10 Movie Crazes You Forgot Were A Thing

5. Mockumentary Comedies

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Ricky Gervais is to blame for this one. His overwhelmingly successful series The Office, amassed an audience so dedicated that the big screen had to take notice and buy-in to the genre.

It's probably fair to say that This Is Spinal Tap was the first mockumentary to cause a stir on the big screen but the real CRAZE hit around the mid 2000's.

Sacha Baron Cohen had dabbled in the art of mockumentary with his epic interviews with Donald Trump and the Beckhams as Ali G in Da Ali G Show. However, he took things to a whole new level when he was comissioned to bring another of his TV sensation's, Borat (2006), to the big screen. Borat was a smash and was followed up by another original creation riot in Bruno (2009). 2007's Surf's Up even delved into the animated world for its own take on the style.

Cohen's Dictator (2012) showed the cracks that had been emerging due to the increasing number of follow-up attempts by other studios and creators. Unfortunately, post Bruno, the genre hasn't quite been up to scratch with Tour de Pharmacy (2017) and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) proving to be futile efforts. Cohen and Gervais caught lightening in a bottle and it looks like the only hope for this dying art may be Taika Waititi's What We Do in the Shadows (2014) film and series, respectively.

 
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