The Journey

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The Journey

PG-13,

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?

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

Nov 30, 2018

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

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David Sexton

London Evening Standard

Sep 1, 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.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Jul 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.

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

Sep 25, 2020

2/5

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

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

May 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.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Oct 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.

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Han W

Mar 17, 2019

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.

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Hagrid R

Sep 19, 2018

El viaje (The Journey) [2017]

Anakin W

Nov 19, 2017

Excellent movie! Great great acting from Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall!!

Theodore L

Nov 19, 2017

Excellent!!...Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney were brilliant!

Leia S

Nov 16, 2017

While this movie is primarily conversation concerning the background for the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, the director and actors have made this a film with no drag or unnecessary scenes. I was surprised with the excellent dialogue, beautiful cinematography, spot-on editing and flawless direction. More than 2/3 of this movie takes place inside a limousine or inside a government office. The high quality of the acting which included Timothy Spall as Ian Paisley, Colm Meaney as Martin McGuinness, John Hurt as Harry Patterson and Freddie Highmore as Jack (the "chauffeur"), was never in doubt. While this is not a documentary, the fact that Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness became close friends after the 2006 peace talks is verifiable. Their conversations are riveting. At the beginning of the closing credits are photographs for the actual men (Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness).

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Hermione P

Jul 18, 2017

Mc Guinness is well represented. Paisley less, despite the effort of the actor. The Big Man was too big!

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Nick Hamm

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Timothy Spall

Ian Paisley

Colm Meaney

Martin McGuinness

Freddie Highmore

Jack

John Hurt

Harry Patterson

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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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