Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special
by John Moffitt
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Actor: Ricky GervaisDirector: John Moffitt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Reviews of Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special
DVD Review: Hilariously funny!
Summary: 5 Stars
Ricky Gervais is hilariously funny, whether it be on his special or as a guest on The Daily Show or Ellen. His is a great clean humor that doesn't miss. If you have the chance to see him on ANYTHING, take that chance and you'll not be disappointed!DVD Review: Gervais is brilliant; the stand-up not so much
Summary: 2 Stars
Ricky Gervais is not perfect, thank goodness. Obviously his second show Extras wasn't as good as The Office. But no show would be and Extras was in fact quite funny on its own terms. So he did seem a bit infallible. But while he's been a big success doing stand-up (which is still highly regarded in the UK), his first special feels a bit forced. So, funny at moments (especially that goofy cover costume) but not SO funny that we will all feel inferior forever. Visit me at michaelgiltz dot com.
DVD Review: Ricky at the top of his game!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the DVD for my boyfriend's birthday, and it was a perfect gift! He (and I) love Ricky Gervais. This stand-up special is very funny. I highly recommend it! Well done Ricky! Carry on!DVD Review: Greatest Stand Up
Summary: 5 Stars
I think that this is the best stand up ever. You have to be smart and listen to what he says to get this movie. I showed it to some of my friends and nothing, it weeds out the stupid.DVD Review: A Very Funny 72 Minutes
Summary: 5 Stars
Ricky Gervais is a comedian who is not afraid to push the boundaries of good taste.
In this 72-minute special, filmed during his successful tour of the United States, the British funnyman not only pokes fun at charities that help the mentally and physically challenged, but also the Holocaust.
The amazing thing is that you find yourself laughing out loud, sometimes uncontrollably, at the humor Gervais finds in these ordinarily taboo subjects.
He also does extended hilarious routines on the male sexual organ and even Humpty Dumpty.
Gervais is, indeed, one of the funniest comedians of this generation.
Included on the DVD is a conversation with Gervais.
? Michael B. Druxman
Description of Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special
Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special is a high-spirited hour of offbeat observations and understated humor from the actor/comedian/writer/director. The show includes Gervais unique takes on such disparate (and often politically incorrect)issues as fund-raising, autism, fame, nursery rhymes, Nazis, moronic friends, obesity . and his penis size.Ricky Gervais's standup comedy is not for the squeamish. The man responsible for the cringe-inducing boss from the original British version of The Office takes fiendish glee in jokes about teenage cancer patients, grotesque obesity, ill-conceived AIDS literature, and accidental homosexual incest. But Gervais never seems nasty or crude, partly because he also delights in jokes about the political implications of nursery rhymes and comparing sharks with Nazis (sharks, with their ability to smell the tiniest amount of blood from a mile away, would have found Anne Frank in a heartbeat). But his greatest comic target is ego--and all the ways human beings inflate themselves to ridiculous effect. "I hate talking about all the charity work I do," Gervais declares. He compares the Falklands War to holding a midget at arms length and kicking him, and he imagines a conversation between a fawning Hitler and the philosopher Nietzsche, who's just a bit put out to learn how Hitler interpreted his work. What makes Gervais so brilliant is the slippery way he turns everything into its opposite: when he's self-deprecating, he reveals all-consuming vanity; when he presents a guise of intelligence, he rolls out the dumbest thoughts imaginable. The comic collisions in the viewer's brain are sublime and very, very funny. Also included on the DVD of Out of England: The Stand-up Special is an engaging interview with Gervais in which, among other things, he giggles about tackling taboo subjects and tries to figure out why one's friends are so much funnier than any comedian. Fans of Extras or Gervais's destined-to-be-a-cult-film The Invention of Lying should not miss this comedy special. --Bret Fetzer
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