The movie is side-splittingly funny, particularly if you are a fan of Steve Coogan and/or Rob Brydon. The pseudo-documentary nature of the film, directed by Michael Winterbottom, gives these talented comedians a chance to stretch out and riff off each other like great jazz musicians, only their instrument is humor. Watching them do dueling Michael Caine imitations is worth the price of the DVD. What makes the film resonate beyond the laughs, though, is Coogan’s delicate dramatic performance as a middle aged man facing loneliness. He never wanted to bring Brydon on the trip to begin with; he only took the assignment to travel around and try fancy restaurants because he thought it would be a romantic getaway for him and his lady. When that falls through, the complications that it creates forces the man to reexamine his life in fascinating ways.
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