The exceptionally creative among us are often plagued by demons. Rough starts, spectrum disorders and self medication naw at them from behind their entertaining jouster facades. Ricky Gervais appears to have made good with his innermost minds workings, managing to harness empathy, his acute observations and distill all that clutter down into a comedic elixir with edge. That goodness for free spirited unadulterated British humour. Gervais takes us along his characters serious and life threatening journey out of despair after his wife has passed. This is brilliant stuff, he holds nothing back and delivers with a maturity that which only comes having mastered his craft. We get some trademark British Gervais slapstick but the real gems are his twist on painful endearing subject matter. His character stumbles with relationships burdened by his optics, but he means well. He desires righteousness and in trying to keep things right he delivers some of the best quips of his career so far. This is a great series that deals with dark subject matter while leaving us with feeling that while life can be hard, perseverance and simply moving forward will have things work out. Life continues, good or bad, we are all in this together. Enjoy what you can while your here. Brilliant work from a genius who has found his stride. It's a ten out of ten to encourage others to view it.
Review of After Life
