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Celebrate St. George's Day... or Friday... or spring...or whatever your preference with a free Ricky Gervais/ Stephen Merchant Podcast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/audio/2010/apr/23/ricky-gervais-podcast

The Humor of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant lives on in their new movie, "Cemetery Junction".

Already being called Berkshire's answer to 'Superbad,' Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's latest film is apparently a coming of age story; replete with dreams of shedding one's small town blues, following one's heart, and just generally trying not to make the same mistakes our miserable parents made. The film features Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan, and Felicity Jones. Ralph Fiennes stars as Jones's controlling father and Emily Watson plays her suffering mother. Matthew Goode stars as Jones's slimy suitor. Ricky Gervais also appears. The film was released April 14th in the UK, and early reviews call the film touching, but predictable. It's clear, who and what you're rooting for... but isn't that inherent in the very nature of a teen 'coming of age' film? The humor of Gervais and Merchant seems perfect for a teen film. They offer us gentle and juvenile, smart and silly comedy. If "The Office" is an accurate indicator, this film's laughs will come from all the awkwardly painful sometimes cringe-worthy moments that plague our transitioning teenage years (and for some of us even longer). This pair really understands how to mine and cultivate into comedy what others would just view as melancholy and sad. Early reviews aside, as one who hasn't actually seen the film yet, I bet one thing about this film is predictable; if it's the work of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant it is definitely worth seeing.

At the time of this writing, no U.S. release date has been announced.