Chris Morris (I)
- 62 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, producer and composer
Press clippings Page 3
Jonathan Whitehead obituary
Chris Morris writes this tribute to the composer of soundtracks, theme music and songs for TV shows including Smack the Pony, Green Wing and Brass Eye.
Chris Morris, The Guardian, 23rd June 2020Ten comics who donned blackface
Keith Lemon creator Leigh Francis last week apologised for mimicking black celebrities including Michael Jackson and Craig David on Bo' Selecta! 'I've been talking to some people,' he said in a tearful statement in the wake of the intensifying Black Lives Matter campaign. 'I didn't realise how offensive it was back then.' But he's far from the only comedian to flirt with blackface, long after its racism became apparent.
Chortle, 8th June 2020Top 20 British sitcoms of 21st century: The IT Crowd
Although patchy at first, The IT Crowd was a rare sitcom which steadily improved as it went on.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 27th March 2020The re-evaluation game: Nathan Barley
If you want to remain having fond memories of the show it's probably best if you only watch the first four episodes.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 2nd March 2020Chris Morris interview
"It's bonanza time for bad behaviour"
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 14th October 2019The Day Shall Come: review by Mark Kermode
Chris Morris's overcooked FBI farce.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 13th October 2019Film review: The Day Shall Come
If this was a first time director, or a normally workmanlike one like Ron Howard, it'd no doubt get praise for the directions it takes, but this is Chris Morris we're talking about, and a film we've waited nine years for, so it's incredibly frustrating that it's a flawed creation. And though the ending is powerful and the points it makes are important ones, I miss the Chris Morris who could do all of those things while also maintaining an incredibly high joke rate, and I just hope that whatever he does next is a return to those times, and that we don't have to wait quite so long for such an event too.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 11th October 2019Review: The Day Shall Come
Chris Morris follow up to Four Lions mocks the conventions of the US War on Terror - The Day Shall Come shows just how much we've missed him, says Cath Clarke.
Cath Clarke, The Big Issue, 11th October 2019The Day Shall Come review
Morris certainly succeeds in using satire to throw some light onto the shady operations of the FBI, but whether The Day Shall Come succeeds as a gripping, convincing story or astute comedy is mooter. But there's plenty of food for thought generated from the subject matter.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th October 2019Review: The Day Shall Come
Chris Morris's latest film might have its heart in the right place, but lacks direction and fails to deliver on an ambitious premise, says Linda Marric.
Linda Marric, The Jewish Chronicle, 11th October 2019