I'm not a "super fan" or anything but I really enjoyed it. I also found the Office hilarious, I guess Ricky Gervais just knows where my elbow is haha. I can see how it wouldn't be funny for everyone, but comedy is about having a go and having a laugh and if you didn't like it, accept it and move on.

About 13 years on from his appearance in the documentary series The Office, a documentary film crew is once again following the life of David Brent. He is now working as a rep for cleaning goods distributor but still harbours dreams of making it big in the music business. Acting on this, he takes three weeks off work and tours with a new- look version of Foregone Conclusion, the band he was in in the 90s (he's the only remaining original member, for various reasons...).Brilliantly funny. Very similar in humour to The Office, and captures well the awkwardness of David Brent in that series. Heaps of laugh-out-loud moments and a fair few scenes that you can't bear to watch they are so awkward (and this is a good thing).Spinal Tap-esque as well, due to the music and the way it captures the ups and downs of a touring band.On the subject of the music, part of the humour is in David Brent's incredibly bad/clumsy lyrics (another Spinal Tap trait). Considering this aim, the songs are actually very well written. The music (rather than lyrics) is good, and well performed. Towards the end there is a serious music moment, and this is also written and performed very well.Some sweet moments towards the end, adding some emotion to the humour.Good work by Ricky Gervais, as director, writer and actor. Despite the 13-year gap, the continuity from The Office appears effortless and seamless.

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.

Ricky Gervais will not go to his grave a poor man, even though his work since The Office seems to get weaker as it goes. Perhaps this is why he returns to where he was at his best, and the character that made him famous, but there doesn't seem to be many other reasons why David Brent is back on our screens (and the big screen at that).From the start, we are reminded of the cringe humor that he is so good at, and there is plenty of that here. When it is at its best it is seamless and comes from a place of truth within the character; too often though it is cringe for the sake of it – perhaps still funny but not rooted in something honest in the way The Office did so very well. This links to a much bigger point, and defines why this film didn't work for me even though it got a few laughs – the heart. In The Office, we did care for Brent and this made the cringe worse because we wanted good for him even as his character hurt himself. This remembered connection helps the film, but is not enough to do all the work, and mostly the film doesn't bring anything else to the table on that front. It is really only the final 15 minutes where suddenly we have an attempt at an emotional core to the film – which is nice on paper, but really too little and too late.This gives it the constant feeling of being totally in the shadow of his better outing, and this is not helped by the same running through the writing, performances, and general scenario. Some good cringe moments and laughs, but mostly it is an average film which relies too heavily on past glory, and limits itself by leaving anything approaching heart or pathos until the final few scenes.