The Office Revisited - (The Return of Brent) Review


Brent and Johnson.
David Brent returns in this brief follow up to The Office (UK), and after ten years he is just as clueless and hilarious as before.
Besides selling cleaning products to businesses, David has grown interested in investing in start-up artists nearby, which has lead him to a partnership with young rapper Dom Johnson. Cue a torrent of racially charged jokes and anecdotes, as the desperate ex-office manager attempts to create a hit single with Dom.

 It's a funny short video, in which time the pair create the famous 'Equality Street' (mentioned in season 1 of the main show), a combination of David's guitar playing and singing and Dom's rapping. As imagined, the outcome is apparently "horrendous", with Dom expressing his desire to hide his identity in the music video so as not to be linked with the track. It's all hilarious stuff and it's great to see Brent back after so long. 

 Overall, Revisited is a brief glimpse back into the life of David Brent and offers a good few laughs, but naturally due to it short length it is unable to craft a good story arc or really build on the world and characters Gervais and Merchant created. It feels more like a teaser for the subsequent film, David Brent: Life on the Road than a stand-alone piece, and should probably be viewed as such.

 RATING: 7.3/10

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