole mockumentary, as I found a lot of the jokes to be quite childish, something that only children in puberty would find funny.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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LISA V

Shades of Ali G, albeit very watered down. Had a few laughs but overall strictly for the dummies, because you need to be stupid to find this nonsense hilarious because it isn't.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Roger P

It's a well-and-truly-and-darkly British (and hilarious) show that many (especially Americans) will try to take seriously and thereby get offended. I do wonder how prepped the experts were for being Cunked.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/25

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Amelia O

I love this series. They always keep me laughing.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Al Campbell

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Diane Morgan

Philomena Cunk

Michelle Greenidge

Jacqui Flink

Charles Aitken

Waylon Jackalope

Charlie Brooker

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Charlie Brooker

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Synopsis

"What’s the point of it all?" is a question humans have been asking themselves since the dawn of time. But as we cling to our dying planet, working round the clock while we’re slowly being replaced by machines, now more than ever, people are desperately looking to make sense of their lives – before someone invents a computer that makes sense of it for them. This one off special will see Philomena tackle some of the most complex concepts to have ever been discovered, including Quantum Physics, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hedonism – and at least four other isms – as well as exploring subjects from the big bang to biology, morals to meditation and art to artificial intelligence. In her search for answers, she’ll also examine some of history’s foremost thinkers and ground-breaking creatives, from Dostoyevsky to Van Gogh, from Nietzsche to whoever came up with those signs in kitchens that say, ‘Live Laugh Love’.

Director: Al Campbell
Creator: Charlie Brooker
Screenwriter: Charlie Brooker
Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2025
Runtime: 1h 11m

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