3 Ups And 2 Downs From David Brent: Life On The Road

2. But There's Still Big Laughs

For all the introversion, however, this is still a comedy, and the film has plenty of laughs. Big laughs. The opening credits, showing Brent out repping scored to the song Life On The Road is a spectacular jumping off point, with great, character-fitting lyrics and a tactless editing style making one of the best comedy music videos I've ever seen.

Beyond that, you know what to expect; it's awkward humour and Brent-isms at full pelt. There's no point spoiling any of them, but rest assured you're in for a chucklesome time.

At points the jokes are pushed too far - a scene of getting a tattoo feels like it squanders great potential - but under the veil of a mockumentary it's all rather acceptable. The ending suffers a little in the humour side of things thanks to the downbeat tone, but there's still a couple of crackers in the final minutes (one jab at Chris Martin is perfect, if only you didn't know he and Gervais are offscreen buddies care of Extras).