The Journey

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The Journey

PG-13

Released Jun 16, 2017

1h 34m

Drama

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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

It's gripping and amusing, and it contains one of John Hurt's last screen appearances.

Nov 30, 2018

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

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.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 1, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

The Journey does not claim to be historical fact, but that doesn't make the creatively intelligent fiction it muses on any less fascinating.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 14, 2017

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

The Journey does little to elevate its limited premise...

Rated: 2/5

Sep 25, 2020

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

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.

May 11, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

The jaunty, estranged tone doesn't carry the level of importance as it should, instead playing like some banal, tangential escapade.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 10, 2019

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Copyright Raymond L

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Simon T

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/02/23

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Emilio T

Good sense of the dialogs and the timing about a historical moment.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/26/24

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/19

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zed b

Great performances by Spall and Meaney give life to this critical moment in Irish History and provide both an incite into Ulster's divided communities and the price that has been paid for it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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El viaje (The Journey) [2017]

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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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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