I feel like there’s been an odd amount of backlash against Ricky Gervais in the past couple years, with a portion of the British press and a surprising number of my comedy-nerd friends acting vaguely sick of him, which continues to baffle me; The Office, Extras, and the Gervais Podcast remain three of the best things ever to exist, period, and no amount of Gervais-ubiquity could derail my enthusiasm for any of his future projects.
My point: A one-minute video of Gervais and Stephen Merchant ripping on Ralph Fiennes is enough to sell me on their upcoming movie, Cemetery Junction:








