Arts & Entertainment

THE TRIP

Two British comedians embark on a weeklong road trip through Northern England for a magazine article about the region's finest restaurants. If they are Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, you're not going to escape the hilarity of their dueling Michael Caine impressions and bantering Bond villains, let alone their observations on the fine points of ABBA, all while they relish fine wine and cuisine and visit the haunts of Coleridge, Wordsworth and the Brontës. Reuniting with Michael Winterbottom, the director of Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, they polish their comic personas: fame-hungry Coogan, always on the make and tending to let his ego get in the way, and the sometimes silly, but generally content, family-man Brydon. Together these quick-wits keep the conversations lively and make this road movie a worthwhile trip. Besides, the food looks great! Director: Michael Winterbottom. (UK 2010) 107 min.


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