He never stays for too long on one subject and often asks those in the front few rows questions to spur his act on, which makes it look all the more unplanned.

A few funny jokes round out a so-so kids movie that needed more to stand out from an increasingly large crowd. For the littlies, there’s an extra disc with a short about Seth Rogen’s character (the gelatinous Bob) and loads of extras.

It’s like a comic Sixth Sense as anti-social dentist Pincus (Gervais, his very Brit sarcasm feeling a little out of his element in a decidedly Sex in the City setting) dies temporarily on the operating table and when he comes back he’s surrounded by the spirits of the dead who want him to help with their various closures.