Life on the Road (2016)

Original title

David Brent: Life on the Road

Directed by

Ricky Gervais

Genre

pseudo-documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

14

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 400 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary crew follows David Brent, a former office manager, as he tries to become a rock star. He tours with a band and faces the reality of his dream.

mockumentarycomedycringeworthymelancholiccharacter-drivenawkwardself-indulgentbittersweetquirky

What happens

David Brent: Life on the Road (titled on-screen simply as Life on the Road) is a 2016 British mockumentary comedy film written, directed, and produced by Ricky Gervais and released by Entertainment One. The film stars Gervais as David Brent, a character he played in the BBC television comedy series The Office, who has a film crew that shadows him as he travels up and down the country living his dream of being a rock star. Gervais said, "This film delves much more into his private life than The Office ever did and we really get to peel back the layers of this extraordinary, ordinary man." He has emphasised that it is "not an Office film". The film was released on 19 August 2016 in the UK by Entertainment One to mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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