Ricky's Film Review
Ricky's Film Review was a feature on Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Xfm radio show in which Gervais would incompetently "review" a film.
Details
Ricky's "reviews" would usually consist of him solely describing the plot in a childish way, missing out major plot points in the film and instead focusing on the least important part. The films that were reviewed were always years old, and Ricky would ask directors to pay to him for a good review. However, despite Ricky's threatening to give a bad review for if he didn't get paid, he always gave films 9s.
The Jungle Book
From 10 November 2001:
Right, little kid. He’s in the jungle, right? But he knows a bear and a panther. They’re good friends but, it’s dangerous becaaause you gotta watch out, the tiger and the snake. Now the reason is they don’t mind him but he’s human and he can make fire, they can’t. That’s why he’s sorta in demand even though they conquered the power of speech they can’t make fire. And then, the orangutan gets in. Now, he’s in trouble. But the bear puts coconuts on and makes himself look like it, then they fall off. They gotta get away, but then he mets, like, a girl and it’s… their not, you know. - 9/5
List of Film Reviews
- 10 November 2001: The Jungle Book (9/5)
- 17 November 2001: Rainman (9/10)
- 01 December 2001: My Left Foot (9/10)
- 08 December 2001: Schindler's List (9/10)