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Movie ID: 815
RT slug: bad_trip_2020
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_trip_2020
Release year: —
Runtime: 84 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2021-03-26
Tomatometer final: 80%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Comedy
Directors: Kitao Sakurai
Writers: Dan Curry, Eric Andre, Kitao Sakurai
Producers: David Bernad, Eric Andre, Jeff Tremaine, Ruben Fleischer
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-18 18:55:06
Updated: 2026-06-18 18:55:06
Hidden cameras capture two best friends pulling hilarious and inventive pranks on an unsuspecting public.
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.
Canonical reviews: 75
Canonical fresh: 60
Canonical rotten: 15
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 80%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-18 14:04:24
Snapshot Tomatometer: 80%
Snapshot review count: 75
Snapshot fresh count: 60
Snapshot rotten count: 15
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1468 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Orion Pictures | production |
| The District | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Eric Andre | Chris Carey |
| 2 | Lil Rel Howery | Bud Malone |
| 3 | Tiffany Haddish | Trina Malone |
| 4 | Michaela Conlin | Maria Li |
| 5 | Charles Green | Priest |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179423 | Carlos Ovalle | But Why Tho? | Fresh | 8/10 | 2023-01-22T22:47:34Z | 2023-01-22 22:47:34 | Bad Trip is a farcical romp, but it is a stupidly funny romp that will catch you off guard more often than not. |
| 179424 | Rob Gonsalves | Rob's Movie Vault | Fresh | C+ | 2022-11-23T21:19:22Z | 2022-11-23 21:19:22 | Could be better, could be worse: when it's firing on all comedic cylinders, it really fires, and when it whiffs, it really whiffs. |
| 179425 | Zoë Rose Bryant | Loud and Clear Reviews | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2022-09-01T06:55:25Z | 2022-09-01 06:55:25 | Bad Trip is a raucous road trip comedy that gives stars Eric André, Lil Rel Howery, and Tiffany Haddish the space to show off their side-splitting skills. |
| 179426 | Noah Gittell | Washington City Paper | Fresh | — | 2021-12-29T21:01:10Z | 2021-12-29 21:01:10 | The kinder, younger brother to Borat and Jackass, Bad Trip confronts real people with absurd situations and celebrates their virtues when they choose kindness. |
| 179427 | Witney Seibold | Critically Acclaimed Podcast | Fresh | — | 2021-09-14T20:11:51Z | 2021-09-14 20:11:51 | The gross-out pranks reveal something optimistic about humanity: When presented with extreme distress, people tend to reach out and help. |
| 179428 | Jason Shawhan | Nashville Scene | Fresh | — | 2021-09-09T03:30:31Z | 2021-09-09 03:30:31 | Like Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Bad Trip is a case of hidden cameras that aim to build up human solidarity, and it's reassuring in a way that is very helpful to those in strenuous situations. |
| 179429 | Craig D. Lindsey | Crooked Marquee | Fresh | B | 2021-08-27T22:51:41Z | 2021-08-27 22:51:41 | Perhaps the most shocking thing about Trip: it's a surprisingly sweet, sympathetic film. |
| 179430 | Adam Nayman | The Ringer | Fresh | — | 2021-07-19T20:12:24Z | 2021-07-19 20:12:24 | There's another, deeper achievement here, which is how dexterously Bad Trip's half-verite concept exposes and crosses the wires of so many mainstream gross-out and/or romantic comedies... |
| 179431 | Ezequiel Boetti | Otroscines.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-06-22T21:31:05Z | 2021-06-22 21:31:05 | In the vein of Jackass and Borat, but with a more innocent humor, this film serves to (re) discover the comic talent of Eric André. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 179432 | Steve Murray | ArtsATL | Fresh | — | 2021-06-14T20:22:12Z | 2021-06-14 20:22:12 | Yeah, it's not a good movie, but you'll probably laugh a couple of times... |
