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Special Correspondents
The film tells the story of a struggling radio journalist and his sidekick who fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.
17 December 1986, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
11 October 1976, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
18 April 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 February 1976, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
21 February 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 04, 2016
If Special Correspondents has one prominent problem - aside from running out of gas before the finish line - it is that no one player in the cast is prepared to step up and dominate when needed.
April 28, 2016
What Gervais may have previously turned into a pointed satire of the news media instead becomes a flimsy farce that's surprisingly low on laughs.
April 28, 2016
Let me be clear: Nothing about Special Correspondents is relevant or interesting about media, warfare, or human nature.
May 04, 2016
This work is mildly satirical. The difference here is that the bite is so mild that this barely works as a satire.
May 12, 2016
A wasted opportunity. [Full review in Spanish]
May 13, 2016
Gervais has missed the mark again with Special Correspondents, a lacklustre comedy that's big on absurdity but surprisingly low on laughs.
April 29, 2016
There's a great satire to be made about our modern interaction with journalists, and how gullible the American people can be when it comes to how reporters shape stories to their own benefit. "Special Correspondents" is not that movie.
May 12, 2016
Special Correspondents is like a mish-mash of some great ideas that go absolutely nowhere.
April 28, 2016
There's nothing wrong with the type of movie "Special Correspondents" wants to be. The problem is that Mr. Gervais doesn't appear capable of making a good version of it.
April 28, 2016
A tepid Gervais is better than no Gervais at all, and Special Correspondents has its moments, most of which are supplied by supporting cast members like America Ferrera and Vera Farmiga.
April 29, 2016
If it's actually disappointing, rather than merely just OK, it's that one (still) expects more from the co-creator of The Office.
May 17, 2016
Lots of profanity, drugs in so-so satire.