Julian Barratt
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Visionary original or specious whimsy? Either way, Will Sharpe's rustic black comedy - which he writes and directs, as well as playing Japanese naif Shun - is completely itself. We are two years on from the first season, and the brittle mental health of author Maurice (Julian Barratt) is threatened by his wife Deborah (Olivia Colman) writing a book about it. Those two, along with Harriet Walter, who joins the cast as a sexually magnetic priest, smother the thought that there's nothing coherent beneath all the wormwoody oddness. Nightly until Friday.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 11th June 2018Flowers: 'comedy with mental illness' redefining sitcom
Starring Julian Barratt and adored by Paul Thomas Anderson, Flowers is grotesque, surreal - and part of a new wave of TV exploring mental health.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 8th June 2018TV review: Flowers, Season 2, Channel 4
Second series of Will Sharpe's dysfunctional family comedy-drama - starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt - ramps up the mayhem.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 8th June 201820 of the most absurdly funny quotes from Nathan Barley
It might have been an under-the-radar ratings flop when it aired on late night Channel 4 back in 2005, but Nathan Barley lives on in pop culture memory.
Nick Mitchell, i Newspaper, 6th April 2018Brakes review - inconsistent improv comedy
An impressive array of comic talent just about saves this multi-stranded story of London relationships.
Wendy Ide, The Guardian, 26th November 2017Film review: Brakes
Brakes might be set in London but it's much more like Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise than Truly, Madly Deeply.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th November 2017Mindhorn review
But for all the period accuracy, Mindhorn doesn't realise its comic potential - there isn't even a gag involving the truth-telling eye.
Theo Rollason, The Student Newspaper, 1st September 2017Mindhorn review
Mindhorn is an incredibly quotable film, and one that groups of people seem to enjoy talking about a great deal.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 16th June 2017Review | Mindhorn is the low-key comedy of the summer
New, classic British comedy earns its laughs with brilliant acting.
Tom Twardzik, Popdust, 7th June 2017Review: Mindhorn Is the perfect summer comedy
Mindhorn is one of those movies that only works for viewers who are open to it. As a person who is very open to the sense of humor on display here, I found Mindhorn to be one of the most boldly original movies to grace screens thus far in 2017. And it doesn't hurt that the movie comes from one half of the mastermind team behind The Mighty Boosh.
Evan Jacobs, Movie Web, 3rd June 2017