Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon
Running Time: 103 minutes
Synopsis: Celebrated actor Steve Coogan (playing a version of himself) and his friend comedian Rob Brydon (similarly playing himself) take a trip through Greece, notionally tracing the travels of Odysseus. They exchange banter over restaurant meals and in the car, and they visit some historic sites.
Running Time: 103 minutes
Synopsis: Celebrated actor Steve Coogan (playing a version of himself) and his friend comedian Rob Brydon (similarly playing himself) take a trip through Greece, notionally tracing the travels of Odysseus. They exchange banter over restaurant meals and in the car, and they visit some historic sites.
What Works Well: A few of the jokes, improvisations, and impersonations raise a chuckle.
What Does Not Work As Well: This fourth instalment in The Trip movie series is a tiresome, self-indulgent, and often insufferable excuse for two adult men to converse like juveniles: plays on words (" 'Arry Stotle"), endless impersonations (including Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, and King Henry VIII), bad singing (the song Grease, because we are in Greece) and needling (Steve rubbing his BAFTA awards in Rob's face at every opportunity). The intrusion of a tragic plot twist in the final 15 minutes drops from nowhere and achieves little resonance.
Key Quote:
Rob: So, that's what we're doing. 10-year odyssey, in six days, I mean, it's ambitious Steve.
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