The Trip to Italy Movie Review

In The Trip to Italy, comedian Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan re-team with director Michael Winterbottom for a sequel to The Trip. This time, instead of a food tour of the north of England, they are following in the footsteps of Percy Shelley and Lord Byron from Piedmont to Capri.

The two are slightly older now and in their advancing age and settling careers they have become more melancholy. Though they still laugh and smile and enjoy the beauty around them, there is a wistful quality beneath that reveals their dissatisfaction. Playing fictionalized versions of themselves, Steve has a teenage son who lives with his ex-wife. Rob has a wife and young daughter. His wife never seems to have time for him and Rob falls into a little dalliance with a woman he meets.

Short Cut Review: The Trip

A Short Cut Movie Review is normally less than 400 words, but in some cases may go slightly over. This is my attempt to keep writing about as many films as I see without getting bogged down with trying to find more to say. They are meant to be brief snapshots of my reaction to a movie without too much depth.

A comedy starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, playing versions of themselves, on a restaurant tour through the north of England. The film itself was edited down from a 6-part TV series that aired in England in 2010. It contains some hysterical and improvised bits of comedy between Brydon and Coogan, whose fictionalized personalities share an uncomfortably competitive rivalry. Highlights include their impersonations of Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, and especially Michael Caine.