1. The giddy sequences of sublime, inspired silliness make it all worthwhile.
2. Every so often, a film comes along that redefines the boundaries of cinema. And every so often there is a movie about two middle-age men driving around and having lunch.
3. By the time they were singing ABBA songs at the top of their lungs, I was gone. These guys are a hoot, and The Trip is a trip and a half.
4. "The Trip" may be the wryest and most affecting of all the recent movies about middle-aged male angst.
5. Does it matter where a performer ends and the persona begins, or if the two can be separated? In "The Trip" you search for authenticity among the jokes and lulls, but what you get is what you see and hear...
6. Their travels and squabbles are great fun to watch, the countryside is bucolic, the food mouthwatering. You just wouldn't want to go on a real road trip with them.
7. The Trip is a fine, funny movie. But there's no reason why it couldn't have been even finer and funnier.
8. The Trip is probably too long, but I have to say "probably" because I would have been happy with an additional half-hour of Steve and Rob doing more impressions.
9. a comedy buffet... immensely enjoyable
10. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon pair up again, ostensibly for a culinary tour of northern England, but really to win bragging rights for the best Michael Caine.
Based on these individual reviews, what is the critic consensus?
Amiable, funny and sometimes insightful, The Trip works as both a showcase for the enduring chemistry between stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and an unexpected perusal of men entering mid-life crises.