Al Murray - Giving It In Both Barrels DVD > Reviews > Murray delivers a delicious pint of comedy

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Good
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Good
How does it compare to similar films?	Good

Advantages:	Hillarious, side splittingly funny at times
Disadvantages:	Very similar to his previous shows

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Those familiar with Al Murray's pub landlord character will most likely have been won over by him already, and this DVD will surely reaffirm your love for the character and want very much to get in the next round from the landlords pub.

This show is a cool refreshing pint of comedy fun.

The show starts with Murray's routine of picking on the audience (in jest of course) about their profession, appearance, name and just about any comedy gold he can scrape from them and it is (without using the acronym "Lol") laugh out loud funny. Murray's quick wit and ability to think on his feet is astounding, he obviously must have some pre prepared jokes for this purpose but nevertheless he delivers them with snappy comic timing and confidence (gained through the shield of a comic character) with clever callbacks and memory that are also delightfully funny.

This routine pretty much continues throughout but interspersed with some brilliant jokes (the "Geordie whale song" is particularly side-splitting). With the occasional improvised tangent and lots more rib poking of the audience.

Perhaps the greatest joy of this DVD is to be able to watch the entire thing without actually being there with the risk of some comedic piss taking.

Perhaps my one complaint about this performance would be that it may seem a wee bit too familiar, it is hard to distinguish this show with all of Murray's previous work, it is equally as funny, but may with you with the slight after taste of wanting something a bit different. However, you will most likely be rolling on the floor (not literally of course) with laughter before this happens.

The bonus feature are reasonably entertaining and it is very interesting in the audio commentary to hear Murray's opinion without the guise of his comic counterpoint. They are nothing amazing but they are definitely welcome.

So all in all Murray is on form as ever and if you fancy a good laugh this DVD is for you.