Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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

Majikat The genius mind that is Ricky Gervais, what a concept for a comedy series! Managing to pull in some big names to basically take the mickey out of themselves, Gervais gets the big stars to do unbelievable things.

gridoon2018 "Extras" is decidedly not for all tastes, but if you have the taste (and sometimes the stomach) for it, it has lots of priceless moments. The peculiar humor of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant stems mostly from their pinpoint observation of the awkwardness and embarrassments of everyday situations and encounters. Andy, a lowly extra, means well but usually says the exact wrong thing at the exact wrong time; his friend Maggie has a good heart but even less social tact. The first season relies more heavily on the famous guest stars; when they shine the episodes shine (case in point: Kate Winslet), when they are weaker, the episodes are weaker (case in point: Les Dennis). The second season is quite different, which is a bold step to take for any sitcom: Andy gets his own show on the BBC, and the focus is on the compromises he has to make to keep his new career afloat. The role of his agent, played by Merchant, is noticeably increased, while the screen time of the guest stars is noticeably decreased (best of all: Ian McKellen, who also has perhaps the funniest line in the entire series: "We need some vaseline over here!"). It took me a while to adjust to these changes, but in retrospect I realized that the second season is on the whole better, funnier, more assured. The series ends with an 80-minute special episode which is as funny and uncomfortable as the rest, but perhaps a tad too depressing. *** out of 4.

FilmBuff1994 Extras is a truly terrific comedy television series,the show is full of laughs in every single episode,and I really don't see anything not to like about this series.The cast is pitch perfect,and the writing from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant is terrific,which is no surprise from these two.If your a fan of The Office,I would strongly recommend Extras.I would be happy if the show went on longer,but it still is a clever move from Gervais and Merchant to quite while their ahead instead of going till they run out of ideas.Every episode has a very big celebrity in it,they've had unexpectedly huge names on this show,to name a few,Ben Stiller,Kate Winslet,Samuel L Jackson,Orlando Bloom,Robert De Niro,this list goes on and they all play themselves brilliantly.The show myth only have thirteen episodes,but no bad episodes,and the finale is about eighty minutes long,I will admit I found it to be a bit of a disappointing final episode,but its still a funny,and surprisingly emotional,end to the series.Andy Millman (Ricky Gervais) works as an extra on many big budget movies with his friend Maggie (Ashley Jensen),because Andy doesn't have any a great agent in Darren Lamb (Stephen Merchant) to help him get to the top.

Master Cultist For Ricky Gervais, following up the mega-hit The Office was always going to be a tall order and, quite cleverly, he sidestepped the issue by producing something that was altogether different.Stepping out of the small scale world of a stationers in Slough, here Gervais plays Andy Millman, a man beset by frustration due to his inability to catch a break in the world of acting. Working as a run-of-the-mill extra on one project after another, his only source of solace is his constant companion Maggie, a fellow extra who feels equal frustrations.More melancholy than The Office, at times it veers dangerously close to being sentimental, but usually manages to steer itself clear of that hurdle just in time.With cameo's from the great and the good of Hollywood (and Ross Kemp), this sees the stars perform admirably out of character: Ben Stiller as the utterly dislikeable, spoilt star turned director; Kate Winslet as a kinky Nun; Patrick Stewart and his obsession with breasts.Most of the cameos work well enough, and every episode is at least enjoyable, though it lacks the real darkness and bite that I tend to look for.Still, decent enough.