Cemetery Junction
A 1970s-set comedy-drama from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of TV's The Office and Extras. Centers on three young working-class men from Reading, England, who spend their time joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie (Christian Cooke), however, feels there may be more to life than being stuck in a small town.
Also stars Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson and Gervais himself.
- Director:
- Ricky GervaisStephen Merchant (TV's 'The Office', 'Extras')
- Writer:
- Ricky GervaisStephen Merchant
- Cast:
- Christian CookeTom HughesJack DoolanFelicity JonesRalph FiennesEmily WatsonRicky Gervais
Reviews & comments
Gervais and Merchant do it again
I saw this on a whim today and am very pleased i did. Maybe it was just my mood but I really enjoyed the film. Sure it looked really idealized and the leads were way too attractive to be doing the things they were doing but it was well written and had a nice balance between drama and laughs.
A nice genuinely funny film but with some dodgy scenes
I knew nothing about Cemetery Junction before seeing this movie tonight. A group of friends from my church were going, so I thought I would go too. Overall, I did like this film. The way the story ended up for each of the characters was lovely and I agree that the filmmakers did a brilliant job with creating the 1970s in England. The one main thing that...
mmyeah ... it's ok.
Nothing wrong with this film, but nothing amazing neither. It's pleasant, but really doesn't need to be watched on the big screen. Friends and I went to watch this instead of MICMACS because some couldn't be bothered with subtitles ... dont make the same mistake. I have since seen MICMACS and it is a million time better than CEMETERY JUNCTION, although...
Charming & compelling
This is a really good movie. It's slow-ish I guess, but the characters quickly become very well drawn and very engaging. Half way through you can't wait to see how it pans out. Shows another string to the Gervais/Merchant bow for sure. It also has a very unique, charming slant in the way the young characters relate to their parents. Highly recommended.
One of those movies you can relate to!
This is a film I would probably not have chosen to go to, but because we had free tickets to a preview screening we went, and thoroughly enjoyed. Everything there from the 70s - the cars, the clothes, the hairdos, the "attitudes". Great acting from the young ones, all new actors to me, but with great potential. The storyline was real and achieved its...
Total Film
pressFade up on a sun-glazed rural panorama – England aglow before the blissed-out swell of Vaughan Williams… Cut to a languid montage of small-town splendour (shallow valley, woozy village green, chugging double-decker)… Then, from bucolic idyll to the graft and grime of daily life, as Tom Hughes’ cocky upstart Bruce clocks off his factory job to meet booze buddies Snork (Jack Doolan, snaggled, loveable) and Freddie (Christian Cooke, dashing but conflicted).
Christchurch Press
pressIf you're expecting cringe-comedy similar to Gervais and Merchant's sitcoms, there's a little of that, but Cemetery Junction is an unexpectedly sentimental coming-of-age drama.
Total Film
pressFade up on a sun-glazed rural panorama – England aglow before the blissed-out swell of Vaughan Williams… Cut to a languid montage of small-town splendour (shallow valley, woozy village green, chugging double-decker)… Then, from bucolic idyll to the graft and grime of daily life, as Tom Hughes’ cocky upstart Bruce clocks off his factory job to meet booze buddies Snork (Jack Doolan, snaggled, loveable) and Freddie (Christian Cooke, dashing but conflicted).
Christchurch Press
pressIf you're expecting cringe-comedy similar to Gervais and Merchant's sitcoms, there's a little of that, but Cemetery Junction is an unexpectedly sentimental coming-of-age drama.
Gervais and Merchant do it again
I saw this on a whim today and am very pleased i did. Maybe it was just my mood but I really enjoyed the film. Sure it looked really idealized and the leads were way too attractive to be doing the things they were doing but it was well written and had a nice balance between drama and laughs.
A nice genuinely funny film but with some dodgy scenes
I knew nothing about Cemetery Junction before seeing this movie tonight. A group of friends from my church were going, so I thought I would go too. Overall, I did like this film. The way the story ended up for each of the characters was lovely and I agree that the filmmakers did a brilliant job with creating the 1970s in England. The one main thing...
mmyeah ... it's ok.
Nothing wrong with this film, but nothing amazing neither. It's pleasant, but really doesn't need to be watched on the big screen. Friends and I went to watch this instead of MICMACS because some couldn't be bothered with subtitles ... dont make the same mistake. I have since seen MICMACS and it is a million time better than CEMETERY JUNCTION, although...
Charming & compelling
This is a really good movie. It's slow-ish I guess, but the characters quickly become very well drawn and very engaging. Half way through you can't wait to see how it pans out. Shows another string to the Gervais/Merchant bow for sure. It also has a very unique, charming slant in the way the young characters relate to their parents. Highly recommended.
One of those movies you can relate to!
This is a film I would probably not have chosen to go to, but because we had free tickets to a preview screening we went, and thoroughly enjoyed. Everything there from the 70s - the cars, the clothes, the hairdos, the "attitudes". Great acting from the young ones, all new actors to me, but with great potential. The storyline was real and achieved its...
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