Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.5|5.0
Starsììì
The Trip
has the audacity to wave the flag of ‘Stop here for entertainment’ in its
opening scene and quickly becomes an irrelevant, irreverent ode to nothing in
particular—a sonnet singing its own sorrowful tune to the meaningless of life
without apology or even the requisite polite nod to Madam Creativity. Dotted
with random, quite boring, and unremarkable voice impersonations of the rich
and famous, the film attempts to the status of documentary while exploiting boredom
to heights yet unreached. Yet, perhaps for the same reasons we tolerate and even applaud Picasso
as art, the British part of us follows the storyline to its bitter end and
wonders if a sequel will be forthcoming while wavering between the poles of ‘surely
not!’ and ‘probably’ because this is the plane to which we have degenerated in
looking for reality-type entertainment.
Storyline
Steve
Coogan and Rob Brydon take a road trip to examine northern England’s cuisine.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Michael Winterbottom for his directing efforts. Thank you to
Executive Producers Simon Lupton and Henry Normal for making the film possible.
Additional characters/cast include: Paul (Paul Popplewell), Mischa (Margo
Stilley), Emma (Claire Keelan), Sally (Rebecca Johnson), Magda (Dolya
Gavanski), and Steve Coogan’s United States Agent (Kerry Shale).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe.
It’s very, very dry humor that needs a serious liqueur to wash down.
Video Critique Available Here:
Ben Meyers
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