The Trip

Movie: The Trip

Genre: road trip

Synopsis: This was an odd movie.  It starred Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing themselves.  Steve has gotten an assignment by The Observer to review some of England’s finer restaurants.  He had planned on taking his girlfriend on this trip.  When she pulls out at the last minute, he asks his old friend Rob to accompany him.  The majority of the movie consists of ongoing banter between the two, generally while doing impressions of various famous people.

My two cents: An interesting movie.  A lot of laughs, but was a little bit too different for me.  For the first 45 minutes, it was amusing when they would carry on discussions while doing various impressions.  Then it just got old.  Steve had a few scenes where he was trying to come to terms with how his career has progressed and his ever advancing age -  but there just seemed to be a lack of focus or cohesion in what was going on.  

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