Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
Storyline
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. Nervous breakdown in Dundee. A self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', which was subsequently remaindered and pulped. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa portrays the events of the greatest low-to-high ebb spectrum in his life to date, namely how he tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio.
Directors
Cast
Steve Coogan, Jessica Knappett, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Nigel Lindsay, Darren Boyd, Simon Kunz, Rita Davies, Simon Delaney, Elizabeth Berrington, Martin Glyn Murray, Tim Key, Eleanor Matsuura, Monica Dolan, Dustin Demri-Burns, Phil Cornwell, Anna Maxwell Martin, Simon Greenall, Felicity Montagu, Karl Theobald, Peter Singh, Lucy Briers, Diane Morgan, Robert Whitelock, Alan Rothwell, Katie Males, Dan Mersh, Keiran Hodgson, Anna Stockton
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Reviews
80
A scissor-sharp comedy of ineptitude and failure.
80
Smartly executed, endlessly quotable and machine-gun quick, this is one of the funniest films of 2013. Accessible for Partridge novices and hugely rewarding for the faithful.
80
The genius of Alpha Papa, then, is in remaining faithful to Partridge's small-screen soul while also managing the demands of a big-screen Alan.
80
Empire
Ruddy hilarious. Just what big-screen comedy needed.
75
It’s a comedy of sight gags, zingers and awkward pauses — lots of those. Sentimental at times, yes. But funny. Always.
