Alan Partridge is a DJ working for a local radio station in Norwich. The station is due to be taken over and rebranded leaving Alan's colleague Pat Farrell worried about his future at the station; Alan offers to talk to the new management team to encourage them to keep Pat
his plans soon change when he realises that they are debating whether Pat of Alan should be sacked; like a true friend Alan ensures that Pat is the one to get the chop! Pat doesn't take his sacking well and returns to the station with a shotgun and takes everybody inside hostage. He demands that Alan returns to act as a go between for him and the police.
Films based on sitcoms frequently prove to be fairly disappointing but I really enjoyed this and found myself laughing out loud. Steve Coogan is great as Partridge; a character who is fun to watch even if he isn't exactly easy to like. The rest of the cast impress too; especially Colm Meaney who, who plays Farrell a character who is the most sympathetic in the film despite the fact that he is threatening people with a shotgun; the character provides plenty of laughs even though he is played straight. The story starts well and gets better once the siege is underway. It will help if you have watched Alan Partridge on television but I don't think it is essential; it also helps if you know Norfolk just hearing places like Diss and Holt being mentioned in a movie was enough to make be chuckle and the finale on Cromer pier was great as it mirrored similar, if sunnier, locations in several Hollywood films! Overall I'd recommend this; while some jokes fell flat enough hit the mark to make it a solid comedy.
Films based on sitcoms frequently prove to be fairly disappointing but I really enjoyed this and found myself laughing out loud. Steve Coogan is great as Partridge; a character who is fun to watch even if he isn't exactly easy to like. The rest of the cast impress too; especially Colm Meaney who, who plays Farrell a character who is the most sympathetic in the film despite the fact that he is threatening people with a shotgun; the character provides plenty of laughs even though he is played straight. The story starts well and gets better once the siege is underway. It will help if you have watched Alan Partridge on television but I don't think it is essential; it also helps if you know Norfolk just hearing places like Diss and Holt being mentioned in a movie was enough to make be chuckle and the finale on Cromer pier was great as it mirrored similar, if sunnier, locations in several Hollywood films! Overall I'd recommend this; while some jokes fell flat enough hit the mark to make it a solid comedy.