The Trip

The Trip (1967)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (2,609 ratings)

Roger Corman directed this psychedelic odyssey concerning the curative properties of LSD, with a surrealistic screenplay written by Jack Nicholson. Peter Fonda is Paul Groves, a television commercial director whose estranged wife Sally (Susan Strasberg) is pressuring him to sign their divorce… More

R, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By
Roger Corman
Written By
Jack Nicholson
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1967 Limited
On DVD
Sep 11, 2007

Critic Reviews

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    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.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    A psychedelic splash by Roger Corman noted only for its leads Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper.

  • Dan Lybarger, Nitrate Online

    Intriguing period curio

  • Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

    Unusual exploitation, but exploitation just the same.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It sugarcoats the acid experience.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    The Trip is literally an acid trip, written by Jack Nicholson himself, and starring Peter Fonda as the guy on a trip, which is really psychedelic, but sometimes kinda slow and boring. Overall, good, but I didn't care much for it.

  • Lafe F


    Fascinating and trippy movie.