Robert Webb Movies
- 2007
The team behind the cult Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show makes the leap to features with this comedy concerning a pair of feuding magicians. When their long-running double act ends in disaster, the pair employs every power at their disposal to make each other's lives unbearable. Andrew O' Connor directs a script penned by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, and Peep Show regulars David Mitchell and Robert Webb star as the warring wizards. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Webb, David Mitchell, (more)
Three couples endure the living hell that is the happiest day of their lives in this comic mockumentary. Confetti is the United Kingdom's most prestigious wedding magazine, and publisher Antoni (Jimmy Carr) and editor Vivien (Felicity Montagu) have made a career out of documenting the cutting edge in nuptial ceremonies. Antoni and Vivien have decided to stage a contest to find the most original wedding concepts in Britain; the Confetti staff will narrow the field down to three candidates, help the couples stage their weddings, and treat the grand prize winner to a major photo spread in the magazine as well as a new home worth 500,000 pounds. Before long, Antoni and Vivien announce the finalists: Josef and Isabelle (Stephen Mangan and Meredith MacNeill), fitness enthusiasts who want a tennis-themed wedding; Matt and Sam (Martin Freeman and Jessica Stevenson), whose ceremony will be inspired by Hollywood movie musicals; and Michael and Joanna (Robert Webb and Olivia Colman), a pair of naturists who seldom wear clothes and want to be nude throughout the ceremony). Veteran wedding planners Archie Heron (Vincent Franklin) and Gregory Hough (Jason Watkins) are hired to help each couple have a day they'll always remember, though they may not look back on their work with fondness. Confetti was the second theatrical feature from director Debbie Isitt; all the dialogue was improvised by the film's cast during the filming. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, (more)
- 2004
The miserable lives and lost loves of London roommates Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb) are conveyed via sophisticated sound and camera techniques that allow viewers to literally get inside the heads of the two protagonists as the British sitcom Peep Show enters its second season. This year, Jeremy, aka "Jez" (Robert Webb), tries to juggle two girlfriends: his longtime dream girl, Toni (Elizabeth Marmur), and an American lass named Nancy (Rachel Blanchard) -- who, much to Jez's dismay, is "saving herself" until marriage. Meanwhile, Mark continues trying to persuade Sophie (Olivia Colman) that she'd be happier with him than with her usual beau, Geoff (Neil Fitzmaurice); to this end, Mark attempts to prove to Sophie that he's no dullard by squiring other girls, with a marked lack of success. Elsewhere, aspiring pop star Jez finally lands a job with a band, but not the job he'd like; and Jez's manipulative buddy Super Hans (Matt King) adds crack addiction to his ever-growing list of shortcomings. The season ends as Nancy proposes to Jez for strictly business reasons, while Mark takes advantage of Geoff's public humiliation to swoop down on the supposedly available Sophie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Mitchell, Robert Webb, (more)
The first season of the bawdily hilarious British sitcom Peep Show uses advanced camera and sound techniques to provide a "p.o.v." squint at contemporary manners and mores, as conveyed through the eyes and the innermost thoughts of two twentysomething losers. Mark (David Mitchell) works at a dull job in a duller office, where he obsesses over his co-worker Sophie (Olivia Colman) -- who, alas, prefers the company of go-getter Geoff (Neil Fitzmaurice). Mark's roommate, Jeremy, aka "Jez" (Robert Webb), aspires to be a pop star (his band has already gone through several names, among them Hair Blair Bunch and Spunk Bubble), but lacks such qualities as ambition and drive. Jez' dream girl is Toni (Elizabeth Marmur), the divorcée who lives next door. In the course of the season's six episodes, a third party threatens to disrupt Mark and Jez' friendship, prompting Jez to briefly consider moving in with his manipulative musician buddy Super Hans (Matt King) -- who repays this "compliment" by bedding Toni; Mark manages to embarrass himself in full view of Sophie, Geoff, and half of South London when he gets stoned at the wrong time and wrong place; and finally, Mark finally gets Sophie to go out with him to a funeral, while in a related development Jez uses the imminent death of his uncle as an excuse to lay hands on Toni. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Mitchell, Robert Webb, (more)
