Critics and audiences are raving about the outrageous comedy “Alan Partridge”, calling the film “hilarious” and a “sharp, incisive parody”. Simon Abrams from RogerEbert.com raves the film is “consistently hilarious … it’s so good that I can recommend it without reservation! It has scads of memorable one-liners and averages about three or four belly laughs in a single scene!”
“Alan Partridge” brings an enduring comic creation to film, pitching Alan headfirst into a desperate battle for survival that’s both literal and figurative, as he becomes caught up in a siege at his radio station.
Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) has had many ups and downs in his life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. A nervous breakdown in Dundee. His self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', subsequently remaindered and pulped. The character Alan Partridge first appeared over twenty years ago as a BBC sports reporter on the radio show, On The Hour. Since then, this wonderfully conceited, petty, anal, idiosyncratic comic creation has flourished across virtually every medium you can think of. He has been called one of the greatest comedy creations to come out of the United Kingdom in the last 20 years.
Now, Alan is at the center of a siege, when a disgruntled fellow DJ Pat (Colm Meaney) decides to hold their station hostage after learning that he’s getting sacked by the new management.
Initially, Alan is not involved in the siege, but as Pat considers Alan to be his only ally at the station, he requests that Alan be brought in as a mediator. There’s just one small problem: Alan was responsible for Pat being fired in the first place. Hilarity and big laughs ensue as the situation quickly spirals out of control.