Alan Partridge

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Alan Partridge

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2014

1h 29m

Comedy

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Radio host Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) gets a chance to boost his sagging career by serving as a liaison between police and his former co-host (Colm Meaney), who has taken hostages at their radio station.

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Critics Consensus

The Alan Partridge movie ditches the TV series' nuanced humor for something broader, and succeeds in presenting the character on a global scale.

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Laurence Phelan

Independent (UK)

Oct 24, 2018

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa...does play to the character's strengths, giving him reams of carefully honed comic writing disguised as casual malapropisms and off-the-cuff banter.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Sep 5, 2018

I love the character of Alan Partridge so much... He is a genius creation; just wrong enough and inappropriate enough and narcissistic enough to be comic, but never so wrong he's entirely unbelievable or unsympathetic.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Sep 5, 2017

4/5

Hopping from small to big screen is a trick few manage. This wisely and bravely keeps it small-scale and local - playing out like a slightly over-stretched TV special rather than a doomed attempt to lap-dance to Hollywood with A Good Day To Die Partridge

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

Oct 14, 2023

Coogan is on typically brilliant form here: every line is delivered with his characteristically impeccable timing, and he’s full of the inspired energy that originally made Alan such a hit when the character debuted in the ‘90s.

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Robert Sims

Lights Camera Austin

Jan 22, 2022

Part of Alan Partridge's charm is that it is defiantly British in the targets it seeks out.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

May 5, 2020

3/5

So have your wits about you, and be prepared to laugh hard and often. Sometimes against your better judgment.

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Dave K

@BilboBagsy Jun 30, 2026

I actually think that Alan Partridge works much better as a series. It’s not a bad film but the premise I found to be a bit too heavy for it to be the old awkward classic humour you remember from the show. Alan essentially becomes the reason his colleague gets fired from the local radio station after it is sold. That same colleague ends up taking the radio station hostage and Alan becomes the man to mediate between police and the hostage taker. There are of course some awkward moments but it's hard to keep it humorous in a hostage situation. The film is a great idea and I see why it got made. It has some good laughs and Steve Coogan's character is always entertaining, but it’s nowhere near as memorable as the series. The old cast is all in there which is nice to see, and there's also some new additions. Tim Key i thought was an exciting addition that complimented the partridge humour. He has some surprisingly funny moments considering he has a gun strapped to his head. 7 / 10

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Keith B B

@Okbullard Dec 21, 2025

It had a little humor but mostly just silly humor. I'd never watch it again.

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alan G.

@agenser Dec 4, 2025

Steve Coogan has to be the worst British actor ever.

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Daniel R

@Daniel304 Apr 5, 2025

Foot like a traction engine

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Pat B

@RT67592582 Dec 30, 2024

Pure genius. Steve Coogan, Felicity Montagu, and the whole gang just nail it. I loved every minute.

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Oliver A

@LittleOldPennywise Jul 7, 2023

Quite possibly the funniest film of the decade. This is Steve Coogan at his absolute best supported by stellar writing and exceptional performances from Tim Key, Colm Meaney and Felicity Montagu. The laughs are constant and range from painfully clever to downright silly and you enjoy every single one. Truly exceptional.

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Alan Partridge

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Felicity Montagu

Lynn Benfield

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Angela

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Synopsis

Radio host Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) gets a chance to boost his sagging career by serving as a liaison between police and his former co-host (Colm Meaney), who has taken hostages at their radio station.

Director: Declan Lowney
Producer: Kevin Loader, Henry Normal
Screenwriter: Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Baby Cow Productions
Rating: R (Language|Brief Violence|Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $153.3K
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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