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<em>The Trip to Spain</em> Is Pure Comedy Comfort Food

The faux-documentary series starring the comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon has another hilarious entry in theaters.
Source: IFC Films

We live in an era of cinema that’s often too reliant on sequels, on an endless churn of the same, formulaic stories pumped out year after year. But one franchise seems immune to the diminishing returns of multiple follow-ups: , a series of movies now on its third entry about two middle-aged British men eating very expensive dinners together. sticks to a rigid format, explores the unchanging dynamic between the performers Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon (both playing semi-fictionalized versions of themselves), and has featured them doing extended

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