Rob Brydon invites Steve Coogan on another food tour commissioned by The Observer. Steve is on hiatus from his American show and decides to go along with the Italian trip. Steve is off alcohol. They discuss the lives and work of Shelley and Byron. The married Rob has a fling with British ex-pat Lucy (Rosie Fellner). They eat a lot of pasta and sing along to Alanis Morissette. They do a lot of impressions both good and bad, all comical. Rob has an audition for a minor role in an American movie. They are joined by Steve's assistant Emma (Claire Keelan) and later on, his son.
I liked the first movie 'The Trip'. I'm not familiar with Brydon and I only know Coogan from his movies. In the first movie, there are obvious moments of a written story but it's the charm of an easy friendship that is truly compelling. It's not real but I get a sense that it could be a version of reality. This one starts in a similar space with impressions of Michael Caine. Coogan is a little sour but ragging on Tom Hardy as Bane seems to help. The movie goes a bit wonky when Rob starts flirting with Lucy. The moment he cheats on his wife and little girl is when the movie struggled for me. The easy charm of the original becomes a highly fictionalize drama. The problem is that there isn't enough drama for it to be compelling. There is a difference between two friends hanging out and two fictional characters hanging out. I prefer the fictional characters to do something.
I liked the first movie 'The Trip'. I'm not familiar with Brydon and I only know Coogan from his movies. In the first movie, there are obvious moments of a written story but it's the charm of an easy friendship that is truly compelling. It's not real but I get a sense that it could be a version of reality. This one starts in a similar space with impressions of Michael Caine. Coogan is a little sour but ragging on Tom Hardy as Bane seems to help. The movie goes a bit wonky when Rob starts flirting with Lucy. The moment he cheats on his wife and little girl is when the movie struggled for me. The easy charm of the original becomes a highly fictionalize drama. The problem is that there isn't enough drama for it to be compelling. There is a difference between two friends hanging out and two fictional characters hanging out. I prefer the fictional characters to do something.