The Trip to Spain (2017)

Actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Europe. This time they're in Spain, sampling the restaurants, eateries, and sights along the way.

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Stars:

Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Coogan	...	Steve Coogan
Rob Brydon	...	Rob Brydon
Rebecca Johnson	...	Sally
Claire Keelan	...	Emma
Marta Barrio	...	Yolanda
Margo Stilley	...	Mischa
Kyle Soller	...	Jonathan
Justin Edwards	...	Greg
Kerry Shale	...	Matt
Tom Clegg	...	Busker
Tim Leach	...	Joe
Tessa Walker	...	Chloe
Charlie Jeffreys	...	Charlie
Aurore Delion	...	Aurore
Victor M. Magaldi	...	Altamira Cave Guide

Storyline

Due to the success of the first two trips to Northern England and Italy, the Guardian, this time in conjunction with the New York Times, asks Steve Coogan to write restaurant reviews from another week long trip, this time through Spain. Rob Brydon, Steve's companion on the other two trips, is already aware of the trip, and agrees to go in favoring it over the alternative. Beyond Steve's planned itinerary which will take them south through the center of the country to mirror a trip he did when he was eighteen, they will necessarily embark on some Don Quixote/ Sancho Panza escapades due in part to the current Terry Gilliam movie project on the pair. Like the other two trips, Steve and Rob are accompanied by a plethora of celebrities, from Mick Jagger to Michael Caine to Hugh Grant to a pair of Bonds in the form of their impersonations, but unlike those other two trips, both seem centered and grounded in all aspects of their lives. Rob is settled in his life as loving husband to Sally ...

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Plot Keywords:

spain | restaurant critic | restaurant review | skype | dinner conversation | 

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Taglines:

Rob and Steve are back. Six meals in six different places on a road trip through Spain from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean coast - visiting Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile La Mancha and ending in Andalucia.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon talk about the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" sung by Noel Harrison and it is played at the film's ending. A different version of this song by The King's Singers was played at the end of the final episode of Coogan's TV show, I'm Alan Partridge: Alan Wide Shut (2002), where Alan goes to see the unsold copies of his autobiography being pulped.

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Goofs

Steve says while at lunch that a version of 12 Years a Slave was made by HBO "about ten years ago". No such version exists but PBS did make a version in 1984 entitled Solomon Northup's Odyssey.

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Quotes

Rob: Do you know what the Welsh word for "Carrot" is?
Steve: No
Rob: Moron

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Connections

References The Trip to Italy (2014)

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Soundtracks

Diary of Love
composed by Michael Nyman

User Reviews

Some Grins But No LOLs

Good but not great, this movie had me smiling throughout at the lighthearted banter, which was apparently mostly unscripted.

The movie follows two friends traveling through Spain so that one of them can write a series of restaurant reviews.

The focus is on their dialogue while they visit some tourist sights or sit in restaurants. There is not much of a story, and overall the film comes across more like a travel documentary rather than a movie.

The dialogue mostly covers food, Spanish history, and being middle aged. Most of the humor comes from the friends taking mild jabs at each other, and their impressions of mostly British celebrities such as Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Mick Jagger and Roger Moore. (There are many James Bond references.)

Overall, the formula is entertaining but I would be lying if I said it was not wearing a bit thin by the end of the film. I understand there are now three "Trip" films. I have not seen the previous two and I want to see them, although I am in no hurry because this is not the sort of comedy you can easily binge on.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

11 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Trip to Spain

Filming Locations:

Spain

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$40,875, 13 August 2017

Gross USA:

$1,157,604

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,988,841

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min (IFC library print)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1