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The Trip

The Trip

Drama · Romance · 2002

When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...

Movie details

The Trip

“The things we do for love and things we should have done”

2002 Drama · Romance 1h 35m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

3.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

39 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

47 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin...

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Trip?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Miles Swain

Written by

Miles Swain

Larry Sullivan

Larry Sullivan

Alan Oakley

Steve Braun

Steve Braun

Tommy Ballenger

Jill St. John

Jill St. John

Mary Oakley

Ray Baker

Ray Baker

Peter Baxter

Sirena Irwin

Sirena Irwin

Beverly

Alexis Arquette

Alexis Arquette

Michael

Art Hindle

Art Hindle

Ted Oakley

Court is in session

Put The Trip on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.