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Ricky Gervais returns to the stage with his characteristic wit and distinct edginess, but the performance verges on cruel when his mockery seemingly overtakes his own Humanity. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Filmed at the Apollo Hammersmith in London, the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning British comedian returns to the stage in London with a scathing special that touches on aging, becoming spoiled, his perspective on having kids and more.

Genre:

comedy, stand up
Original Language:

English
Director:

John L Spencer
Writer:

Ricky Gervais
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 13, 2018

Cast & Crew

Ricky Gervais

John L Spencer
Director

Ricky Gervais
Screenwriter

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Critic Reviews for Ricky Gervais: Humanity

All Critics (15) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (8)

Even when a few genuine spontaneous smiles sneak through, "Humanity" has the air of something Gervais feels obliged to do, either to feed some nonexistent need to bolster his cred as Bad Boy of Comedy.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Steve Greene
indieWire
Inflating his ego is part of what you're paying for with Gervais, but this is irritating even for him.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Brian Welk
TheWrap
Thanks to Netflix, billions of people around the world now think they can justify their hate with mediocre jokes as well.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Jude Dry
indieWire
His gift for obscenity is authentic and sometimes breathtaking, and he's an equal-opportunity satirist. He can make everyone uneasy and sometimes that's the most necessary, incendiary kind of comedy.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

John Doyle
Globe and Mail
It's likely some will interpret what the British comedian intends as wit to be wrongdoing instead.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Erin Jensen
USA Today
It's baffling that Gervais can have so much reverence for physical evolution and so little for intellectual evolution.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Lindy West
New York Times
Fully aware of his status as a mini-god to the anti-PC crowd, Gervais clocks up his best stand-up special yet as he rubs against the grain on a wide variety of hot-button topics.

March 29, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Jim Schembri
3AW
Gervais shows the brightest signs of his own humaneness when talking about his closest relatives.

December 28, 2018 | Full Review…

Sean L. McCarthy
Decider
His Humanity makes you hope for an extinction level event, and soon.

December 28, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/10 | Full Review…

Garrett Martin
Paste Magazine
If you're someone who works online all day, there's a shade of truth there, but at times during Humanity it feels like Gervais is just calling out random Twitter trolls and not necessarily looking deeper at his own issues.

March 13, 2018 | Full Review…

Audra Schroeder
The Daily Dot
This is the first Ricky Gervais standup special in seven years... the ease with which he continues to command the stage, totally controlling the rhythms and reactions while seeming fully conversational, is even more astounding.

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David Bianculli
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