Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics is the rare drug documentary that doesn’t wag a finger or put on a lab coat—it just invites you to sit back and enjoy the strange, funny, and occasionally profound ways people describe having their reality gently unzipped. With a wonderfully game, star-studded lineup (Nick Offerman and Sarah Silverman among the best of them), it turns celebrity trip stories into playful reenactments and trippy animations that feel like the closest thing to a safe, secondhand hallucination. The vibe is good-natured and charming, more of a late-night hang than a hard-hitting exposé, and it keeps things breezy even when it nods to the idea of “bad trips.” If you’re looking for rigorous education, you may find it light—but if you want an amiable, laugh-forward tour through psychedelic folklore and pop-cultural curiosity, it’s an easy, entertaining yes.

Have a Good Trip wants to be a playful, accessible tour of psychedelics—part cautionary tale, part celebration—using celebrity confessionals, goofy reenactments, and trippy animation to keep things light. The problem is it often settles for stoner-comedy shtick and a pile of anecdotes instead of digging into the science, risks, and nuance with any real depth, so if you’re looking for an actually informative documentary, you may feel shortchanged. It can also come off as casually glamorizing the experience, with “bad trips” treated more like punchlines than something worth sitting with. If you just want famous people telling wild stories and you enjoy the cast’s charm and the visuals, it’s an easy watch—but if you want substance over vibes, this probably isn’t for you.