Absolutely Fantastic

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are making a travel show except they're not going anywhere. They're sending fellow Brit Karl Pilkington. He's not so comfortable with change. He doesn't like to travel. He's the likable fool who is being manipulated and slowly tortured with uncomfortable assignments to the enjoyment of Ricky. Stephen has higher ideals and hopes to broadening Karl's experiences.The more Karl suffers, the funnier this show becomes. The genius of this show is that Karl is a nice person at his heart. He has a similar goofy likability as Homer Simpson. He's a child sometimes but he also has an insight that only a clueless savant could have. The first season is the funniest. The second season is still good. In the third season, the show pairs Karl with famous dwarf Warwick Davis. I don't think it's as funny as Ricky hopes for but it does improve as Karl and Warwick develop some chemistry. The problem with Warwick is that he's angry not in a likable way. I have to rate it lower for that.

I figured I'd check this show out on my Netflix this weekend, as I love Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant. I now absolutely love Karl P:) He is absolutely endearing, he might not like to hear that, but I loved this show. We watched the whole three series in one weekend! I did feel bad for him in the third series, I think Warwick was a little hard on him. I felt like we didn't get as much Karl in the third series, although I suppose that was the point is seeing how he interacted with Warwick. Don't think this third series was as funny as the first two, they changed the premise a bit and it wasn't as much fun as the first two. I liked experiencing those places with him and he made my husband and I laugh to fits. Love this show thank you.

It was only recently (around July in 2012) that i got into Karl Pilkington by my friend buying An Idiot Abroad season 2, my cousin, previous to my friend buying it, kept on recommending it to me and i didn't want to buy it because it wasn't what i expected it to be, he kept on telling me that it was a documentary and i thought "Well, how funny can a documentary be?"When me, my friend and my cousin started to watch it i didn't quite know what to expect as i have never seen anything like it before. Anyway, after the first episode of An Idiot Abroad i could not believe i denied getting it, my cousin was trying to persuade me for months before July but i never got it, i could not believe what i was missing out on.Immediately after watching the whole second series of An Idiot Abroad i couldn't get enough of Karl so i started to watch the Ricky Gervais Show which also includes Karl Pilkington, i downloaded all of the XFM radio podcasts which also contains Karl. The point is, once you've had a bit of Karl, you need more.If, like me, you aren't or weren't into Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and/or Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad will change all of that. An Idiot Abroad is honestly the funniest thing i ever seen in my life thus far and Karl Pilkington is, in my opinion, the funniest man that has ever stepped foot on this planet. If you get An Idiot Abroad, i can guarantee you that you will not regret it as Karl Pilkington is not one to let you down.

Karl is a man who enjoys the simpler and more familiar things in life. He hasn't done much travelling, and doesn't see the point in it. He often comes off as a very grumpy man, who seems to moan a lot. Because of this, Gervais and Merchant have sent him abroad to experience the things he hasn't done yet, and perhaps has no interest in doing, whilst they stay in England and monitor his progress. However, the trips aren't all they seem, as Gervais and Merchant, presumably doing sinister laughs at the same time, have organised some unfortunate twists to make his stay even more unpleasant.Personally, I think there are certain things that Karl didn't do (i.e. the Anti-Gravity thing) that make you think "He should have done that", but there are also times (more often than not) when you can sympathise with his avoidance/hesitance to do these things (i.e. skydiving, being buried underground). Even though it might seem a bit harsh on Karl at times when we find out what the co-creators of The Office and Extras have in store for him, it is hilarious to see his reactions.This show is a treat for everyone. You don't have to like travel documentaries to appreciate and enjoy this show, as Karl will have you laughing for most of this adventure.Fans of Gervais' laugh will not be disappointed to hear it pop up a few times either.