| 179433 | Steven Warner | In Review Online | Fresh | — | 2021-06-06T17:46:35Z | 2021-06-06 17:46:35 | All that matters with a movie like Bad Trip is if it delivers on the comedy front, and in that regard, the film provides a fair amount of guffaws. |
| 179434 | Louisa Moore | Screen Zealots | Fresh | — | 2021-05-26T07:40:11Z | 2021-05-26 07:40:11 | This movie is as gross-out and low brow as they come. It's also really, really funny. |
| 179435 | Kiko Vega | Espinof | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-05-17T06:10:48Z | 2021-05-17 06:10:48 | A hidden romantic comedy that is actually another one of these bromances I love so much and a needed relief today. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 179436 | Cian Geoghegan | Film Ireland Magazine | Fresh | — | 2021-04-28T17:20:24Z | 2021-04-28 17:20:24 | Kitao Sakurai's hidden-camera comedy may seem shallow at the outset, but it has more to offer than cheap laughs and gross-out humour... These brief glimpses of humanity broaden the film's emotional range and elevate it within its genre. |
| 179437 | Tom Meek | Cambridge Day | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-04-23T22:31:01Z | 2021-04-23 22:31:01 | Sophomoric fare... |
| 179438 | Peter Canavese | Celluloid Dreams | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-04-14T22:30:29Z | 2021-04-14 22:30:29 | The modern "low" comedy...Tiffany Haddish is almost scary, which compounds this three-Stooges-level (but potent) comedy. |
| 179439 | Aaron Neuwirth | We Live Entertainment | Fresh | 8/10 | 2021-04-14T18:50:30Z | 2021-04-14 18:50:30 | Bad Trip is very funny and a strong example of what this format can offer. |
| 179440 | Alison Foreman | Mashable | Fresh | — | 2021-04-09T22:01:05Z | 2021-04-09 22:01:05 | Bad Trip is a perfect film. There. I said it. |
| 179441 | Chauncey K. Robinson | The Twisted Girl Next Door | Fresh | B- | 2021-04-08T02:40:26Z | 2021-04-08 02:40:26 | The film is Borat meets Dude Where's My Car , and I mean that in a good way. It's a near perfect silly hidden camera comedy, but one scene nearly ruins it all. |
| 179442 | Prathyush Parasuraman | Film Companion | Fresh | — | 2021-04-06T22:30:36Z | 2021-04-06 22:30:36 | With hidden-camera pranks there is an inherent tension. This tension fills every scene, which is designed to go South with the smallest provocation...It's that tension that keeps the narrative adrenaline pumping. |
| 179443 | Catherine Bray | Film of the Week | Fresh | — | 2021-04-02T10:40:18Z | 2021-04-02 10:40:18 | Imagine if Frank Capra had directed Borat and thrown in a set-piece involving two penises caught in a finger-trap. That's Bad Trip, baby! |
| 179444 | Jesse Hassenger | AV Club | Fresh | B | 2021-04-02T06:10:20Z | 2021-04-02 06:10:20 | As if to counteract the bummer of watching a raucous comedy on Netflix... 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. |
| 179445 | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2021-04-01T21:00:52Z | 2021-04-01 21:00:52 | Without a point to it, the movie is never more than mildly amusing. But there are some funny moments along the way. |
| 179446 | Mark Meszoros | The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2021-04-01T18:20:51Z | 2021-04-01 18:20:51 | This kind of comedy takes bravery to pull off - to go headfirst into some of these outrageous gags in the presence of real folks who aren't in on the joke takes real commitment - and pull it off Andre and company do. |
| 179447 | Allen Adams | The Maine Edge | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2021-04-01T17:10:47Z | 2021-04-01 17:10:47 | Too often, the film leaves the viewer feeling uncomfortable alongside the participants, and while I believe that there is a place for the induction of discomfort in comedy, there needs to be some sort of foundation. Otherwise, you're just being a d-k. |
