Cemetery Junction

"Be young. Be free. Be somebody."

Apr 14 2010 R 1h 35m
Comedy, Drama

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

Plot

It's 1973 in Cemetery Junction, a Reading suburb. Three working class lads, best friends, are coming of age. Freddie wants to rise above his station, taking a job selling life insurance, wearing a suit and tie. Snork works at the railway station and wants a girlfriend some day. Bruce talks of leaving but seems on track to work at a factory, drink and fight, and become like his dad, in front of the telly with beer on hand; and he's trying the patience of the police officer who gets him out of jams. Freddie's job leads the lads toward a few small changes. He runs across a childhood friend, Julie, his boss's daughter who's engaged to the firm's top seller. Can the lads break out?

Written by

Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Directed by

Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Gervais/Merchant

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
24,410
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA