What could have been a witty comedic satire ends up not even being worthy of a lazy viewing.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 15, 2022

Gervais' most maudlin instincts are stamped all over this thing, with little of the bite that rankles his detractors while pleasing his fans

| Jul 6, 2021

A nonsensical, unbelieveable story is matched only by its crayon-sketched characters before wandering to an end both welcome and rushed.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 3, 2019

Gervais wraps ingenious skits and initially wry conceits (natural by-products of his talents as stand-up comedian and sitcom specialist) in utterly rote industrial tropes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 28, 2018

I would recommend it for people looking for a decent comedy, but I'd warn them to be prepared for some unexpected ugliness.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 28, 2018

Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana are decent fun in this pleasant but not overly memorable little flick.

| Mar 30, 2018

Lots of profanity, drugs in so-so satire.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 17, 2016

Gervais has missed the mark again with Special Correspondents, a lacklustre comedy that's big on absurdity but surprisingly low on laughs.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 13, 2016

A wasted opportunity. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | May 12, 2016

Special Correspondents is like a mish-mash of some great ideas that go absolutely nowhere.

| Original Score: 4/10 | May 12, 2016

This work is mildly satirical. The difference here is that the bite is so mild that this barely works as a satire.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 4, 2016

If Special Correspondents has one prominent problem - aside from running out of gas before the finish line - it is that no one player in the cast is prepared to step up and dominate when needed.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 4, 2016

Special Correspondents is a flimsy, irrelevant, unfunny 'satirical comedy' which adds up to nothing much at all.

| Original Score: 3/10 | May 2, 2016

Gervais once again proves that movies are not his strong point. [Full review in Spanish]

| May 2, 2016

Special Correspondents is so devoid of more meaningful commentary that it's practically headless.

| Original Score: C- | May 1, 2016

Dubious, unfunny, protracted wish-fulfilment. Quite, quite awful.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 30, 2016

With Special Correspondents, Ricky Gervais proudly strides into the Adam Sandler phase of his career.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 29, 2016

Special Correspondents doesn't stem the tide of mediocrity from Ricky Gervais. In fact, it's probably his worst creation to date.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Apr 29, 2016

The entire production seems like a half-hour comedy special that got stretched out to feature-length.

| Apr 29, 2016

If it's actually disappointing, rather than merely just OK, it's that one (still) expects more from the co-creator of The Office.

| Apr 29, 2016