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The hilarious fourth live stand up show from Ricky Gervais. Ricky Gervais Live IV – Science, filmed live from the London Hammersmith HMV Apollo 2010.
“Ricky Gervais is the height of modern entertainment.” John Cleese
“Ricky Gervais absolutely kills me every time I see him.” Jerry Seinfeld
“One of the funniest comedians I’ve ever seen.” Chris Rock
“A total original…some kind of genius in human observation” Billy Connolly
“Tasteless and unfunny” The Daily Mail
Subtitles: English SDH
“Ricky Gervais is the height of modern entertainment.” John Cleese
“Ricky Gervais absolutely kills me every time I see him.” Jerry Seinfeld
“One of the funniest comedians I’ve ever seen.” Chris Rock
“A total original…some kind of genius in human observation” Billy Connolly
“Tasteless and unfunny” The Daily Mail
Subtitles: English SDH
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85 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A perfect example of a once-funny comedian flogging a dead horse,
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This review is from: Ricky Gervais Live IV - Science [DVD] (DVD)
Like most of the unfavourable reviews I've read here, I'm also speaking as a genuine Gervais/Merchant/Pilkington fan. However I'm not such a fanatic that I'll just laugh at anything because it's Ricky saying it.This was woeful stuff. While large parts of 'Animals' and 'Politics' had me in stitches and left me with watery eyes and snot running out of my nose, the best I could say for this is that I smiled a few times. It was already going badly downhill with 'Fame', but now I'm actually embarrassed on Ricky's behalf. He's turned into David Brent welcoming the Swindon lot by trying to be funny, and just making a complete prat of himself in the process. He now comes across as a multi, multi, multi, multi millionaire who simply doesn't care enough any more since he doesn't need the money and he knows people will come to his gigs anyway because he's been on the telly and in movies a lot. Where before his routines were always un-PC and a bit shocking - but also very clever and funny, now he seems to be simply going for pure shock value. I'm sure you'll think of the line about drink driving and the granny (a gag lifted almost verbatim from one of the Derek and Clive albums BTW) He's now trying to be a cross between a shock comedian and a clever one who analyses his own show, but rather than taking the best from both genres he's taking the worse of both, and you end with with poorly constructed sick jokes done for their own sake, and then a little knowing nod and wink as if that's somehow supposed to make it hilarious. All the cleverness is gone, and with it the humour. So, he's stealing jokes, crowbarring in material from the podcasts which everyone has already heard, except it was actually funny when Karl said it, rehashing old material about fat people liking cakes again, and saying the sickest things he can think of simply to get a gasp from the audience. It's lazy self-indulgent rubbish, some weak unconnected anecdotes interspersed by him talking about raping a granny or laughing at 'mongs'. If you want pure sick shocking humour, then go see the master Jerry Sadowitz, if you want extremely intelligent and intricate self-analysing routines, then go see the master Stewart Lee, and if you want the worst from these two genres melded together (think of Ricky doing that interlocking fingers thing) into a pointless mess which neither makes you laugh or think about any of the issues, then buy this DVD. P.S. Please Ricky, don't do any more stand up. Quit while you still have some respect left for you first two stand up shows.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lazy,
This review is from: Ricky Gervais Live IV - Science [DVD] (DVD)
Doing a Stand up tour on the back of popularity rather than on good material. Just plain lazy.....a disappointed Ricky fan
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Surprisingly Unfunny,
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This review is from: Ricky Gervais Live IV - Science [DVD] (DVD)
As many have mentioned, Gervais seems to be on the slippery slope at the moment. 'Fame' wasn't great, and his recent movie The Invention of Lying is pretty much one of the worst films I have ever seen. 'Science' largely follows this trend, I am afraid to say.The word I would most use to describe this show is 'awkward'. Gervais spends about 20 minutes ranting about fat people, making jokes we've heard all before. Just when you think he's moved on, he returns straight back to the subject for another go. This happens a few times. By the end of that section I was actually feeling embarrassed for him, as I think he had crossed the line to such an extent that it was barely visible anymore. I daresay a large amount of the people who will watch this will be overweight, and him continually saying that 'he's only joking' and that he doesn't care what people think of him will hardly make up for the torrent of insults he's thrown their way. He also continues from Fame in making 'jokes' about his wealth and celebrity status, belittling the ordinary man in the process. While throwing in one or two of these comments might have been amusing, Gervais does it so often and with such venom at times that it goes past humour and almost into statement of fact. I really get the impression that he considers himself above everyone else in the room. However, the biggest problem here is that the show isn't very funny. I won't go into details, but I would have given this one star had it not been for one genuinely amusing section on Noah's Ark, along with a joke near the end which I found hilarious. Everything else barely raises a smile. I hope Gervais quits stand-up soon, as the way he's going his next show will produce no laughs at all, and the one after that will result in suicides. Buy/go and see Lee Mack's stuff; he's a far better stand-up comedian. P.S I am a big fan of Gervais' early work, such as The Office, Extras, and his first two stand-up shows.
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