Cemetery Junction (2010 Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & scr)

Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes & Jack Doolan, Felicity Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Emily Watson, Ricky Gervais, Julia Davis, Anne Reid, Steve Speirs (from Stella, his meatiest role), Burn Gorman (nasty cop).

Here's my original review, 27/8/10:

Not exactly original, with echoes of everything from Billy Liar to Saturday Night Fever and Good Will Hunting to Mean Streets, but convincing. Best scene: Cooke offering to dance with Watson (and ash in retirement bowl). Wisely they chose Remi Adefarasin to shoot it (in Panavision).

Yes, not a bad review. They definitely left the joke book at home - it's quite serious. Best moments other than the above are the way Cooke observes Watson's quiet serving of tea to Fiennes, the quiet death of the retiring worker and the pivotal scene between Hughes in his toothy insolence and Speirs in police cell.

The opening classical music is Vaughan Williams, good soundtrack. Good editing by Valerio Bonelli (The Martian, Philomena) who in 2015 was still working in Avid. It's funny to see and hear how local landmarks have become transposed in the authors' imaginations - the production design is by Anna Higginson (started on This Life, many TV things) - actually shot in Loughborough.

It was, finally, very good to hear 'Rain Song' again, which lends the film an evocative ending.