20 Worst Movies Of 2016 (So Far)

Regardless of how fervently Ricky Gervais defends his latest personal project, there's no getting round the fact that it's not even close to being on the same scale of quality as the likes of Extras, The Office or Derek. Hell, it's not even on the level of his cameo in Stardust or his paint-by-numbers performance in the Night At The Museum films.

Based on a French film - a much superior French film, actually - Gervais' adaptation takes a great idea, strips out the charm and adds in two unlikeable characters with troubling chemistry (which for some reason victimises Gervais' character). The script is woeful, despite Gervais writing, the comedy is thin and the story escalates in a way that is utterly unearned.

There were good elements here, but in comparison to Gervais' better work, it's amateur, and thanks to his preposterous defence of it, it's tarnished even further. And all that from a great, farcical idea of two journalists faking their battlefield reports.