People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan

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People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan

2021

1h 37m

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

Long-time fans will love it, even if its charms wear a bit thin for anyone who doesn't already have Kurupt FM on their dial.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 23, 2021

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

Rarely does a half-hour TV show successfully stretch itself into a 90-minute film. It's a nice surprise, then, that the popular BBC mockumentary works as a feature.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 22, 2021

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Rather than just pushing the characters through their familiar beats, the well-judged narrative arc takes them on something like a proper journey.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 20, 2021

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Stefan Pape

Common Sense Media

Above anything else, and vitally considering this is a film intended to make viewers laugh, it's just riotously funny. From start to finish, it's full of classic jokes in line with the tonality of the series.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 11, 2022

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Victoria Luxford

City AM

Like every other movie spin-off, People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan is for people who cant get enough of these characters. Even in a story that feels like Spinal Tap lite, their antics will ensure the fanbase will get what they paid for.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 3, 2022

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Kevin Harley

Radio Times

After Alan Partridge and David Brent, more TV sitcom dolts make the move to film in this flawed yet winning fools-abroad comedy.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 6, 2022

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Given it 5 stars because I enjoyed it throughout and was actually better then I thought it would be.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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kimberly g

This movie is a great continuation of the show People Just Do Nothing. It's funny as heck. Nice scenic views of Tokyo.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Kurupt FM burst on to UK TV screens and were a smash hit instantly. Deluded, vacuous and thick, they really put a boring tower block in Brentford on the musical map. Over five series they somehow managed to exploit every variation of plausible comic bathos to hilarious effect and without once forcing the humour. Their feature film debut takes them to Japan, where they are pressed into becoming a boy band, and it's all a bit meh. Perhaps we've become too used to their shtick, perhaps ninety minutes is too much, perhaps too much of the dialogue is inaudible, but they were funnier confined to the TV screen in thirty minute chunks.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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charlie l

It could have done with being a bit leaner, but the film is going to be an absolutely hilarious hit for anyone who is a fan of the TV series.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Probably the best 30 minute comedy adaptation as a 100 minute film. Even with a totally different backdrop the characters do not look like fish out of water and it is mostly hugely believable plot. Lots of great comedy and probably need to see it again to appreciate the jokes that fly by and get missed. A great effort and if that is indeed the end of the troupe then a great way to finish.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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The fish out of water comedy gets boring after 10 minutes in Japan, and the story is generic and contrived. It has potential for funny jokes however, as some scene had me laughing out loud, but others fell incredibly flat.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Director: Jack Clough
Producer: Claire Jones, Tim Sealey
Screenwriter: Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa
Genre: Comedy, Music
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 37m