Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- sardonic
- melancholic
- lazy sunday
- foodie movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's naturalistic chemistry, improvisational wit, and evocative food-and-landscape travelogue.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's restaurant conversations and celebrity impressions form the film's central comic engine.
The protagonists travel across northern England to visit acclaimed restaurants, with each stop prompting new performances and tensions.
Coogan and Brydon play exaggerated versions of themselves, turning professional identity and comic one-upmanship into recurring subjects.
Fine dining venues and northern English landscapes frame the characters' observations about taste, status, and place.
Films like The Trip, and why
The Trip to Italy
improvised british buddy comedy built around male friendship, rivalry, and conversational humor
A Good Year
witty food-centered travelogue pairing comic performers with picturesque regional landscapes
Sideways
loose road movie with melancholy relationship undertones and dry character-based comedy
Happy-Go-Lucky
naturalistic british comedy-drama about prickly friendship, aging, and self-conscious performance
Movie Details
- Director
- Michael Winterbottom
- Release Date
- 2011-04-24
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (330)
Cast
- Steve Coogan
- Rob Brydon
- Claire Keelan
- Margo Stilley
- Paul Popplewell
- Rebecca Johnson
- Dolya Gavanski
- Kerry Shale
- Bernard Gallagher
- Marta Barrio
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Trip about?
- Two competitive friends turn a northern English restaurant tour into a sharply funny, quietly melancholy test of friendship and ego.
- What is The Trip like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Trip as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Trip violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Trip.
- What did critics think of The Trip?
- Critics broadly praised the film's naturalistic chemistry, improvisational wit, and evocative food-and-landscape travelogue.
- Which films are like The Trip?
- Films with a similar feel include The Trip to Italy, A Good Year, Sideways, and Happy-Go-Lucky.
- How long is The Trip?
- The Trip runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Trip?
- In United States, The Trip streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
