Excellent continuation of "The Trip" (in England) and "The Trip to Italy" and at the height of the first, which was undoubtedly the best. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon make a gastronomic program on TV visiting restaurants that was extended in the cinema and now we are going for the third installment, all directed by that irregular genius that is Winterbottom. If you like British actors and appreciate a good impersonation, this is your film because improvisations based on rivalry between the two comedians, rather than what they eat, is the main course of their meals so that what was initially a gastronomic program has become humorous movies about both talents. I know there are people who don't like these movies very much. They've hooked up with me and now I'm an unconditional fan of both of them. I laugh out loud with their imitations of Michael Caine, Mick Jagger, Robert de Niro, Marlon Brando, Roger Moore or Anthony Hopkins. I can't help myself. Must be my weakness for British humor. As I live in Spain I have to add that the images of the landscapes and the choice of sites is different from the usual tourist guide, which is to be thanked specially for the number of topics that are handled talking about this country. A failure is perhaps how unbelievable the complementary stories are (families, loves, jobs) and I think it would be a good idea to talk more about food, restaurants, flavors, because that's supposed to be the very object of the trip, to do a gastronomic chronicle. It is a pity that they have missed the opportunity to do so in Spain, which is by far the best country I have ever eaten in my entire life.
Review of The Trip to Spain
The Trip to Spain
(2017)
It's not a vision of the gastronomy of Spain although it's fun.
12 January 2018