The Trip Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Michael Winterbottom’s work, I was quite eager to check it out. It is one of these fake documentaries that Winterbottom has been known for and it was probably the lightest movie he has made so far. Basically, you only get to see Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon driving around the north of England, eating some rather expensive food and having some (not really deep) conversations. I really liked, aside the fact that Coogan and Brydon were pretty funny, the fact that they actually never really talked about the food. It was also refreshing that those guys were not really arguing all the time but they were not kissing their ass either which was quite refreshing. Still, even though it was a fun watch, I can’t say it was really anything amazing though. To be honest, I’m not really familiar with Rob Brydon but, apparently, the guy is mostly famous for making impressions of other celebrities which was fun but the guy keeps making those impressions constantly throughout the damned thing and it became rather tiresome fairly quickly. Furthermore, they didn’t have any real interesting conversations and I thought that it was really simplistic to show that Brydon was a happy family man whereas Coogan was maybe more famous but also really lonely. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I thought it was a fun little movie and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Michael Winterbottom’s work.