Smug, self-indulgent drivel. We're invited to think that, because the actors know they're playing a pair of egos on legs, their self-knowledge somehow makes what we're watching funny, or well-observed, or something other than a waste of time. In their world, watching deluded people playing deluded people is amusing, apparently. Other examples of this genre include such gems as I'M STILL HERE, the 2010 'spoof' by Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix. It's difficult to say that THE TRIP TO GREECE is worse than that. It's not. It's merely as bad. Actor Rob Brydon and director Michael Winterbottom are talented people. It's sad to see them sinking to this level. I trust the fee was worth it.
Review of The Trip to Greece
