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 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 papers. Feeling strain in both his professional and his personal life, Paul talks to a guru named John (Bruce Dern), who suggests that an acid trip will cure what ails him. Paul goes to John's pad and his trip begins -- at first calm and sedate, but when Sally and a sexy blonde hippie enter his hallucinations, it's every man for himself. Paul experiences crazed sexual couplings, paranoiac visions, and even gets to attend his own funeral. After imagining he's seeing John's head bashed in, he runs from the apartment in terror and takes to the streets. He is finally rescued and brought to a beach house, where he completes his trip while making love to a beautiful woman. After the trip subsides, Paul is convinced he has been reborn and is prepared to face the new day. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: 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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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.