| 179448 | Ciara Wardlow | Pajiba | Fresh | — | 2021-04-01T15:30:28Z | 2021-04-01 15:30:28 | For lovers of hidden camera comedies, Bad Trip is a solid entry in the genre worth a watch. |
| 179449 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Fresh | B | 2021-04-01T15:00:22Z | 2021-04-01 15:00:22 | It sidesteps the cynical nature of the format to find something shockingly sweeter. |
| 179450 | Jennifer Green | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-03-31T21:10:54Z | 2021-03-31 21:10:54 | You can tell the cast and crew had a blast making this movie, but even if it's sometimes a fun ride, it definitely won't be for everyone. |
| 179451 | Alex Hudson | Exclaim! | Fresh | 7/10 | 2021-03-31T21:00:56Z | 2021-03-31 21:00:56 | It's enough to make you think that, as messed up as the world seems sometimes, most people aren't so bad after all. |
| 179452 | Jordan Ruimy | World of Reel | Fresh | B+ | 2021-03-31T02:10:36Z | 2021-03-31 02:10:36 | The funniest and most inventively deranged comedy of 2021 |
| 179453 | Shawn Edwards | Fox 4 Kansas City | Rotten | 0/5 | 2021-03-30T23:10:30Z | 2021-03-30 23:10:30 | No one should be subjected to this. |
| 179454 | Chelsea Steiner | The Mary Sue | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-03-30T21:41:08Z | 2021-03-30 21:41:08 | Andre, Howery, and Haddish all commit fully to their performances with hilarious results. |
| 179455 | David Fear | Rolling Stone | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-03-30T21:21:11Z | 2021-03-30 21:21:11 | It's a delivery system for strung-together Situationist happenings, a fancy way of saying that everyday people get co-opted into highly elaborate, hilarious, smart-comics-doing-dumb-gross sh*t. |
| 179456 | Leanne Butkovic | Thrillist | Fresh | — | 2021-03-30T20:31:04Z | 2021-03-30 20:31:04 | Bad Trip is stuffed with outrageous stunts, but, comparatively, feels pared back and grounded, mostly thanks to how these gags serve the overall narrative. |
| 179457 | Matt Patches | Polygon | Fresh | — | 2021-03-30T18:50:54Z | 2021-03-30 18:50:54 | As much as I was cackling through Bad Trip, I also saw a glimmer of hope: There are good people out there, and they will help their fellow man, even if that man is on acid and burying himself in the freezer section of the grocery store. |
| 179458 | Natalia Keogan | Paste Magazine | Fresh | 8.3/10 | 2021-03-29T23:01:02Z | 2021-03-29 23:01:02 | It leaves room for little else besides satisfyingly unpredictable dialogue between professional comedians and non-actors as well as genuinely shocking stunts that leave audiences questioning the parameters of what is being performed. |
| 179459 | Matt Conway | Battle Royale With Cheese | Fresh | — | 2021-03-29T21:00:40Z | 2021-03-29 21:00:40 | Bad Trip deserves praise for its hilarious and intelligent mockery of studio comedy norms. |
| 179460 | Eric Kohn | IndieWire | Fresh | B | 2021-03-29T19:50:37Z | 2021-03-29 19:50:37 | It's a blunt instrument of absurdity, but that's also what makes it so much fun. |
| 179461 | Spencer Perry | ComicBook.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-03-29T18:10:38Z | 2021-03-29 18:10:38 | Bad Trip is hilarious from start to finish and paves new ground for this specific comedy subgenre. |
| 179462 | Tessa Smith | Mama's Geeky | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-03-29T13:20:40Z | 2021-03-29 13:20:40 | So very stupid. But also so very funny. |
| 179463 | Adam Graham | Detroit News | Rotten | F | 2021-03-29T07:00:16Z | 2021-03-29 07:00:16 | Thirty years ago, these incidents may have provoked interesting reactions. Now, people just see them as opportunities for their own content. |
| 179464 | Russ Simmons | KKFI-FM (Kansas City) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-03-28T18:20:55Z | 2021-03-28 18:20:55 | Long dull stretches are punctuated by a few hilarious moments in this shamelessly raunchy farce. |
| 179465 | Bilge Ebiri | New York Magazine/Vulture | Fresh | — | 2021-03-28T15:10:11Z | 2021-03-28 15:10:11 | 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. |
