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As with the Gervais-Merchant "The Office," the more time you spend with the characters in "Extras," the more you feel their pain as well as laugh at their expense.
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The writers have shown that letting the characters drive the story can make a form as tired as the sitcom new again.
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"Extras" finally achieves the greatness expected of the Gervais/Merchant team with Season Two.
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Few stars can write and play a kicked-in-the-mouth underdog as smartly as Gervais does here.
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Despite mining what appears to be a played-out lode (yet another showbiz-insider comedy, complete with self-effacing celebrity cameos), the pair find hearty laughs in discomfort, elicit riotous turns from their guest stars and even manage a touch of pathos in the travails of the show's hapless hero.
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"Extras" lives up to expectations and to its own lunatic traditions.
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It is even more excruciating -- which in this case means better -- than last year's.
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Gervais' timing remains impeccable, and Ashley Jensen is wonderful as his shallow, lazy friend Maggie.
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Andy's humiliations as a minor celebrity aren't quite as funny as was his earlier shame at being a nobody, but as a satire of showbiz vanity, Extras can still be described as (what else?) stellar. [29 Jan 2007, p.43]
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[It] passes quickly but gleefully.
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[Season 2] is far better than the good but uneven first year of the show.
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There's no question that "Extras" is a hoot, especially for anyone who spends much time observing the ins and outs of fame and the media, but Gervais is correct that less is more.
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There's more humiliation than comedy.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 55 out of 62
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Mixed: 5 out of 62
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Negative: 2 out of 62
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GlenH.Mar 8, 2008
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Sep 2, 2019
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Mar 24, 2015