The Trip (2011)

Adapted from the British TV series of the same name 'The Trip' is the first of a now four film series that features actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing versions of themselves on a working vacation reviewing restaurants, in this case located in the north of England. The film consists of the two talking in restaurants, the two talking in the car, the two talking in hotels, the two doing impressions to each other, Brydon calling his wife on the phone and Coogan sleeping with a local women. I liked the casualness of the film, the lose structure, though there is just enough stakes in Coogan's general dissatisfaction with his life and career and eventually making an important decision about a TV project. While not all the gags worked for me for the most part I found this a pleasant trip. Yeah that gag didn't work for me either. ***