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The Trip to Italy

The Trip to Italy

Comedy · Drama · 2014

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.

Movie details

The Trip to Italy

“Anyone for seconds?”

2014 Comedy · Drama 1h 48m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

16.3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

88 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

75 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Trip to Italy?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Winterbottom

Written by

Michael Winterbottom

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Steve

Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon

Rob

Rosie Fellner

Rosie Fellner

Lucy

Claire Keelan

Claire Keelan

Emma

Marta Barrio

Marta Barrio

Yolanda

T

Timothy Leach

Joe

Ronni Ancona

Ronni Ancona

Donna

Court is in session

Put The Trip to Italy on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.