# What is the name of this movie I just saw? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382 "2011-10-12T02:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/1 "2011-10-12T02:58:56Z")
I missed the beginning and I couldn’t read the credits on the tiny screen six inches from my eyes on a United flight from London. I missed the beginning, but I gather it was about two friends, both English actors, taking a vacation walking around the countryside in the north of the UK somewhere. The two were the only characters, except for a brief encounter with one character’s parents at the end of the film. They were both actors, one commercially successful, the other seemed to be critically appreciated, but not a commercial success. They spoke a lot, recited poetry, and did a lot of impressions. Food seemed to be important. The film ended with the less successful one going home to his modest rowhouse, where his wife and baby were there to welcome him home, showing much love. The successful one went home to his beautiful and very expensive apartment, which is sterile and empty. He calls his agent and turns down a lucrative role in an American TV show in order to stay in England and raise his grown children It was revealed that his son had some drug problems.) I think this is a recent film, within the last year or so. I really liked it but I have no idea what it is called. Googling hasn’t helped so far. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/2 "2011-10-12T03:07:52Z")
This is almost definitely The Trip, with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. It’s actually a TV show, broadcast on BBC2, rather than a film. > **[The Trip (2010 TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trip_(2010_TV_series))** > > The Trip is a 2010 British television sitcom series and feature film directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves on a restaurant tour of northern England. The series was edited into feature film format and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010. The full series was first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom in November 2010. Both the TV series and film received very positive revi... ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/3 "2011-10-12T03:08:49Z")
The Trip, with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. I saw it in March at a film festival. I thought it was very funny. Michael Caine is practically a 3rd character in the film, for all the impressions they do. Ah, beat, I see. It was released theatrically in America. It opened a month or so ago. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/4 "2011-10-12T03:09:27Z")
_The Trip_: > **[The Trip (2010 TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trip_(2010_TV_series))** > > The Trip is a 2010 British television sitcom series and feature film directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves on a restaurant tour of northern England. The series was edited into feature film format and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010. The full series was first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom in November 2010. Both the TV series and film received very positive revi... ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/5 "2011-10-12T03:14:48Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > The Trip, with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. I saw it in March at a film festival. I thought it was very funny. Michael Caine is practically a 3rd character in the film, for all the impressions they do. > > Ah, beat, I see. It was released theatrically in America. It opened a month or so ago. Ah, didn’t realise they’d made it into a film. Still… win! [Does obnoxious NFL player endzone dance] ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/6 "2011-10-12T03:15:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/7 "2011-10-12T03:25:06Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > Ah, didn’t realise they’d made it into a film. > > Still… win! > > [Does obnoxious NFL player endzone dance] We can both feel superior to Wendell. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie-i-just-saw/599382/8 "2011-10-12T08:37:09Z")
Thanks, all, that was most definitely the film. Good stuff.