{"id":676,"date":"2017-08-17T00:57:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T00:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/dev\/?p=676"},"modified":"2018-09-17T03:19:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T03:19:03","slug":"a-trip-to-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/a-trip-to-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trip to Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This film is more than a travelogue. It\u2019s the finale of \u201cThe Trip\u201d trilogy with\u00a0\u00a0magnificent cinematography showing the picturesque hills and coastal villages in Spain. And, as in The Trip<\/span> and <\/span>TheTrip to Italy<\/span>, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are the entertaining hosts who take us from town to town on\u00a0\u00a0a culinary adventure. Seeing the delicacies being prepared and watching these very funny travel buddies describe, taste and devour them, will make you drool. <\/span><\/p>\n

The vistas are breathtaking, the winding roads along the coast lined with aqua and azure blue water, plus the quaint towns with their post card worthy hotels and restaurants. And then there\u2019s the food. You get to see chefs preparing scrumptious local dishes like their grandmother made. And luscious cheeses Coogan and Brydon can\u2019t get enough of. Don\u2019t go to this movie hungry because you\u2019ll be ravenous when it ends.<\/p>\n

But the running commentary and non-stop banter of Coogan and Brydon is\u00a0\u00a0often in such famous voices as Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, David Bowie, Michael Caine, Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, Ian McClellan, Roger Moore and more. Coogan and Brydon spew celebrity impressions of the great actors sometimes doing battle trying to top each other. It\u2019s not how it sounds that\u2019s important as much as what they say that\u2019s so clever. They\u2019re both inspired to come up with some pretty witty improv even though it sometimes goes on just a touch too long.<\/p>\n

Coogan has a dry sense of humor and frequently withdraws. He\u2019s pining for a beautiful woman he claims to be in love with who is already taken and far away. It\u2019s also a little sad how he tries to prove to others he\u2019s a famous celebrity reminding anyone who will listen that he was nominated for an Academy Award, twice, for Writing and Producing Philomena <\/span>a few years back. Many in Spain don\u2019t seem to be impressed or know what he\u2019s talking about and maybe that\u2019s in the script. After all, self-deprecation can be funny. <\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”684″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”679″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”685″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]\n

Brydon talks incessantly. He\u2019s always there with a wise crack and makes it clear he understands that he\u2019s not the star of this show. More self deprecating humor. But the two together are like frick and frack. One minute you feel sorry for them, and then laugh out loud at their repartee and exhibition of their many talents.<\/p>\n

But the star of this film is really Spain and the way it shows on the big screen. Director Michael Winterbottom who directed the first two of these films crafts multiple layers of the narrative to make the story a personal journey along with the food and the beauty of the country. Besides the scenic views and interior details of the hotels, restaurants and sites, you get to see both sides of their phone conversations, which give a better idea of how different their responsibilities and aspirations are.<\/p>\n

The unique relationship between Coogan and Bryson is central to the film. These are friends, but they make it look like they\u2019re not particularly close. The impression game they play is not just for laughs, it’s thinly veiled competition and when Coogan perceives he might be losing, he exerts his Alpha status to shut it down. Through all the laughs, and there are a lot, there’s an underlying sadness and insecurity to Coogan\u2019s character. It\u2019s contrived but makes him more interesting.<\/p>\n

We found taking this adventure with these talkative talents a fun little exercise. They say it \u2019s the finale, but there\u2019s a big world out there and plenty of excellent cuisine to taste in different cultures. Maybe they\u2019ll get restless and hit the road again.<\/p>\n

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