I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The songs Ricky Gervais has written for Brent on his YouTube channel are nearly all very funny and would have carried this film to be a smash hit. Unfortunately, he decided to rely on old jokes from The Office and the basic same story from The Office Christmas Specials. Get back with Stephen Merchant please, everything you have done on your own has been average at best.

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.

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

The original office is one of the best comedies on TV. David Brent was essentially a good person, striving to do (mostly) good things and caring for his employees, but because of his lack of social skills became cringe worthy and other did the wrong thing. He was the boss and his employees had to play along with him, but to an extent they also tolerated him. Tim, Gareth and Dawn didn't hate him generally. That way the audience was able to laugh about him without feeling bad. In the 2nd season he lost his job, his co-workers and everything he had. Laughing about him became unpleasant because Brent realised that he essentially was a loser. Still the Christmas special turned things around, picked him up, hinted at him changing for the better and that happy end for Dawn and Tim was the most touching love story that I remember on TV.The movie unfortunately undoes all the good. Brent gets kicked in the groin relentlessly to a point that it becomes painful to watch. I was reminded of Melancholia (yes, it was that bad!). For example, he pays a band to tour with him. They all resent him and he even has to pay them extra so that they have a drink with him. When they do they all check their iPhones.Brent even contemplates suicide and shows him in therapy. It's not funny to laugh about someone who is humiliated to that degree. Ironically there is even a song about not making fun of "the disabled". If Gervais had only listened.The film focuses entirely on Brent. There are no other characters, no alternate story lines, there is no character development or story arc. The film just drags along showing Brent being eviscerated on camera.The two people who like him are marginal and remain quiet only to come forward at the end to provide a lazy relief. It is a sad film that made me actually depressed. Please, Ricky, no more David Brent!