58
While The Trip to Italy offers all the pleasures of a posh holiday accompanied by two of the most inventive comedians today, the improvisation here lacks the total unexpectedness that the first enjoyed.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
60
The Telegraph by Amber Wilkinson
Their improvisation has been honed to the point where the jokes land solidly without losing naturalism.
63
Michael Winterbottom and his gifted actors still haven't quite solved the riddle of portraying social disconnection in a manner that's anything other than sporadically involving.
90
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
As funny as the first go-round, more beautiful to look at, and better conceived.
80
The real richness of the movie, though, comes well in, as the improvised script gets around to deeper anxieties of aging and avoidance.
100
The Playlist by Nikola Grozdanovic
By the time the curtains draw to a bittersweet close, you’ll walk out feeling rejuvenated, satisfied, well replenished in humor and culture, and already planning your own trip to Italy.
88
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
A leg up on the first “Trip,” an altogether more delightful vacation with two blokes who might wear us and each other out along the way. But then, that’s half the fun.
90
Now and then, Winterbottom nudges the movie in the direction of narrative... But even when it’s just ambling about, The Trip to Italy casts a warm, enveloping spell.
80
Village Voice by Stephanie Zacharek
Now we know just what to expect from Coogan and Brydon, although as long as you're willing to settle in for the ride, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
79
The Trip to Italy is plenty enjoyable for fans of the first one and these two, but by the end, it also has the consistency of reheated comfort food.