The Trip

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The Trip

1967

1h 25m

Fantasy

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39%

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23 Reviews

51%

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2,500+ Ratings

Paul (Peter Fonda), a director saddened by his failed marriage and unsatisfied with his work, is looking to start over. His friend, the cool, sage-like John (Bruce Dern), suggests that an LSD trip is exactly what Paul needs to get out of his rut. Paul decides to indulge, and experiences visions that are alternately beautiful and terrifying. His hallucinations, which include a carnival populated by dwarfs, bizarrely erotic encounters and even his own death, radically reshape his consciousness.

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The Trip's groovy effects and compelling message can't overcome the rough acting, long meandering stretches, and pedestrian plot.

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TIME Staff

TIME Magazine

02/25/2019

The Trip is a psychedelic tour through the bent mind of Peter Fonda, which is evidently full of old movies.

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Variety Staff

Variety

07/07/2010

Unconnected scenes begin to spin off the screen with increasing speed and with no attempt at explanation.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

10/13/2007

In trying to visualize a notion of what Peter Fonda goes through on an LSD trip, Roger Corman has simply resorted to a long succession of familiar cinematic images, accompanied by weird music and sounds.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 18

2.5/4

Thematically, the film is as shallow as a puddle, but visually, it's a stimulating experience.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

04/26/2025

While the film was made to exploit interest in the counterculture and the drug culture, Corman takes the subject seriously and brings psychoanalysis to the film as the experience dredges up the character’s subconscious.

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Gene Youngblood

Los Angeles Free Press

02/03/2020

This is simply a beautiful movie about a fellow who takes an acid trip - with all its ups and downs.

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Keith K.

@goa64 May 9

I was going to give it one star until the scene with the little person serving gruel popped on. Got a lot better when I pictured the Mystery Science Theater guys watching it with me.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jan 26

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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James H

@RT51557711 Jan 3

Not a movie for everyone and I dont think everyone will get it. A lot of visual ideas worth seeing, sometimes certain characters dialouge is not the best, some dieas may be to on the nose. But for my personal taste its a movie worth watching and learning from when it comes to exploring cinema. I think its now a capsule in time showing the thoughts and experiences of a certain age, if made now maybe those thoughts and experiences will tell a different story, worth watching.

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Matthew D

@RT74523642 06/18/2021

A visual feast, but not much of a movie.

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12/28/2019

What the hell did I just watch? Peter Fonda on a acid trip in the 60's sounded like it would be interesting. Turns out I was confused by this movie, probably only made sense to people on acid idk I only watched this movie once and once is more then enough, don't even watch this movie once.

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10/28/2019

This is the OTHER Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, and Dennis Hopper hippy flick, and it's far more obnoxiously styled and insecure than its successor. Perhaps my lack of hallucinogenic drug-use will be apparent, but compared with, say, Midsommar, this never came close to putting me in that state. The dated tripping scenes, of which most of this movie is comprised, range from boring to straight-up laughable; I kept expecting Austin Powers to pop-up.

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Synopsis

Paul (Peter Fonda), a director saddened by his failed marriage and unsatisfied with his work, is looking to start over. His friend, the cool, sage-like John (Bruce Dern), suggests that an LSD trip is exactly what Paul needs to get out of his rut. Paul decides to indulge, and experiences visions that are alternately beautiful and terrifying. His hallucinations, which include a carnival populated by dwarfs, bizarrely erotic encounters and even his own death, radically reshape his consciousness.

Director: Roger Corman
Producer: Roger Corman
Screenwriter: Jack Nicholson
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: American International Pictures (AIP)
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $29.5K
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Mono