The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
Comedy · 2003
Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine.
Movie details
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
“Life on Earth: the bits David Attenborough left out”
2003 Comedy 1h 13m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.1 / 10
Community rating
Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Ricky Gervais Live: Animals?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Dominic Brigstocke
Written by
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
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Court is in session
Put Ricky Gervais Live: Animals on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.