The Guilt Trip

  • 2012


MOVIE IS amiable annoying entertaining predictable uncomfortable
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31 %
38 % Rotten
$ 7 Million
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Positive Reviews 31
Negative reviews 22
Average Rating 2.7/5
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3.2
The films end credits feature Rogen and Streisand riffing off each other in ostensibly improvised outtakes that are far funnier and livelier than anyt .. Av Club
1.5
And while the slight concept is part of the problem, theres still mileage to be had in a slightly contrived road movie. Den Of Geek
2.5
Theres no doubt that the film will appeal to those who like their comedies sweet and moving, and a lot of people are bound to enjoy it for what it is. We Got This Covered
2.5
Watching this movie is not a complete waste of time, but it is little more than a sitcom lite diversion. Austin Chronicle
2.0
But Anne Fletchers familial farce leans on its simplistic premise and stunt casting so heavily that such market research origins are plausible; youd s .. Time Out
2.5
As is, The Guilt Trip feels fairly thin and aimless throughout, if never necessarily grating.Complications arise, but the movie dances along the edge .. Screen Daily
4.5
You shouldnt eat them every meal, and theyre not haute cuisine, but theyre a nice treat. Collider
2.0
Dan Fogelmans script doesnt take us anywhere especially exciting, veering off road for dull pit stops and meandering pointlessly in the car. Ny Daily News
1.0
Here its just absolutely mind numbing and lame.If within five minutes of the film starting you dont know exactly how this is going to pan out, you hav .. JoBlo
2.5
While the generational disconnect definitely delivers some fun and endearing moments, The Guilt Trip meanders from one goofy scenario to the next and .. Screen Rant
2.5
Its just too bad they didnt make it into the actual movie.To its detriment, The Guilt Trip opts to work gently on the heart rather than hard on the fu .. The Globe And Mail
2.5
Its Rogen who gives ground way too much ground surrendering his anything goes comic inventiveness to a locked down screenplay that is an exercise in p .. Philly
2.5
Cast Seth Rogen, the mumbly, deadpan doofus of a hundred Apatow ian comedies, and Barbra Streisand, the Hollywood icon and ace screwball star of Whats .. Philly
3.1
Watch Joyce dive into one of those steakhouses where the meals free if you can finish a side of beef in an hour. Rogers Movie Nation
2.2
If the films supposedly best comical moment has Streisand gulping down a giant portion of steak in Texas, you realize things are not that digestible i .. Sover
2.5
Ostensibly a comedy, the film strangely avoids anything approximating a joke, wasting humorous situations and the potential for pace on a falsely sent .. Blu Ray
3.0
Tailor made for holiday release, this sweet comedy pairs Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand (whose respective fans are two generations apart) as mother a .. Chicago Reader
2.5
Its not an infectious sort of charm, but, like that Grand Canyon joke, our appreciation for it is greater because of everything surrounding it. Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
Mostly what audiences will come away with after sitting through this predictable, cliched and ultimately gooey mother son bonding experience is how go .. Usa Today
3.0
The tale motors by at a brisk pace, albeit fairly predictably, with director Anne Fletcher stopping off to fill up at the requisite comic and redempti .. Radio Times
2.5
While nothing special and certainly nothing novel, the chemistry between the leads works well enough for what the script asks of them, and both Streis .. Screen It
3.5
Viewers of a certain age will be thrilled to know that Joyces advice is right far more often than its wrong. The Wrap
3.0
In fact, the most annoying thing about The Guilt Trip is the constant product placement, right down to incorporating a well known peanut and chocolate .. View London
2.5
And incidents from Fogelmans real life trip diary might have been more interesting in real life. News Day
2.2
The jokes mostly fall flat and the dramatic scenes fall even flatter. Cs Monitor
2.5
La Streisand is better than shes been in a while, but thats not enough to recommend this too thinly scripted, facilely titled would be audience please .. Film Journal
4.5
The film is wildly funny, but there also are stretches that inspire chuckles or merely smiles. Az Central
3.1
Rogen just stands by in slack jawed awe for that one, and I cant blame him.By the time the movie gets to journeys end in San Francisco and a possible .. Boston
3.8
The Guilt Trip knows its audience middle aged and older women and for them, its the entertainment equivalent of a good roadside diner meal.No big bell .. Star Tribune
2.5
Fortunately, there is good chemistry between Streisand and Rogen, but the material is so lame, so innocuous, and so old fashioned (a sitcom of the 195 .. Emanuellevy
1.0
Its all kvetch this and kvetch that, with few jokes or amusing encounters ... Guardian
1.0
What were left with is a bafflingly dull road movie. Maybe Alexander Payne could have done something with this. Guardian
3.2
The movie is one big feh.The action is a collection of pit stop to pit stop set pieces (a cheap motel, the Grand Canyon, a Vegas casino) interspersed .. Ew
3.0
Despite potential for cross generational appeal, The Guilt Trip has failed to find much of an audience, and yet it offers some simple pleasures; such .. Flim List
2.0
Unfortunately, shes way better than the material and, with Rogen as an uncomfortable straight man, what might have been a guilty pleasure is less of a .. Empire
2.5
Unfortunately, Streisand never sings and usually rowdy Rogen seems intimidated by her. Susang Ranger
1.5
All you can really do is stare at every calculated movement of a great star drowning in material as bland and gummy as oatmeal. Observer
2.0
This is the kind of blandly entertaining comedy you might stream or catch if its on TV while youre folding laundry, but unless youre a die hard Babs f .. Common Sense Media
3.8
Something rare: a warm and insightful comedy about a mother and her grown son. Sf Gate
1.5
