Derek - Season 1
The comedy series embodies a group of events and paths that a group of strangers live on the margins of society. It is a strange and frequent diary fought by these strangers, as the series is written, directed and starred by Ricky Gervais, which embodies a strange and appropriate comic path.
8 November 1932
1979, England, UK
1986, Upton, Cheshire, England, UK
September 25, 2018
Derek is an intriguing proposition without question, but...at present it feels like half a great idea.
September 25, 2018
So far the series seems to be a very sweet, beautifully realised little drama with the odd bit of humour--this is not some backhanded compliment, if anything it€™s real praise.
September 25, 2018
Oddly, in fact, it's Derek's redeeming qualities that are the hardest to take - a sense of self-congratulation at the refinement of its own sentiments that has a little bit of the bully in it too.
September 25, 2018
While the format may seem a bit too familiar, the character of Derek is a breath of fresh air from the egotistical, often obnoxious leads of past projects and it's his sunny charm that really sucks you to into the show.
September 25, 2018
That talent could still be in there. But Ricky Gervais won't rediscover it until he puts down that giant foam mallet and picks up a pen.
September 25, 2018
I felt myself not so much cringe as physically recoil.
September 25, 2018
The drawback of Derek is not that it is cruel about disability but that it is often soft on a character whose identity remains too vague.
September 24, 2018
It is unfortunately very dull indeed to watch all this niceness.
September 11, 2013
Derek... swiftly tracks a course from sweet to cloying to sugar coma.
September 11, 2013
With its own take on awkward pauses, misapprehensions and failed humor, Derek is actually just Gervais' latest angle on square pegs in a round-hole world.
September 25, 2018
Gervais is perfectly earnest in what he's set out to do with "Derek," and his heart is in the right place, but in trying to do right by these characters he ends up in danger of condescending to both them and the audience.
September 13, 2013
Some schools of criticism hold that an author's intentions are as unimportant as his biography. In this case, smart viewers will just let themselves enjoy the lumps in their throats and the tears in their eyes.