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The Journey

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Ian Paisley, a staunch evangelical Protestant and advocate for Northern Ireland, and Martin McGuinness, a former leader of the IRA are forced to ride in a car together. Will their proximity help in the quest for peace?
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Critics Consensus

The Journey's narrative deficiencies undermine a powerful fact-based story, but those problems are often offset by solid work from Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall.

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David Stratton The Australian 11/30/2018
It's gripping and amusing, and it contains one of John Hurt's last screen appearances. Go to Full Review
David Sexton London Evening Standard 09/01/2017
2/5
One of the great political transitions has been re-imagined as a concise road trip in a pastiche of the sort of political play Peter Morgan might have written as a two-hander for the smaller stage. As a film, it doesn't open out. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 07/14/2017
3/4
The Journey does not claim to be historical fact, but that doesn't make the creatively intelligent fiction it muses on any less fascinating. Go to Full Review
Leigh Monson Substream Magazine 09/25/2020
2/5
The Journey does little to elevate its limited premise... Go to Full Review
Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review 05/11/2020
I suspect that even if the negotiations that brought about that peace were as dry as a bone and completely lacking any form of drama, it still would have been more interesting than this weirdly paced, strangely toned alternative history. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 10/10/2019
2/5
The jaunty, estranged tone doesn't carry the level of importance as it should, instead playing like some banal, tangential escapade. Go to Full Review
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Copyright Raymond L Mar 2 A classic film you can watch every few years and it still brings tears to the eyes. Everyone In Ireland and Britain wanted an end to the problems and though fictional it captures what happened in people's hearts. Finally let it go, move on together. A great film. See more Simon T 03/28/2021 Flawed and often tendentious, but redeemed by fine performances from Tim Spall and Colm Meaney, this well-intentioned fictionalisation of the conversation - or rather, lack of it - between two diametrically opposed figureheads from the unionist and nationalist wings of Northern Ireland, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, follows them on the long drive to Edinburgh Airport as they bicker and seethe. There's a good Tony Blair from Toby Stephens, a strangely underused John Hurt as the MI5 head, and a surfeit of very bad wigs. See more Emilio T @MilloTPue 10/24/2020 Good sense of the dialogs and the timing about a historical moment. See more 07/20/2019 As stated by others, this is a movie for all. Ubiquitous enjoyment. The first scene pulls one in and never lets go. There is an element of Harold Pinter: much communication is done under the silence. The screenplay, lush cinematography and musical score creates the perfect canvas for stellar actors to exceed in their gifts. Unpredictable, and pleasing: this is a gem of artwork. See more 09/19/2018 El viaje (The Journey) [2017] See more 11/19/2017 Excellent movie! Great great acting from Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall!! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Ian Paisley, a staunch evangelical Protestant and advocate for Northern Ireland, and Martin McGuinness, a former leader of the IRA are forced to ride in a car together. Will their proximity help in the quest for peace?
Director
Nick Hamm
Producer
Nick Hamm, Mark Huffam, Piers Tempest
Screenwriter
Colin Bateman
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Tempo Productions Limited, Greenroom Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Language|Violent Images)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 16, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$152.5K
Runtime
1h 34m
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