"The Trip" is a mostly improvised road trip through the north of England, featuring several inns, some mind-blowing geography and the comic talents of Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden, directed by Michael Winterbottom.
The three were also involved in Winterbottom's adaptation and the two films share a common spirit, although "The Trip" is more comic.
Easily the funniest movie I've seen at the Festival so far. It's the kind of film where good portions of the dialogue are obliterated by the laughter of the audience. A sequence where the two riff on a sort of Agincourt speech from Henry V is a standout. Many in the audience were in tears by the end of it.
A beautiful soundtrack by Michael Nyman complemented the scenery and a few more melancholic scenes which were interspersed through the film.
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