| 179466 | Kristy Puchko | IGN Movies | Fresh | — | 2021-03-28T14:50:09Z | 2021-03-28 14:50:09 | Despite its dead ends, Bad Trip is a ridiculously fun ride. |
| 179467 | Bill Arceneaux | Moviegoing with Bill | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-03-27T12:10:09Z | 2021-03-27 12:10:09 | It's loud, it's louder, it's loudest. It's brave, it's horrific, and it's stunning in every way. |
| 179468 | Amy Nicholson | Variety | Fresh | B- | 2021-03-27T06:40:26Z | 2021-03-27 06:40:26 | Sniggering slapstick that's two-parts biological fluids and one-part salute to the innate empathy of mankind, often in the same scene. |
| 179469 | Patrick McDonald | HollywoodChicago.com | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2021-03-27T05:10:29Z | 2021-03-27 05:10:29 | An incredibly bizarre and incredibly hilarious Eric André hidden camera gem. This is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time, I was shushed for laughing so hard. |
| 179470 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2021-03-27T03:40:40Z | 2021-03-27 03:40:40 | Perhaps it deserves credit for audacity, but despite some scattered laughs, the formulaic structure limits the intended shock value. |
| 179471 | Katie Parker | Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) | Fresh | — | 2021-03-26T23:31:30Z | 2021-03-26 23:31:30 | Howery, Haddish and André crash through the world in spectacular fashion, causing confusion and dismay wherever they go. |
| 179472 | Leo Brady | AMovieGuy.com | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-03-26T21:01:30Z | 2021-03-26 21:01:30 | Bad Trip is by far one of the funniest movies in some time and establishes Eric Andre as the next great creator of shock comedy. |
| 179474 | Jason Fraley | WTOP (Washington, D.C.) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-03-26T20:11:21Z | 2021-03-26 20:11:21 | "Bad Trip" mixes scripted comedy and reality pranks to mixed effect, providing laugh-out-loud gags between lackluster plot points. |
| 179473 | John Serba | Decider | Fresh | — | 2021-03-26T20:11:21Z | 2021-03-26 20:11:21 | I laughed at Bad Trip frequently and in spite of myself. |
| 179476 | Peter Sobczynski | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | — | 2021-03-26T19:21:05Z | 2021-03-26 19:21:05 | Formless, witless and intolerably stupid, Bad Trip is so excruciating to sit through that it almost makes me want to go back and apologize to the Jackass films. |
| 179475 | Steven Prokopy | Third Coast Review | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-03-26T19:21:05Z | 2021-03-26 19:21:05 | The film's biggest flaw is that Andre & Co. aren't really that gifted at setting up their outrageous scenarios... |
| 179477 | Dominic Griffin | Looper.com | Fresh | — | 2021-03-26T19:21:04Z | 2021-03-26 19:21:04 | A wild movie that easily could have been a deeply cynical exercise in sending up the most repetitive and groan-worthy elements of Hollywood psychology. But instead, it winds up strangely touching and reassuring, the way good comedies ought to be. |
| 179478 | Anne Brodie | What She Said | Fresh | — | 2021-03-26T18:20:49Z | 2021-03-26 18:20:49 | Extremely uncomfortable and painfully hilarious... It's intense, shocking, and exhausting, and only works because of Andre's engaging personality. |
| 179479 | Vincent Mancini | Uproxx | Fresh | B | 2021-03-26T17:40:37Z | 2021-03-26 17:40:37 | I've never seen a film vacillate so wildly between irresistibly watchable and borderline unwatchable. |
| 179480 | Todd Gilchrist | What To Watch | Fresh | 4/5 | 2021-03-26T17:00:36Z | 2021-03-26 17:00:36 | Bad Trip reaches the heights of some of the best gags in the Jackass movies, and it explores black spaces - and more crucially, black characters in white spaces - for uniquely ambitious, even seemingly dangerous payoffs. |
