Review of The Trip (2011) by Bruno V — 20 Feb 2016

I think the first big laugh I got out of this is when Steve Coogan puts on Joy Division as this week-long road trip's soundtrack. Because that's who we all want driving us around the British countryside: Ian Curtis' depressed ghost!

Overall, this film was uncomfortable, sad, a complete love letter to northern England (which makes me sad that I didn't visit there), and also brilliantly brilliantly funny at times.

I initially opened it on Netflix because nothing else sounded particularly good, either. And then I watched the whole thing and thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you're not a fan of poetry, of living deep in English culture, of pretentious foodie b.s., and of comedy that runs from the deepest to the shallowest sides of the pool: then steer clear. If you've ever thought it would be uuuhhmaaaazing to spend a night or weekend around a bunch of comics: Watch this. (And Louie.) And then you'll see what a special kind of hell that would be!! Haha.