Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Ricky Gervais: SuperNature review
"Comedy evolves," Ricky Gervais tells his SuperNature audience as he explains the nature of stand-up. But his comedy barely does.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th May 2022Ricky Gervais: SuperNature review - Gervais's laziest special yet
Ricky Gervais knows exactly which buttons to press, but his overreliance on old material and played-out angles makes his latest special uncharacteristically tedious.
Jonathon Wilson, Ready Steady Cut, 24th May 2022Netflix is carving out a niche for itself as the home of transphobic comedy
Ricky Gervais's new special SuperNature unsurprisingly includes anti-trans vitriol.
Mary Kate Carr, The AV Club, 24th May 2022Ricky Gervais's anti-trans special proves Netflix is on no-one's side but its own
Gervais's schtick is as predictable as it gets - and serves as further proof to an audience that Netflix has approached with simpering, condescending appeals that the streamer is not on anyone's side but its own.
Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 24th May 2022I watched the new Ricky Gervais stand-up special so you don't have to
Gervais is truly off-putting in SuperNature, a detestable combination of smug and obtuse. Only two of his bits are any good - one about a platypus, and a touching one about how Gervais and his male relatives and friends express affection. Both of these are too little too late, though. His retirement can't come soon enough.
Clare Martin, Paste Magazine, 24th May 2022The curious difference in reception between Ricky Gervais & Dave Chappelle
Perhaps it's due to Gervais being able to hide behind the convenient excuse of his lifelong brand of being intentionally offensive - or perhaps it's because we've already been through it once recently - but there doesn't seem to be equal energy towards Gervais's jokes, which are arguably even more offensive than Chappelle's.
Melanie Weir, Enstars, 24th May 2022Stream it or skip it - Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
SKIP IT. Gervais warned us with his introduction to the stage as "a man who really doesn't need to do this". And he was right. He didn't need to do this hour. And you don't need to watch it, either.
Sean L. McCarthy, Decider, 24th May 2022Ricky Gervais defends taboo jokes after mocking trans people
"I think that's what comedy is for."
Cydney Yeates, Metro, 24th May 2022Like Ricky Gervais's comedy, Netflix's transphobia is getting old
You can just say you're a transphobe, Ricky Gervais. And Netflix, just say you're okay with anti-LGBTQ content on your platform.
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24th May 2022It's impossible to overstate how awful Gervais' violently transphobic special is
Shame on Netflix for giving this level of hate a platform and what was likely an enormous payday for Gervais. Even worse, the company has already ordered more of the same.
Vivian Kane, The Mary Sue, 24th May 2022