Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
Ricky Gervais turns taboo jokes, cat anecdotes, and skepticism about the supernatural into a briskly irreverent stand-up performance.
Overview
Ricky Gervais takes the stage to explore the absurdities of life and comedy in his latest stand-up special.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- sardonic
- irreverent
- comedy night
- adult movie night
What critics said
Critics and audience responses recognize a confident, polished Gervais stand-up set, though the material received a notably mixed critical response.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Gervais explicitly addresses the rules of comedy while structuring the special around his own approach to controversial material.
The performance debunks the supernatural and concludes that actual nature is sufficiently extraordinary.
Ricky Gervais appears as himself and carries the entire special through direct stand-up address.
The TV-MA rating and Gervais's established performance style support an intentionally boundary-testing comedic register.
Films like Ricky Gervais: SuperNature, and why
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
provocative stand-up comedy built around a single comedian's observational monologue and taboo-pushing material
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
adult observational stand-up with sardonic social commentary, candid delivery, and deliberately offensive humor
George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
single-performer comedy special combining observational humor, personal anecdotes, and irreverent commentary on social norms
Movie Details
- Director
- John L. Spencer
- Release Date
- 2022-05-24
- Runtime
- 64 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (377)
Cast
- Ricky Gervais
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Ricky Gervais: SuperNature about?
- Ricky Gervais turns taboo jokes, cat anecdotes, and skepticism about the supernatural into a briskly irreverent stand-up performance.
- What is Ricky Gervais: SuperNature like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ricky Gervais: SuperNature as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Ricky Gervais: SuperNature violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Ricky Gervais: SuperNature.
- What did critics think of Ricky Gervais: SuperNature?
- Critics and audience responses recognize a confident, polished Gervais stand-up set, though the material received a notably mixed critical response.
- Which films are like Ricky Gervais: SuperNature?
- Films with a similar feel include Ricky Gervais: Humanity, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon, and George Carlin: You Are All Diseased.
- How long is Ricky Gervais: SuperNature?
- Ricky Gervais: SuperNature runs 64 minutes.
- Where can I watch Ricky Gervais: SuperNature?
- In United States, Ricky Gervais: SuperNature streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