| 179481 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2021-03-26T16:20:33Z | 2021-03-26 16:20:33 | André ... and Sakurai don't want these strangers to be the joke, but this assemblage of hit-or-miss pranks ... never quite figures out its comedic intentions. |
| 179482 | Nick Allen | RogerEbert.com | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2021-03-26T15:50:28Z | 2021-03-26 15:50:28 | 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. |
| 179483 | Nate Adams | The Only Critic | Fresh | B | 2021-03-26T13:00:25Z | 2021-03-26 13:00:25 | Considering the film was moved several times due to the pandemic, some jokes - notably the Harambe inspired gorilla bit - feel dated. But "Bad Trip" caters to the late night stoner crowd who will appreciate this absurdist comedy wholeheartedly. |
| 179484 | Erik Nielsen | The Film Stage | Fresh | B | 2021-03-26T13:00:24Z | 2021-03-26 13:00:24 | Honing in on Andre's uncanny ability to lure random people to participate in his absurdity is Bad Trip's greatest strength. |
| 179485 | Brian Orndorf | Blu-ray.com | Fresh | B | 2021-03-26T12:50:27Z | 2021-03-26 12:50:27 | Andre repeatedly tries to dazzle viewers with prolonged extremity, which isn't nearly as uproarious as simple bewilderment from civilians who can't believe the madness they're witnessing. |
| 179486 | Sean Mulvihill | FanboyNation.com | Fresh | 5/5 | 2021-03-26T11:00:28Z | 2021-03-26 11:00:28 | The genius of Bad Trip isn't that it completely rewrites the rules of the prank movie, but that it takes the established form and pushes it new limits. |
| 179487 | List Staff | The List | Fresh | 3/5 | 2021-03-26T10:30:22Z | 2021-03-26 10:30:22 | Bad Trip might not be classy but it is pretty good fun. |
| 179488 | Sarah-Tai Black | Los Angeles Times | Fresh | — | 2021-03-26T10:30:21Z | 2021-03-26 10:30:21 | If it makes you laugh (and I mean really makes you laugh) as it often did me, that can be salve enough. |
| 179489 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-03-26T10:30:20Z | 2021-03-26 10:30:20 | As you enjoy the movie's gleeful outrageousness, take a moment to appreciate the strategic sophistication of some of these bits. |
| 179491 | Frank Scheck | The Hollywood Reporter | Rotten | — | 2021-03-26T10:20:21Z | 2021-03-26 10:20:21 | Bad Trip is actually two films in one, although the whole definitely adds up to less than the sum of the parts. |
| 179490 | Charles Bramesco | Little White Lies | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-03-26T10:20:21Z | 2021-03-26 10:20:21 | After the laughs have died down, these jerry-rigged gotchas all seem modest in ambition, offering little more than surprise. |
| 179492 | Johnny Oleksinski | New York Post | Rotten | 2/4 | 2021-03-26T10:20:20Z | 2021-03-26 10:20:20 | Funny in spots, but it flatlines early and gets way too gross. |
| 179493 | Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune | Fresh | 3/4 | 2021-03-26T10:10:23Z | 2021-03-26 10:10:23 | "Bad Trip" has the blithe advantage of the easygoing complementary personalities at its center. |
| 179494 | Ian Sandwell | Digital Spy | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-03-26T09:40:27Z | 2021-03-26 09:40:27 | You don't necessarily watch a prank comedy for nuance, but Bad Trip is badly lacking in variety. |
| 179495 | Daniel Hart | Ready Steady Cut | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-03-26T08:30:26Z | 2021-03-26 08:30:26 | Bad Trip will not be memorable a film this year, but it will certainly amuse you in its full runtime. |
| 179496 | Jeannette Catsoulis | New York Times | Rotten | — | 2021-03-25T15:50:30Z | 2021-03-25 15:50:30 | However effortful, the movie's tricks are more likely to activate your gorge than your funny bone. |
| 179497 | Richard Crouse | Richard Crouse | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2021-03-25T12:30:14Z | 2021-03-25 12:30:14 | A loosely structured good time that rides the line between gross and goofy, sincere and shocking. |
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