
Bad Trip
Synopsis
This mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrageous misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for Bad Trip (2021) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Michaela Conlin, Gerald Espinoza, Kaleila Johnson DIRECTOR: Kitao Sakurai MUSIC: Joseph Shirley, Ludwig Göransson PRODUCTION: Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, The District, Gorilla Flicks, Orion Pictures
Box Office Performance
Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Bad Trip (2021). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
PRODUCTION NOTES
▸ Production
During the conceptualisation of the film, André attended Robert McKee's story seminars and consulted Jeff Tremaine and Nathan Fielder. When the film was finished, André screened it before release for comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, a veteran of hidden camera prank shows and films.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Summary: 1 nomination total
CRITICAL RECEPTION
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on reviews from 75 critics, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "With ingeniously gross hidden-camera bits that often find their unsuspecting marks at their best, Bad Trip turns out to be a surprisingly uplifting ride." According to Metacritic, which calculates a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 17 critics, the film received "generally favorable" reviews.
Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com gave the film 3 1/2 out of 4 stars, and called it "an excellent showcase for Eric André" and wrote that it "shows an evolution in the hidden camera subgenre, given its warming spirit about people." Michael Phillips of Chicago Tribune gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and wrote, "Bad Trip has the blithe advantage of the easygoing complementary personalities at its center."









































































































































































































































































































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