Bad Trip
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 26, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comNick AllenMar 26, 2021
Bad Trip knows how to stir things up, and its funniest scenes often involve real people getting in the mix, tested by the brilliant skills of André, Howery, and Haddish. Read full review
83
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganMar 26, 2021
What’s most distinguishable about Bad Trip is the way that it depicts the public which it interacts with. The film never aims to humiliate or dehumanize its subjects—instead of being disparaged or mocked in the name of comedy, bystanders are portrayed as more of a righteous tribunal than mere crabs in a barrel. Read full review
80
IGNKristy PuchkoMar 26, 2021
André and company give a familiar premise fresh verve with an onslaught of outrageous pranks that would do Jackass proud. André and Howrey share crackling chemistry that weaves together the friendship at the film’s core, while heralded scene-stealer Haddish embodies a badass who can make us cackle. Remarkably, the unwitting witnesses to their mayhem are not regarded just as marks, but as co-stars, who pop with one-liners, memorable reactions, and shining humanity. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 31, 2021
As if to counteract the bummer of watching a raucous comedy on Netflix rather than in a theatrical setting, Bad Trip comes equipped with its own crowd energy—a collective faith that there’s no idiotic stunt that can’t be pulled back from the brink of disaster. Read full review
75
UproxxVince ManciniMar 26, 2021
It’s a wild concept, that offers both big laughs and big cringe in almost equal measure. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a film vacillate so wildly between borderline unwatchable and irresistibly watchable. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMar 26, 2021
Unlike Baron Cohen’s work, André seems to invite his targets to crack up with him, and they’re more than happy to oblige. Bad Trip is an extension of that all-inclusive approach: It’s a blunt instrument of absurdity, but that’s also what makes it so much fun. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 26, 2021
As you enjoy the movie’s gleeful outrageousness, take a moment to appreciate the strategic sophistication of some of these bits. These scenes were well planned. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMar 26, 2021
I hate hidden-camera gags on principle and have since “Candid Camera.” It takes something at least as funny as the first “Borat” (and, at its sharpest and sweetest, the second one), or this movie, for my jaw to unclench long enough to enjoy the brutal slapstick and the faux human misery. Read full review
75
The Film StageErik NielsenMar 26, 2021
Honing in on Andre’s uncanny ability to lure random people to participate in his absurdity is Bad Trip’s greatest strength. As every narrative beat he wishes to subvert can only happen if people buy into what he’s doing, it’s a fascinating double-edged sword to participate in as an audience member too. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 29, 2021
The sheer hilariousness of a number of individual bits here are enough to get you past slow spots and a few D.O.A. duds, and you come out of Bad Trip with a serious appreciation for this trio’s chops and ability to go with the flow. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 29, 2021
Bad Trip might be a dumb, gross candid-camera comedy, but don’t be surprised if it makes you feel a little better about your world. Read full review
60
VarietyAmy NicholsonMar 26, 2021
The result is sniggering slapstick that’s two-parts biological fluids and one-part salute to the innate empathy of mankind, often in the same scene. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSarah-Tai BlackMar 26, 2021
The laughs are certainly there, but Andre’s almost trademark sense of intentional derangement is missing and in many ways, this is one of his strengths as a performer. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 26, 2021
There are a few scattered laughs. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMar 25, 2021
The adequate Netflix film, which was supposed to have been released two years ago, is funny in spots, but it flatlines early and gets way too gross. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 26, 2021
It's never remotely involving, and you can feel the lead performers straining to handle their acting chores. The exception is Haddish, who is so convincingly scary and menacing here that you wish her character were in a better, dramatic movie. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 25, 2021
However effortful, the movie’s tricks are more likely to activate your gorge than your funny bone. Read full review
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