Having said that, characters like Pauline, Ollie Plimsolls, Stella and Charlie etc, will live in my heart forever! ❤ I’m not slating them for it, but having seen Pyschoville and now Inside No.9 (which is truly one of the best things on TV currently), they just seem a bit more….sophisticated? (for lack of a better word!!). It still makes me laugh when I watch it now but it feels a bit more outdated, with the laughter track and catch phrases. The League of Gentlemen was always my no.1 favourite ‘back in the day’, I used to LOVE it. The Office is my all time favourite programme, I look forward to Christmas so much when I allow myself to watch the specials – just once a year! The two series they made are just wonderful too. The whole thing is stronger, not to mention far more memorable for that reason and by knowing the characters, you root for them and feel that real genuine affection which makes the film – and their happy ending – that bit more special. The film is hilarious, quotable and I had genuine tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks before Miche and Grindah had even left Pitsea – but it does concentrate (as it always has to some degree) on the emotional, vulnerable side of the characters and the turmoil they face. It was really, really good.Īnd what I will say is this – *now listen it’s important* – if you want to watch this film then ensure you have watched the television series first because trust me, you’ll get more from it. A movie based on a TV show is always going to be hard, but they definitely cracked it. To be honest I don’t really want to say much more about it (great review I know) because what can I say? It was really fucking good and a fitting ending and though perhaps it might not have the complete re-watchability of the television show I’d say that’s only because the series were so good with so many stand out episodes. It was great – hilarious, poignant and it fulfilled all my wishes and more. I went to see the film in August at the cinema and I loved it. Leading from television to the movie of course. And because there’s five series, there’s lots of time to explore these characters and get to know them even better. People you love because you can see they’ve got such a good heart under their tracksuit (Beats), people you feel exasperated with because they’re such a delusional, rude twat but clearly insecure too (Grindah) and then others you might even worry about (Steves obviously). But what makes People Just Do Nothing really, really special – and something else that The Office got just right – is creating real, three dimensional characters. The whole thing is done in mockumentary style and it’s apparent from the start how The Office was an influence to the writers, who also star in the show.Īnd that’s it really, described in its most simplified form. The station frequency just about reaches all the flats in the tower block they perform from – so you can gather how ‘bigtime’ they are. The story is basically just a bunch of friends – led by the delusional, selfish and utterly (but unintentionally) hilarious Grindah, as they struggle to run a pirate radio station and find purpose in their lives. (though I am still watching The Walking Dead but that’s mainly because I’m in love with Negan)….Most things just seem better when they end on a high, however in this instance they did pretty well. I’m not usually keen on things that keep running and running and running and running…. Of course some episodes are better than others but considering they made five series they did manage to keep a decent standard throughout. It’s well acted, well written and about as perfect as humanly possible. It’s clever, hilarious and absolutely spot on. People Just Do Nothing is as comedy as it gets.
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