It mirrors its source material as a manifestation of the idea that it's impossible for art to capture all the joys, tragedies, trials, foibles and contradictions of life. But with its actors playing actors playing actors, it also manages to be a nasty little rumination of the frequent insincerity of the presentation of the self and one-ups The Player as a self-referential deconstruction of the filmmaking process. Also, it's hilarious.

This may not be a classic in the same way Airplane! or "This Is Spinal Tap" is... but when it comes to the crunch this film make me laugh longer and louder. For that reason it's (probably) my favorite comedy film ever.

Amusing and I like what it's doing, but I can't help feeling like I'm missing something. It doesn't go anywhere and while that may be the point it does surprisingly little with the time it has.

Yes it's a creative (not as creative as the book) and hilarious (for some parts) film but, to tell the truth, this style is very familiar to us from his previous film, 24 hour party people. So i'm not suprised at all..

The commentary was more entertaining than the movie.

Terrific. The meta construction works brilliantly without disappearing up its own arse, and Coogan and Brydon's portrayal of a version of themselves is both brave, clever (in the sense that it plays with our perceptions of them) and hilarious.

As modern day philosopher Homer Simpson once said: "it works on so many levels!". It's hilarious, awkward, realistic and clever all at once. Some great visual tricks, a fun movie-in-a-movie concept plus a wonderful cast. Coogan and Brydon fire on all cylinders.

Best part was the end credits, which is what The Trip pretty much is the entire way through, so...

5 years before Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon churn out endless Al Pacino and Michael Caine impressions in "The Trip," Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon churn out endless Al Pacino and Michael Caine impressions in "Tristran Shandy." After decades of unintentionally playing the twat comedian, Coogan finally realizes that other people see him as a twat, and instead of changing his tune, he does what any respectable comedian would do--makes this new-found twatiness the focus of his schtick...and succeeds.

"The conceit of this Tristram Shandy is that it knows it's a movie, much as Sterne's book knew it was a novel." - Keith Uhlich

This was so much fun. A great mix of mockumetary and novel adaptation. I'm a huge fan of Coogan's, and his banter with Brydon is hilarious.

it's kind of just an inferior rehash of 24 hour party people, but it's still pretty damn funny