The Trip to Italy (2014)

Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writer:

Michael Winterbottom

Stars:

Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Steve Coogan	...	Steve
Rob Brydon	...	Rob
Rosie Fellner	...	Lucy
Claire Keelan	...	Emma
Marta Barrio	...	Yolanda
Tim Leach	...	Joe (Steve's Son) (as Timothy Leach)
Ronni Ancona	...	Donna
Rebecca Johnson	...	Sally (Rob's Wife)
Alba Foncuberta Bufill	...	La Suvera Receptionist
Flora Villani	...	Villa Cimbrone Receptionist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alessandro Cuomo	...	Mario

Storyline

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern Britain, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy. Once again, the two comedy buddies/rivals take the landscape as well as the cuisine of that country in a trip filled with witty repartee and personal insecurities. Along the way, their own professional and personal lives comes in as these slightly older men's friendship comes through.

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Plot Keywords:

road movie | englishman in italy | italy | tuscany | restaurant | 

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Taglines:

Anyone for seconds?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one scene Rob Brydon comments that Tom Hardy couldn't do what he does. In the film Locke (2013), Hardy plays a man with a strong Welsh accent filmed entirely through dash-cams while driving and the audience watches his life and marriage collapse. Brydon's breakthrough performance was in Marion & Geoff (2000), a TV show fitting the same description.

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Goofs

Toward the end of the movie (33 minute to the end), they are showing and commenting about a fruit they call "kumquat" which is in fact a "Physalis" also called "Cape Gooseberry", a fruit originally from Chile and Peru. A Kumquat is like a miniature orange, which can be eaten whole, or used in making marmalade. It has a very sharp flavour. A physalis has a paper-like husk like a tomatillo and is very sweet when ripe.

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Quotes

Steve: [attractive hotel hostess walks by] She's got a lovely gait.
Rob: Probably padlocked.

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Connections

References GoldenEye (1995)

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Soundtracks

Vier Letze 'Im Abendrot'
Composed by Richard Strauss & Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (as Joseph von Eichendorff)
by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Ltd, An Imagem Company
Performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Philarmonica Orchestra
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music Ltd

User Reviews

Self indulgent nonsense

Apart from the beautiful scenery, and a couple of chuckles, this was boring. Normally I enjoy these guys, but this just doesn't work. Watching two mates eating, and doing impressions every five minutes, with an attempt at being funny thrown in, was embarrassing. I was hoping for more views of an amazing journey, but was left feeling short changed in that department. Whilst both Rob and Steve are very clever in their own right, this union seemed more of a challenge to outdo each other. I thought this would be more of a documentary type of movie, but sadly I was mistaken. If you're die hard fans of the duo, I guess this is for you.

Details

Official Sites:

IFC Films [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2014 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Trip to Italy

Filming Locations:

Italy

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$71,712, 17 August 2014

Gross USA:

$2,880,537

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,132,875

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Revolution Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min 175 min (mini-series)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1