Trippin'

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Trippin'

R

Released May 12, 1999

1h 34m

Comedy

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A high-school senior, Gregory Reed (Deon Richmond) is unprepared for life after graduation. Obsessed with finding a girlfriend, Gregory often has elaborate fantasies where he imagines himself as a successful ladies' man. While Gregory passes the time with his slick, trouble-seeking friend, June (Donald Adeosun Faison), he can't seem to escape his rut until he meets the pretty and brainy Cinny (Maia Campbell). Although his crush already has a boyfriend, Gregory is intent on winning her over.

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Critics Consensus

Trippin' struggles to balance its raunchy teen comedy elements against an unfortunate tendency toward preachy moralizing.

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Intermittently funny and good-natured, Trippin' won't disappoint its target audience.

Jul 28, 2014

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Robert Dominguez

New York Daily News

A disjointed, lowbrow comedy about a teen coping with his uncertain future through daydreams.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 28, 2014

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Rod Dreher

New York Post

An after-school special posing as Booty Call, stumbling badly over its clunky message-movie scripting.

Jul 28, 2014

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Todd Anthony

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The messages, in other words, are mixed -- which makes them pretty much consistent with the perspective of a hormone-driven 17-year-old boy. Viewed in that context, Trippin' doesn't fall quite so far.

Jul 28, 2014

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Dayana Stetco

Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

As the credits roll into oblivion, James Thurber's ghost puts out his cigarette. There's another movie he could've written!

Rated: 3/5

Jul 28, 2014

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Keith Bailey

Radio Times

Some funny moments and the likeability of Richmond's character make it a tolerable way to pass time, despite the fact (aside from Richmond's fantasies) we've seen everything here many times before.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 28, 2014

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Quanique L

I love this movie it had me laughing all the time I watch it I can’t wait until it is on tv again so I can watch it or buy it on Amazon prime video

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Da' Author T

This movie is 4sho a classic, for the people who love a good AA comedy. This movie is the one, it never gets old.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/08/24

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Audience Member

Remember little Kenny from Cosby Show? (And between Bill and Raven Symoné, Kenny might be the only untainted memory left from that series.) Several years later, actor Deion Richmond was all grown up and looking to make a splash as the lead in a vaguely adult coming-of-age comedy. Objectively, Trippin' is terrible, but it's also a cult classic that shoulda been, as a likeable Richmond riffs his way through one horndog/would-be hero daydream sequence after another as a way of putting off the looming reality of college. Bouyed by the ageless Donald Faison, Trippin' has one foot in Kid 'N Play-style '90s farce and the other one firmly forward into a Smiley Face, stream-of-consciousness stoner paean

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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A dumb but funny urban teen flick.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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this movie is soo funni

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

A high-school senior, Gregory Reed (Deon Richmond) is unprepared for life after graduation. Obsessed with finding a girlfriend, Gregory often has elaborate fantasies where he imagines himself as a successful ladies' man. While Gregory passes the time with his slick, trouble-seeking friend, June (Donald Adeosun Faison), he can't seem to escape his rut until he meets the pretty and brainy Cinny (Maia Campbell). Although his crush already has a boyfriend, Gregory is intent on winning her over.

Director: David Raynr
Producer: Marc Abraham, Caitlin Scanlon
Screenwriter: Gary Hardwick
Distributor: October Films, Rogue Pictures
Production Co: Beacon Communications
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.0M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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