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What the film achieves, better than any other rock music movie, is how unorganised and stupid so much of what went on behind the scenes was.

Not surprisingly, for a movie dripping in bodily fluids, it's about as sexy as cold rice pudding.

There is a world of possible interpretation lurking beneath the surface of Frank Cottrell Boyce's script, which is as disorientating as the scenario the characters find themselves in.

That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

In his attempt to avoid Western cliches, Winterbottom is in danger of going too far the other way.

Colin Firth gives possibly his best performance yet.

If you have ever been lost in a foreign land, you may recognise the feeling of fear and isolation.

Required viewing.

This is a serious and entertaining character study - stripping down the lives of Soho and Raymond - that has the looks and acting talent to win over a crowd.

Though undoubtedly a great actress, Jolie has reached the point where her personal life dwarfs any role she could conceivably play.

The Trip is a big costume drama without the costumes.

When the freshest food is eaten by rotting mortals and family is little more than a fragile crutch above the abyss, funny jokes can no longer hide the tragedy.

In the central role, Frieda Pinto shows that she has come of age, delivering the story's most powerful screen heroine yet.

There are too many characters doing not very much.

Michael Winterbottom’s atmospheric thriller is packed full of twists and turns but to focus on trying to anticipate and resolve them is to miss the point.