Review of The Trip to Italy (2014) by Dave R — 26 Feb 2015

I have not seen their first film, The Trip. I just jumped straight into their tour of Italy. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are semi-fictionalized versions of themselves, but it took me awhile to realize that they were fictionalizing things at all.

There are actors playing their family members, personal assistants/agents, and staff at the hotels. The two frenemies spend much time chatting about Alanis Morissette and The Godfather films. One of the best scenes is a dream sequence recreation of a famous Italian set scene from The Godfather, Part II.

Otherwise, they cruise around in a tiny sports car and dine at fancy restaurants retracing the path of the poet Byron's exile trek through the boot in the Mediterranean.