If you pay to see The Guilt Trip, you are guilty of wasting your money. Boston Herald
2.5
One thing The Guilt Trip seems keen to impart is that there comes a time when grown children should stop lying to their parents, however jeopardizing .. Slant Magazine
3.8
Its formulaic but sweet, in its way.My head felt fine coming out of it. Chicago Tribune
2.5
A harmless, paint by numbers mother son comedy that has a very been there, done that quality to it, The Guilt Trip may have sounded funnier on paper, .. Bullz-Eye
3.2
Still, this one works because of the great pairing of Streisand and Rogen and the genuine warmth Streisand brings to the vehicle. Reeling Reviews
5.0
There isnt much else to be said for this piece of fluff except that it serves as a reminder of what star quality is all about. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
The jokes are weak, the plot is painfully predictable, and neither star brings any unique qualities to the performance. Las Vegas Weekly
3.1
It so desperately wants to be likeable that it ends up being bland. ReelViews
2.5
Worse, even the most easy to please audiences will struggle to find more than a half dozen laughs here, so bereft is the film of fresh comic ideas. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
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1.5
The film is nothing but movie product..It doesnt matter that its no good because it will make a certain amount of profit regardless of its quality. Coles Mithey
2.5
There is something promising about the match up of an old school show biz kid like Streisand with the modern, anxiously self aware Rogen, but what cou .. Los Angeles Times
2.5
The results are silly and nice, basically unfunny but basically innocuousso as satisfying as your average leftovers. Groucho Reviews
2.5
Put another way, theres a whole lot more mediocrity than guilt in this trip. Movie Habit
2.5
The Guilt Trip is not so much a movie as a string of predictable TV sitcom gags that havent been in such heavy rotation since the 1970s: a hitchhiker, .. The Star
2.5
Likeable and entertaining, The Guilt Trip isnt quite the blast it could have been, but it uses the tools of commercial filmmaking to give audiences a .. Urban Cine File
3.1
It doesnt have the narrative drive or enough character depth to stick with you, but Rogens expert timing makes sure it never entirely derails. Movies Tv Guide
2.5
If not, its a $100.Its a lame joke, and it doesnt get any better as we watch Streisand attempt to polish off the meal. Maki At The Movies
3.0
By the end, the distance theyve travelled doesnt seem so epic, geographically or emotionally, but its not a wasted trip. Digital Spy
2.5
But just as a film about boredom should not actually be boring, no movie should credibly simulate the experience of being stuck in a car with Barbra S .. New York Post
2.0
Its in scenes like this that Streisand reminds us of how good her comedic timing is and how much better The Guilt Trip would have been with more of th .. Nz Herald
3.1
The big joke The Guilt Trip has up its sleeve is Andys awkwardness, and frequently the humor feels so sitcommy I expected to hear a laugh track.But th .. Red Eye Chicago
2.5
The Guilt Trip is among the least memorable experiences you are likely to have in a theater this year, and yet its component parts are admirable. Screen Crush
3.1
Airy fare, but Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand are just about as perfect as perfect can be together, believably playing son and mother in all of its h .. Dustin Put Man
3.5
Sure, there are moments of inspired silliness, but youre more likely to feel a lump in your throat than a stitch in your side. Contact Music
2.0
It has oodles of potential, but cant seem to figure out how to use it all.With Rogen, there is the gross out gagging of the last decade in motion pict .. Film Racket
2.5
For a comedy with heart, this film by Anne Fletcher is unfortunately short on laughs. Hollywood And Fine
3.1
The arguably smarter Guilt Trip is a much deeper dive into mother child relationships and has some nice moments, but in the end, it is a lot less fun. Js Online
1.0
And audiences will wish they would have gone to see Les Mis instead. No La
3.0
And it is this softer touch to The Guilt Trip that makes it accessible to its audience.Its not a date movie. Fat Guys At The Movies
3.5
At a meeting of the Montclair Mature Singles Club, Joyce can be overheard saying impatientlyto a perfectly pleasant looking gentlemanNo I dont hike!.T .. Entertainment Time
2.5
If the script was better suited to either ones strengths I may have laughed more.Even at a little over an hour and a half the film feels padded but it .. Media Mikes
1.5
The one time screen diva is back in her first substantial role in decades; but unfortunately The Guilt Trip is broad slop that extinguishes the charm .. Graffiti With Punctuation
4.0
Where are the gags.Why go to all the trouble to contrive an emergency stop at a topless bar one where no one goes topless, by the way if youve got no .. Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.0
Babs pays Joyce Brewster, a long widowed mother wholly pre occupied with checking up on her singleton son Andy (Rogen), a wannabe inventor whose life .. Sky
3.8
Even an unexpected stop at a strip club doesnt yield much off color humor. Miami
3.0
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2.6
It completely saves the film from being quite possibly the most annoying movie of the year.Instead it can roll along in its mediocrity. Flixist
3.0
Again, the emotional beats are entirely predictable, but the rapport between the actors make them convincing. Movie Line
2.0
But Anne Fletchers familial farce leans on its simplistic premise and stunt casting so heavily that such market research origins are plausible; youd s .. Time Out Chicago
3.8
It feels much better to try and fail for hours before finally stumbling onto the right path. Co Ed
2.5
Its anodyne but comfortable, and Rogen and Streisand form an amiable bond, allowing for the way she sticks her nose into every aspect of his life. Canada
4.4
It finds humor in that truly heinous prospect and strangles it out for your pleasure. Because I Told You So



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