A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British TV series The Office (2001), as he now fancies himself a rock star on the road.
Writer/Director: Ricky Gervais
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Doc Brown, more.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3137630/
Watched online, ok print (reduced size, curved). 1:56 duration; doesn't seem to be slowed, so perhaps it's an extended version.
23 songs in the Soundtracks, 16 Written by Ricky Gervais. Pretty sure he does his own singing.
The title character comes from The Office (2001–2003). I watched very little of the American version of the show. I rated the Brit version 5 from Netflix; IMDb 8.5 (84,700).
RG is deliberately flat/dull/boring as that's the character. I don't understand the allure of such a character, especially not in the ordinary situation of an office.
Here it's not any better, because now he's jumped out of his fishtank and is flopping around onstage.
Lot's of interviews and talking to camera, because this is a doc'y of the gigs performed and the time between.
Painfully long and dull.
Rated 6.3 (15,101)
BBC films & more, dir. Gervais; 5-
