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Cemetery Junction

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is a rather charming coming of age movie charting the escapades of three loveable rogues, The Nerd, Bad-boy and the Buffoon. The 1970's are wonderfully recreated here, and reminds me somewhat of my youth, its well acted and keeps an slight emotional pull and a constant flow of smiles and chuckles rather than huge laughs. Its.. well, its just very well acted, made and written, without pulling up any trees, its just .. nice. I have no idea how this will translate to American audiences, but erm, did I mention its nice-ness

I saw this movie in a theatre in London in April. By British standards, this is one of the greatest films to come out of that country. As for any America who is weary of British movie quality, like myself, this is honestly one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. If you are at all familiar with the works of Ricky Gervais, then you can only expect some of the best entertainment. This movie is deep, it's moving. Ricky Gervais tends to do comedies, but this movie really shows his talent as a director and actor. I don't want to sound like a cliche, but this movie really did make me laugh and cry. My friends and I talked about this movie for days.

I am not a huge Ricky Gervais fan but I do hail from the town this is theoretically set in and so decided to rent it. I have to say that I found it hugely enjoyable. The prevailing attitude that you worked at a factory or for town's the large insurance company was absolutely spot on even 10 years later when I was the age of these characters. I thought that the acting was fantastic and I loved the characters of Julie's mother (a frumped up Emily Watson) and especially Sgt Wyn Davies (Steve Speirs) who plays the sort of police officer who can really change lives. My only gripe was in the choice of locations. The real Cemetery Junction is way, way too busy to be a practical choice of film location, I can see that, but the choice of such a rural setting made it look far too "choclate boxy" to fit the story line of three boys desperate to escape. Even then, Reading was a large, busy town with little similarity to the town centre the boys are seen striding through and Cemetery Junction itself is and was a run down area of narrow streets and tiny brick terraces. Other than that, the period detail was fantastic - the inside of my house was scarily just like Freddie's. And why oh why don't we have "Crazy Horses" by the Osmonds on more sound tracks? The world could be a better place...

THIS IS A GOOD FUNNY BRITISH MOVIE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, SO I WILL FILL UP THE BOX SO I CAN POST THE REVIEW.

I bought this mainly because Ricky Gervais was in it. And wrote the film, and directed the film. And I am a huge RG fan. Although it definately was not mainstream, it was worth the view and the money paid for it.
Loved the acting, and of course, the time frame, which was the 70's. Music was great, esp. if you are from "that era" as I am.

Kind of a feel-good picture that I found more than entertaining and well-shot all the way through. Gervaise is in it but only as a secondary part. The movie is probably better labeled drama, though it's got a comedic undertone. I had no regrets about seeing this picture and I'm glad to see the Gervaise/Merchant team is more than a one trick pony.

I'm a huge Merchant/Gervais fan, and was really pleased with this effort. Something different, but still really good laughs, some feel good moments, and a very good, not quite excellent movie.

This was an engaging story on the class conflict, on self hatred, on hating one's parents, on being a teen ager, on blaming one's background versus doing something for oneself, on taking responsibility versus excusing onself...

All done with a light touch.

I only wish Gervais and Merchant had more than a small role as characters.

Gervais and Merchant are not at their acid, stinging best. Rather, their humor is muted.

We Americans watched this movie on New Year's Eve and were so blown away, we would have stayed up to watch it a second time had we had less wine. This movie just goes to show how much music defined our lives on both sides of the pond in the 60s and 70s, how it created the drive for something - anything - more, the heat of all that drive, and the fearless show of emotion. And for once - finally - someone put Led Zeppelin on a soundtrack (they did actually mean something to many of us). The performances all were brilliant, Tom Hughes a stunner in every way. Loved this movie, adored it, made my heart yearn for my youth.

I recently rented this from the local store, they had only one copy. It was under some Hollywood formulaic blockbuster dud, of which there were dozens of copies. I thought that this film deserved to be the main attraction. The narrative had both the depth of human growth through pain and change with some lovely humor that lightened the seriousness of the storyline considerably. It left me with the satisfied sensation I experience following an entertaining film. I am recommending this film to my more mature friends.