I'll go you one step further - Gervais did it better too. But the US show really takes it a step further, the show has a lot more heart. Like it becomes more about family, and how you can learn to love people who are also fucked up, like it's really nice honestly.
The Office is good. The US one is better than the UK one, but the UK one is excellent too just much more painful.
For me, Steve Carell > Ricky Gervais, but Martin Freeman > John Krasinski.
I'll go you one step further - Gervais did it better too. But the US show really takes it a step further, the show has a lot more heart. Like it becomes more about family, and how you can learn to love people who are also fucked up, like it's really nice honestly.