SummarySteve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in some sparkling banter and impersonation-offs. Rewhetting our palates from the earlier film, the characters enjoy mouthwatering meals in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri while riffing on subjects ... Read More
Directed By:Michael Winterbottom
Written By:Michael Winterbottom
The Trip to Italy
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Generally Favorable
75
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5.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
89% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
8% Mixed
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3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Aug 13, 2014
100
By the time the curtains draw to a bittersweet close, you’ll walk out feeling rejuvenated, satisfied, well replenished in humor and culture, and already planning your own trip to Italy.
Aug 28, 2014
88
He’s like a globe-trotting Richard Linklater. And with Winterbottom’s first-ever sequel, his “Trip” films now rival Linklater’s “Before” series in charting how a twosome evolves over time. Plus, they’re bloody hilarious.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.9
47% Positive
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
36% Mixed
17 Ratings
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17% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Aug 31, 2014
9
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, but the bad news is that you have to pay attention. The jokes and impersonations are hilarious, but they come thick and fast. They identify each person mimicked in passing, but you have to follow carefully. You also should know something about movie history and the Romantic poets (Byron and Shelley in particular), so I can understand that this movie is sadly not for everyone. The scenery is lush, and the food is voluptuous and lovingly filmed to the point where it can make you crazy, especially if you are eating stale popcorn as we were. The film is a lot of fun, but I didn’t give it the highest rating because of the maudlin last half hour where personal family issues and a real family member and a not-very-interesting agent appear in person. The movie fell flat, and since this film is the equivalent of mental calisthenics, it was just a bit too long and the change in tone didn’t really work for me.
Aug 31, 2014
8
"The Trip To Italy" is not your average-type film but, instead, is a sequel to the filming of the road trip made by Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon to the northern part of Great Britain which, due to its apparent success, formed the basis and reason or their "Trip to Italy". Directed by Michael Winterbottom, Coogan and Brydon drive their way in their Mini-Cooper convertible along the Italian coast sampling persons and cuisine of the most delightful nature. Intermixes with the tour they are taking are references to the two tourists’ personal life and the not so fictional versions of them. Coogan and Brydon are wonderful as they banter, ad-lib and joke with each other about their respective traits and personalities but, through it all, a caring and bonding that is rarely found in two friends without any negative agenda. You watch the film liking its heroes and wishing you could be the third member of their group. Unorthodox and unlike most films the viewer will see, I give the movie an 8 for, above all, it is fun to watch, extremely entertaining and allows the audience to experience, not only the charm of really funny men but, in addition, the breathtaking beauty of the landscape that is Italy.
Aug 14, 2014
82
Winterbottom and cinematographer James Clarke use the gloss of both food porn and travel porn to occasionally distract us from the darker elements of the story, in the same way that Coogan and Brydon will turn to humor to lighten up their roiling inner conflicts. In this case, however, both the sugar coating and the bitter pill are a treat.
Aug 12, 2014
80
Now we know just what to expect from Coogan and Brydon, although as long as you're willing to settle in for the ride, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Aug 14, 2014
75
Is The Trip to Italy the second Godfather of comedies, or a retread? Neither, exactly. The concept is no longer fresh, but the scenery on the Amalfi and Sorrento coasts is more transporting, and their convertible Mini Cooper is a more amusing vehicle. Finally, the fact that the only singalong CD for the drive is Alanis Morissette’s 1995 album Jagged Little Pill is an unexpected master stroke.
Aug 28, 2014
63
The wine Coogan and Brydon are opening this time may lack some of the novel fizz of the first one, but The Trip to Italy is like most vacations: a few bumps here and there, but over all too quickly.
Aug 28, 2014
25
Film anybody's trip to Italy, and it would be more interesting than this, or at least equally boring.
Aug 30, 2014
8
If you enjoyed The Trip, you should enjoy The Trip to Italy as well. It's in both the scenery & the interactions between Rob Brydon & Steve Coogan that the film particularly excels. More: ****/travel-news/travel-movie-review-the-trip-to-italy/2014/08/30/
Sep 2, 2019
6
Telling the same joke twice doesn't always work the same. When you know it in advance no matter how you try, the punchline will not be the same and the same thing happens to this film in relation to its predecessor. Its development no longer feels so interesting but it's still enjoyable and that's more than enough to immerse yourself in it.
May 9, 2019
6
Another reasonably entertaining trip, Coogan and Brydon are brilliant though it does start to drag.
Sep 23, 2014
0
If it were not for the lovely "occasional" views of Italy, and the 30-second shots of the food, I would have walked out of this movie. It could have been an exquisite movie, but the over-winded silliness of the characters and the constant ad-libbing with no logical conversation at all, absolutely no story-line, made this movie a disaster. I could have predicted the disaster when the opening scene was nothing but 15 minutes of their jibberish. I have never wanted the main characters in any movie to just be quiet - but this one, I just wanted them to shut-up, show more scenes of the food and of Italy. I mean, the title is "A Trip to Italy" not "A Roadtrip with Idiots." It was misleading, as well as the trailer, and I will be very reluctant to ever watch a movie directed by Winterbottom again. How sad, with the location and food storyline, it should have, and could have, been a wonderful movie. I rate this movie a Zero.
Sep 19, 2014
0
Definitely not for everyone, and I was in the "not for" category. Fortunately I figured this out in the first 3 minutes, and walked out by 10 minutes with my husband. Our theater gave us comp passes for another movie. So if you do pay the $$, and you are miserable by minute 3, go ahead and get your refund.
Production Company:
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Revolution Films
Release Date:Aug 15, 2014
Duration:1 h 48 m
Tagline:Anyone for seconds?
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
