Daid Brent - The Movie.

[andy-hughes]

I went to see this last night, and on the whole, it was enjoyable.

I think that Stephen Merchant's presence may have tightened up the writing and the characterisation, but it is still a mainly funny film.

Brent remains the same comedy grotesque, but the pathos is there underneath - but some of the 'awefulness' is a little laboured, especially with the 'Hnnnn...' noise Gervais makes every few seconds, which is irritating.

The most poignant line, as Brent accepts that stardom is not coming his way, is "I can live without success, but I couldn't live with not having tried ..." and that is a powerful reminder that underneath his gauche irritating ignorant persona, utterly without self-awareness, is a man who is chasing his dream, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Thoughts?