I was watching clips of Alan partridge on youtube the other day. I noticed how young Steve Coogan looked. I suppose we are all getting older. Like the last X Files movie, this is a film out of time. An Alan Partridge movie should have been released 10 years ago. The jokes about Colm Meany being Irish with a gun, are not as biting as they would have been in the 1990s. Also there is not the references to the old neighbourhood.Acton..Chiswick roundabout.. As an aside I have been watching Moone Boy. The Steve Coogan Cameo there was masterful. The problem is in part Alan. Alan partridge visibly mellowed as he got older, which is something you would expect. As Alan mellows he becomes a more sympathetic character. Alan has accepted his lot. Making adverts for Butchers and pursuing a woman at work. A mother of two teenage boys, and quite ordinary in appearance. Alan seems genuinely charmed by her wits. Contrast this with the Alan from KMKYWAP At once points Alan shouts ...