After Life
- TV sitcom
- Netflix
- 2019 - 2022
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Ricky Gervais sitcom about a man struggling to cope after his wife's death. Also features Kerry Godliman, Tom Basden, Tony Way, Diane Morgan, Ashley Jensen and more.
Streaming rank this week: 592
Press clippings Page 3
Ricky Gervais interview thrown into chaos as dog bolts from One Show set
Ricky Gervais' interview on The One Show was thrown into chaos as his beloved canine co-star bolted off the set mid-interview.
The Sun, 18th January 2022The week in TV: Screw; After Life
Screw seesaws rather too jerkily between liberal idealism and acid cynicism. After Life remains tonally bizarre: one moment suffocatingly mawkish, the next jarringly crass.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 16th January 2022Ricky Gervais: I have to offend even if people don't like it
"Some people won't like it but that's no reason not to do it".
Adam Bloodworth, JOE, 15th January 2022After Life Series 3 review
Ricky Gervais's foul-mouthed comedy about grief and community returns for a final six-episode run. Despite its good qualities, however, it fails to pluck at heartstrings quite like it intends.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 14th January 2022After Life Series 3 review
Only Ricky Gervais could get away with a show this toothless.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 14th January 2022After Life review
After Life's saving grace is the cast of lovable freaks around Ricky Gervais.
Ed Power, The Irish Times, 14th January 2022After Life, review: the emotional depth of a Post-It note
Ricky Gervais's Netflix project has gone from perfectly watchable to a soggy pudding of a series that wallows in its own thin-skinned misanthropy.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 14th January 2022After Life review
Ricky Gervais's After Life is a conundrum. Viewers love it and critics can't figure out why at all. What makes it odd is that this isn't a Mrs Brown's Boys situation, where the consensus critical position is: "Nope, sorry, you people are stupid and wrong, this is actually terrible." It's more complex than that. It's more of a sort of: "What, this? From him? But why?"
Hugo Rifkind, The Times, 14th January 2022After Life Series 3 review
Its greatest strength is also its biggest weakness.
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 14th January 2022I talk to Ricky Gervais
"I decided on that ending because it sums up what the series was about. It's uplifting. It's positive."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 14th January 2022