TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Dalbert Pringle OK. Here's 1967's "The Trip" summed up 4 U in a total psychedelic nutshell. Totally.A total square takes some LSD.... The total square hallucinates (like a total f-u-c-k).... The total square is now transformed into a total hipster.... (And, that is the total end of the total story)Roll credits.Now, I don't know about you - But, in the days of my reckless youth - I certainly did my fair share of dropping acid (LSD). And I'll tell you one thing for sure - I never, ever came even close to hallucinating like this dude did. Never.You know, I really, really wonder (back in the glory days of "Flower Power") just how many gullible thrill-seekers saw this film, fell for its "say-yes-to-drugs" propaganda, tried some LSD, expected to be enlightened by some mind-altering experiences, and ended up being completely deflated and disillusioned by the promising hype of a psychedelia that never delivered.P.S. - Wait till you see this film's unintentionally hilarious "laundromat" scene. It'll totally kill you.

christopher-underwood Ten years on from my original review of this film I find I have to replace my comments with a new and more appreciative piece. Seem I was unimpressed with Fonda's performance, unappreciative of the score and trigger happy with the 'fast forward' button throughout. Well, either I was watching very late at night or the Blu-Ray print is such an improvement. Maybe both. Fonda is fine, he is a little stilted now and again but he is tripping indoors with a very sober (and effective) Bruce Dern or outdoors amidst 'ordinary' folks of LA. Bit like being naked whilst everyone else is clothed. Talking about clothes or lack of them, the sex scenes are very well done indeed, not an area I would have considered Corman a great exponent, plus the club scenes with partially naked dancers are also excellent. It is true that it might have been more appropriate for the entire score to be full on psychedelic but they probably couldn't afford it and it may have been a bit too much. As it is the music starts fairly low key but builds well and without becoming overpowering well compliments all those crazy visuals. All in all a fine 'time capsule' and most effective capture of a moment in time, namely the year 1967.

toyman1967 Dude, all I have to say about this movie is..........WOW!!!! I don't usually go for this type of movie but I saw that it was on Retroplex and I have heard of it for years but have never seen it. The (plot?) is about this soon-to-be-divorced TV commercial director and his LSD trip and the effects it has on him..............that's it. I seen that it was written by Jack Nicholson. What did he have to write???? All there is is a bunch of psychedelic colors, some very loud late 60's music and Peter Fonda running around. Dennis Hopper plays a flipped out drug dealer and Bruce Dern plays Fonda's friend who introduces him to LSD. You won't need any luggage to go on this trip. All you will need is some weed and some LSD and you are on your way.

Wizard-8 To be sure, there is some historical value in this movie; it does seem to capture a good amount of the flavor of the times. It's fun to see now-famous people like Hopper and Dern, and cult movie regular Peter Fonda is always welcome. The score is quite good, and some of the special effects, though cheaply done, do capture your eye.Unfortunately, all of this can't help the fact that the premise of "The Trip" is not one that can be made into a feature-length movie. The movie can be accurately summed up by this: A bummed-out TV commercial director takes L.S.D. and has a trip. That's it. It does manage to keep you interested for about half an hour, but after that it quickly gets tiresome AND pointless, and you'll be squirming in your chair like Fonda's character does during some bad points in his journey. (P.S. - For some reason, my original posting of these comments was deleted because some other IMDb user felt these comments were "abuse". What the...?)