bnilduman
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".
mark-84260
If you are a fan of The Office and David Brent then you will probably really enjoy this. The music is fun and at times even good. Jokes are classic cringe-worthy Ricky Gervais.Emotionally we follow the same story arc as The Office Christmas special. David Brent is stepping out into the world. We want him to succeed in his dream but reality quickly steps in.
gazcoley-72611
Much better than I expected, not a massive e fan of Rocky, however was surprised at his good performance I would recommend as a good watch. Nice and easy viewing for a bed time film. Not to much thought required which suits me.....Good
After Sabbath
Not enough laughs or decent supporting characters. There was a framework of a good story here and a few classic Brent moments, but over all it ended up dragging in too many places, maybe because it lacked the variety that the supporting roles provided in The Office.It all felt a bit one dimensional and through out I felt that maybe it was rushed and could have benefited hugely from the input of additional writers. I get that this is not meant to be another episode of The Office, but maybe it shows that Brent's character isn't strong enough to carry a show alone.As someone mentioned in another post, Alan Partridge is the obvious comparison to make with Brent, and while this style of English character comedy doesn't really suit the big screen in my opinion, I thought Alpha Papa was a better attempt, for one thing, it at least attempted to be more cinematic than the TV format and evolve Alan's character. There wasn't a single joke or situation in Life On The Road that hadn't already been done similarly or better in The Office. The episode 'Training' in series 1 covered much of the same ground (Free Love Freeway) but had roughly as many laughs in half an hour as Life gets in three-times the length.
AD
