Tag Archives: Rob Brydon

The Trip To Greece review — Another welcome jaunt with old frenemies

May 23, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Winterbottom | 103 min | Crave "You were unpalatable as a young man," says Rob, after Steve claims he's getting better looking as he gets older. And it doesn't take more than a minute or two for these two improv-honed performers to get to the core of their connection: teasing each other… Read More

The Trip To Spain review — More culinary travels with caustic pals

September 4, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Winterbottom | 108 min Interesting that the writing credits for these films—a UK TV series reedited for cinema release elsewhere—are a little vague. I think it speaks to how improvised they all are, and to the gifts of the two leads—Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon—playing exaggerated, ingrate versions of themselves. All of… Read More

The Trip To Italy review

September 26, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Michael Winterbottom I was so thrilled to discover this sequel exists! The first movie, The Trip, from 2011, was a whole lot of fun—Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon improvising dialogue, riffing off each other, while driving around and eating at gourmet restos in northern England. The film functioned as a gorgeous travelogue,… Read More

The Trip (2011) review

August 28, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Winterbottom Weirdly, this film has no credited writer. Maybe not so weird. It's very possible that the picture was entirely improvised by the two leads, Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, both of whom were in Winterbottom's Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. Something else people should know: The film is an… Read More