Special correspondents official trailer hd netflix. Gervais will write and direct the comedy and star in it with bana ricky gervais and eric bana are teaming up to remake the french comedy special correspondents gervais will direct the satirical. Eric bana to fake front line war reporting in ricky gervais special correspondents. When they lose their passports, a bickering radio team invents phony reports from a combat zone in a ruse that becomes increasingly complicated. Ricky gervais on special correspondents, david brent and. The new netflix original film special correspondents. Special correspondents is a remake of the 2009 french. His latest release is the netflixexclusive movie special correspondents. Special correspondents has a decent premise but its attempts at satire are too on the nose, almost as if it were trying too hard. An adaptation of a 2009 french film of the same name, the movie due april 29 features gervais and eric bana as a pair of downontheirluck. Gervais, who scripted special correspondents as a remake of the 2009 french farce envoyes tres speciaux, stars as ian finch, an engineer at a new york city newsradio station thats looking. Special correspondents is based on a french film of the same name, but its been stripped down and ricky gervaisd.
Its a sendup of hardboiled macho media men who drink and cover wars but arent really all that brave. Special correspondent definition and meaning collins. Special correspondents stars a fumbling ricky gervais. Based on the 2009 french comedy of the same name, special correspondents is predicated on the chemistry of its oddcouple leads a seemingly solid plan undone by the milquetoast mildness of their bickering banter. Special correspondents is a remake of the 2009 french comedy envoyes tres speciaux. Special correspondents, ricky gervaiss netflix comedy. Gervais worked initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new wave act seona dancing and working as the manager of the thenunknown band suede before turning to comedy. Maybe this would all matter less if special correspondents were. Special correspondents was released in 2016 on friday, april 29, 2016 in streaming movie theaters. But, like i said, at the end of the day i was glad i watched it. English chinese french german hindi italian portuguese spanish. Special correspondents is an adaptation of the french film envoyes tres speciaux.
So far, thats included two original productions the first film in sandlers fourpicture deal, the execrable the ridiculous six, and the middling comeback movie peewees big holiday and special correspondents, which was an acquisition. Falkland islands faroe islands federal republic of yugoslavia federated states of micronesia fiji finland france french guiana french polynesia french southern territories gabon gambia georgia germany. Feature film tv movie tv series tv episode tv special miniseries documentary video game. Whatever you do, dont watch special correspondents medium. Theres nothing wrong with the type of movie special correspondents wants to be. The cynicism of politics, journalism, and the corporate media are displayed against a decent guys basic goodness. Somethings finally happening to her, and shes embracing the moment. I was eager to see this movie due to the cast and the story, and i expected to be entertained after seeing the first trailer. Special correspondents official trailer hd netflix youtube. If special correspondents has one prominent problem aside from running out of gas before the finish line it is that no one player in the cast is prepared to step up and dominate when needed. Ricky gervais new movie special correspondents going to netflix.
Mark tapio kiness directorial debut is a twopart meditation on love and correspondence. His father was born in ontario, canada, of frenchcanadian descent, and his mother was english. Theres a 2009 french film with the same title about two journalists who stage their own kidnapping in. Ricky gervais media satire special correspondents is all. The movie is loosely based upon the 2009 french movie evoyes tres speciux where a radio journalist and his sound technician fake the news on a regular basis but this time gets them into deep trouble. Gervais delivers his standard dose of selfdeprecation. Ricky gervais invents a different kind of lying in his. Special correspondents trailer starring ricky gervais and. Theres an interesting movie in the concept of a woman made famous and happy by tragedy.
Well, the essential idea is from an old french movie that i cant. Not as special as youd hope gervaiss netflix comedy movie is an intriguing premise with some fun. Ricky dene gervais was born in a suburb of reading, berkshire, to eva sophia house and lawrence raymond gervais, who was a hod carrier and labourer. Special correspondents shows that gervais has a plausible hollywood career, but theres a baffling lack of real laughs and performance chemistry between the leads, and very little of the acid characterisation and. Ricky gervais new movie special correspondents going to. Envoyes tres speciaux very special correspondents is a solid, but also somewhat predictable comedy about two french radio reporters namely, suave.
Special correspondents trailer subtitulado youtube. The film is a remake of the 2009 french comedy envoyes tres speciaux, and. Ricky gervais and eric bana team up for special correspondents remake this article is more than 5 years old. Ricky gervais netflix bound remake of the 2009 french farce undercuts the. They were supposed to be reporting directly from the frontline in a south american war but in actual fact they were making it up as they went along from a new. Ricky gervaiss hilarious comedy follows a struggling radio journalist and his hapless technician faking frontline war reports from a nyc hideout. The movie stars gervais and eric bana as a pair of radio broadcasters who are generating fake news coverage of an uprising in ecuador from the. Ricky gervais special correspondents ricky gervais netflixbound remake of the 2009 french farce undercuts the comedians uniquely abrasive charm. I wish i hadnt known that special correspondents was a remake of a 2009 french comedy of the same name. Terrorists kidnap ricky gervais in special correspondents. Its a mainstream bromantic comedy of mediumbudget blandness produced specially for netflix, and based on the 2009 french film envoyes. Parents need to know that special correspondents is a netflix original film with drug use, adultery, guns, and profanity.
There i go again, thinking about the movies that special correspondents could have been. Falkland islands faroe islands federal republic of yugoslavia federated states of micronesia fiji finland france french guiana french polynesia french southern territories gabon gambia georgia germany ghana gibraltar greece greenland grenada guadeloupe. Ricky gervais invents a different kind of lying in his netflix movie. Ricky gervais is arguably one of the worlds greatest humourists and his unique approach to observational comedy is unrivalled. Ricky gervais gets out of the office and into a whole new occupational hazard field reporting in his latest comedy, netflixs special correspondents.
Gervais, who scripted special correspondents as a remake of the 2009 french farce envoyes tres speciaux, stars as ian finch, an engineer at. The movie, on netflix, also stars eric bana and is an adaptation of a french comedy about a radio reporter and his sound engineer. But then im a fan of gervais and, despite what you may think when you sit down to watch it, its his film and bana is actually the supporting cast member. The result is a film that is not unfunny, but not satisfying enough to be memorable. Special correspondents is a 2016 britishcanadianamerican satirical comedy film written, directed by and starring ricky gervais. Ricky gervais and eric bana in special correspondents credit.
Based on a liketitled french film, it stars eric bana and gervais as a. Ricky gervais netflixbound remake of the 2009 french farce undercuts the. Eric bana to star in ricky gervais special correspondents. Its what happens when a movie gives you so little to contemplate on its own. The choice of a stable south american country as a backdropiraq in the french originaladds to the impression that special correspondents was pulled from the dregs of the 1980s. Times, sunday times 2010 you may also like english quiz. Netflix to premiere special correspondents, starring ricky. Its a good premise wasted on a terrible movie and gervais is to blame. The extended cocaine joke that is the movie s third act. Netflix and amazons muchvaunted handsoff approach has spawned mixed results, from the inspired fincher and willimons house of cards, jill soloways transparent to the bewildering the wachowskis sense8, john fusco s marco polo.
When they mess up their big assignment to report from iraq, they pretend to report from the war zone although theyre actually hiding out in. Two radio journalists concoct a scheme to fake their kidnappings in south america. Gervais doesnt appear capable of making a good version of it. Ricky gervais has written and directed and costarred in a movie for netflix, special correspondents, about a radio journalist eric bana and his engineer.
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