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Special Correspondents (2016)

Comedy | 100 minutes
2,68 219 votes

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 100 minuten

Country: United Kingdom / Canada / United States

Directed by: Ricky Gervais

Stars: Eric Bana, Ricky Gervais and Vera Farmiga

IMDb score: 5,9 (26.881)

Releasedate: 22 April 2016

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Special Correspondents plot

"Fake news. Real disaster."

Two radio journalists lose their tickets and passports on their way to the airport. When they find out, they decide to pretend they are at their destination and hide in a nearby restaurant. Their false coverage of the war becomes a national sensation and proves to have consequences.

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blurp194

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Envoyés trės spéciaux en Special Correspondents - the cliché of the French original and the Hollywood remake. And according to that cliché, the remake lacks the sharp edges, it has all become too smooth and too easy. The American version of Jimmy may be a bit colored, but not gay. Too woke for the US. And why Iraq has been replaced by Ecuador? apparently that came a little too close, with the murder of James Foley still fresh in his mind. Perhaps it would have been better to choose another film to remake.

Then the casting. Gervais has a bit of Jugnot in his own right, and Lanvin seems a bit more like a seasoned reporter than Bana - who's way too slick, really. Kaprisky also beats Farmiga by far - in fact the remake is the only one with Kelly Macdonald, who once again plays a fine role. The soundtrack is the same in both cases. Cringe, that song. And further, I mentioned it - the remake is a bit bland, and that difference gets bigger and bigger as the story progresses. No orange poodles in the remake, no famous stuntman as a driver, and what's left of the ransom, er, they just put in their own pockets in the US apparently.

But the most important thing is that I just don't think it's such a sensible subject for a film that is intended as a comedy, and especially the remake feels a bit blunt and thoughtless. And now, a few years later, the climate has not become any more pleasant for the journalist, given the increasingly frequent intimidation and threats by populist politicians and the associated 'alternative' media. We should be a little more frugal and careful with our journalists.

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flaphead

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Typically one of those comedy that doesn't really want to be funny, because serious things have to be thrown in, and of course a bit of romance to make the whole thing even thinner. There is too much coloring within the lines and I just didn't expect that with Gervais. There are certainly funny scenes in it and the idea that they are making the Ecuador report from their own city is in itself fine fodder for fun, but above all it is a clichéd mid-engine that does not really make it as a snack.

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Sergio Leone

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Nice.

Surprisingly nice snack, with a Ricky Gervais who regularly comes across as atypical. I also don't know if I really like the combo with the smooth Eric Bana, but at least I had a good time. It looks easy, the story is predictable without becoming dragging and is delivered without too many frills. Sometimes that shouldn't be.

3.5

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