Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- warm
- witty
- nostalgic
- lazy sunday
- nostalgic movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film warmly written, well acted, and entertaining, while faulting its familiar coming-of-age formula and uneven comedy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Freddie pursues a life beyond Cemetery Junction through an insurance career, while his friends confront inherited working class futures.
The film uses 1973 Reading suburbia, vintage styling, and a soundtrack of 1970s classics to establish its period atmosphere.
Freddie, Bruce, and Snork are childhood friends whose ambitions, romances, and maturity pull them toward different futures.
Bruce's drinking, fighting, and loudmouthed behavior supply the film's rough-edged comic register.
Films like Cemetery Junction, and why
The Boat That Rocked
working class coming of age, British humor, friendship, and escape from a constraining small-town environment
Billy Elliot
warm British comedy drama, youthful rebellion, class aspiration, and period nostalgia
Brassed Off
working class British ensemble, bittersweet humor, social mobility, and male friendship
The Last Picture Show
coming of age through friendship, romance, and resistance to provincial expectations
Movie Details
- Directors
- Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
- Release Date
- 2010-04-14
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (330)
Cast
- Christian Cooke
- Tom Hughes
- Jack Doolan
- Felicity Jones
- Ralph Fiennes
- Ricky Gervais
- Emily Watson
- Matthew Goode
- Anne Reid
- Steve Speirs
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Cemetery Junction about?
- Three working-class friends navigate ambition, romance, and inherited expectations in 1973 suburban England.
- What is Cemetery Junction like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cemetery Junction as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Cemetery Junction violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Cemetery Junction as mild.
- What did critics think of Cemetery Junction?
- Critics broadly found the film warmly written, well acted, and entertaining, while faulting its familiar coming-of-age formula and uneven comedy.
- Which films are like Cemetery Junction?
- Films with a similar feel include The Boat That Rocked, Billy Elliot, Brassed Off, and The Last Picture Show.
- How long is Cemetery Junction?
- Cemetery Junction runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch Cemetery Junction?
- In United States, Cemetery Junction is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
