The Trip to Italy - 1 frown

“The Trip to Italy,” the sequel to The Trip starring British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, who play fictionalized version of themselves, is a boring waste of time. The main problem is Brydon, who was mildly irritating in The Trip, but now, he is uncontrollable. In addition to an impersonation of Michael Caine (which in the first movie was tolerable), he carts out poor imitations of Al Pacino, Christian Bale, Richard Burton and Hugh Grant. Half the time he has to tell us who he’s imitating for fear we won’t get it. And when he and Coogan start on their ‘schtick’ together, for sure it’s only entertaining to them.

The food looks appetizing and the Italian vistas are beautiful, but all these guys do is talk, talk, talk. It all feels wasted on them. And in spite of the numerous quotations from Byron and visits to the places Byron visited, the movie grows more tedious as the minutes pass. Why watch these people? What’s the point? And that’s the problem with “The Trip to Italy.” There is no point. 9/15/14