Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

mosidori14 When I first watched this film I did not really feel as this was a masterpiece but it had a great spirit. It was a feel-good movie after the first watch and that was the reason why I watched it the second time. After thousands of seeing this film, I still feel like this was the perfect movie to show what it is like to be young, to be at the beginning of your very own life. You have to make decisions that will follow you all your life, so you really have to figure things out. And you also have to figure out who you really are. All the characters have to deal with a different problem, and the different stories reach a perfect conclusion together. Beside all these, it is not a heavy movie to watch either. You will laugh, and in the end you will think about what you have just seen. I never really had a favorite movie, but if I had to choose one, this would be my choice!

duru-dadlani I liked this movie. I didn't quite live like these lads, but I had a few friends who were like them. It is such a realistic recreation of those times. Well done for this wonderful piece of nostalgia.Come to think of it, there are characters like those Snakes running the insurance industry who operate in other industries as well, today.Ricky Gervais plays the hard-working good Dad.I wonder why it didn't do well at the box office.Maybe people don't like to spend £10 on nostalgia.I watched it on TV few days ago. Just seeing the leisurely opening shots of hillside with music and the credits GERVAIS-MERCHANT PRODUCTION told me it would be worth watching. And it was

saintleonardsonsea An affectionate portrait of working class life. Ordinary people with ordinary stories. The working classes do not get enough attention in film. Some of the characters in this film have their problems but they all have their dignity. The portrayals are not stereotypes and are not overplayed. The characters are warm and funny. We've all met these people.The humour is gentle and touching. Some profanities, but just what is normal in conversation. This is a very English film, acutely observed and nostalgic without looking through rose tinted spectacles. The stultifying tedium of official social gatherings is sublimely displayed.

Chrysanthepop Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant create a feel good film set in the 1970s Reading suburb. The focus of the film is three friends, Freddy Taylor, Snork and Bruce. Ambitious Freddie wants to rise above and work at a high post wearing a suit and tie. Bruce is the 'bad boy' who talks about leaving his job for something better but he only ends up being a troublemaker. Snork is the goofy one who works at a railway station and wants a girlfriend.Merchant and Gervais's attention to detail towards the life and culture of that time is brilliant. The contrast between family dynamic, class, and social attitude is very well depicted. Most of the humour works but some of the jokes felt forced. An example is the 'c' word joke that Snork mentions after performing at Kendrick's party.I found the characters of Bruce and Freddy to be problematic. They just didn't seem very interesting and failed to involve the viewer in their world. Their interactions felt bland. Christian Cooke and Tom Hughes are quite average. Of the three friends, Jack Doolan appealed to me at most. His best scenes were when he was trying to flirt with the baker's daughter.The supporting cast is superb. Emily Watson is the standout. She has a tiny role but is incredibly convincing as the quiet desperate housewife who continues to yearn for her husband's affection. Ralph Fiennes is great as the snobbish Mr. Kendrick. Ricky Gervais has about four scenes and, along with the actors Julia Davis and Anne Reid provide some of the most hilarious scenes of the film.Overall, even though I found something to be off about the lead characters Bruce and Freddy, 'Cemetary Junction' is quite likable. It's definitely better than Gervais and Merchant's previous 'The Invention of Lying'.