…feels every bit as much of an irredeemable failure as the main character is…

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 24, 2022

The cinematic return of the middle-management moron is the best thing Gervais has done in years.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 5, 2021

Brent's genius was as a clown reflecting back the excruciating banality of work culture; here, it feels like Gervais is trying to bend the material too much to his own whims.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 3, 2018

David Brent may be the character that made Ricky Gervais a comedic star, but David Brent: Life on the Road is just another example as to why that star has been rapidly fading.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 1, 2018

Life on the Road, alas, is a slog too far down memory lane.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 23, 2018

[Ricky] Gervais seems to have forgotten what made Brent such a strangely captivating figure on the original show.

| Dec 28, 2017

Gervais slips effortlessly -- and convincingly -- back into the role that made him famous and delivers a film that is laugh-out-loud funny at times but also manages to be poignant and, eventually, even unexpectedly uplifting too.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2017

Life on the Road was a poignant look into a character I never dreamed could be this interesting.

| Feb 22, 2017

It's missing, entirely, the humanizing elements of the 'Office; series - presumably because Gervias, the sole writer/director/star (and sole performer to cross over from that series) has vastly overestimated the character's appeal.

| Feb 17, 2017

Gervais' focus rests squarely on David's emotional implosion which, while acted and laid out quite well, is so punishing that one wonders whether it was worth checking back in on the poor guy at all.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 16, 2017

Fake comic docu has cursing and sexual references.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 14, 2017

Maudlin and unrealistic, it's also a lot less funny than what came before.

| Feb 14, 2017

Gervais still wears Brent like a tailored suit, but 15 years of age has taken a lot of the bite out of both the performer and the character.

| Original Score: C- | Feb 13, 2017

Despite Ricky Gervais' unique comic talents, this David Brent rock star adventure soon becomes too repetitive.

| Feb 12, 2017

A squeamishly funny, deeply heartfelt success.

| Original Score: B | Feb 11, 2017

Do you love THE OFFICE's self-sabotaging regional manager? You'll like him as a struggling musician.

| Feb 11, 2017

The hour-and-a-half-plus seems twice as long, with Brent being constantly humiliated while grinning pathetically.

| Feb 10, 2017

Doesn't have much to add beyond a few biographical details.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 10, 2017

The 90-minute runtime torpedoes any sympathy for the character viewers may still hold after more than a decade away.

| Feb 9, 2017

Ultimately, the scope of this modest exercise seems about right: A nice little movie, about a small man, with big dreams.

| Feb 9, 2017