Cemetery Junction (2010)

Directed by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant · Drama, Comedy

Starring Tom Hughes, Christian Cooke, Jack Doolan, Ricky Gervais, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Felicity Jones, Matthew Goode, Anne Reid, Steve Speirs, Julia Davis, Francis Magee, Burn Gorman, David Earl, Bryony Hannah, Matthew Holness, Michael Jibson, Albert Welling, Katy Murphy, Ben Willbond, Bev Willis, Stephen Merchant, Andrew Brooke, Madeleine Dunbar, Julie T. Wallace, James Bye, Rosemary Annabella

IHBM8Very good

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

My review · Reviewed 10/02/2010

This was a movie written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It is a story that has been told before and I think this is why the reviews were only lukewarm. Still, I quite enjoyed the film. The film was a little slow but the acting was extraordinary. I thought that the ending was both touching and fitting at the same time. While there are a few funny scenes the film is definitely a drama. Fantastic use of Zeppelin in the final scene.

underrated