The Trip: Part travelogue, part improvisational comedy, with actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon traveling around to different restaurants in the north of England. When Coogan’s girlfriend bails on him, he grudgingly invites Brydon along on his trip, and they spend the better part of 2 hours eating beautiful, beautiful food, trading impressions of other actors (with a focus on Michael Caine), and ruminating on life and happiness and the meaning behind ABBA‘s “Winner Takes It All“. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, this is the definition of ‘droll’. It‘s not the most dynamic comedy out there, but there are some great funny bits here for the discerning viewer, though I fully understand how this film wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea. It would help if you had some basic familiarity with one or the other of the two lead actors. Woodchuck sez, “Check it out.”
