Review: Ricky Gervais gets spiny and squishy in the Netflix comedy 'After Life'
by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Mar 08, 2019
4 minutes
Ricky Gervais, who with Stephen Merchant created "The Office" and "Extras" early in this century, is starring in a new Netflix series, "After Life," which he wrote and directed. It's the story of a man who abandons civility after the death of his wife. It's not wholly successful - a shade too obvious in some ways, too muddled in others, with one plot point I still don't know how to deal with - but there are some fine performances and affecting moments. Its pleasures outweigh its problems.
Gervais plays Tony, who works on a free newspaper in
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