Bad Trip (2021)

Bad Trip is special because it turns a familiar buddy road movie into a live-wire experiment with the real world: the biggest laughs don’t just come from Eric André and Lil Rel Howery, but from the stunned, compassionate, and occasionally heroic strangers who get swept into the madness. Kitao Sakurai keeps the vibe gleefully chaotic and relentlessly energetic, yet there’s an unexpectedly warm heart beating under the raunch—these guys may be disasters, but the movie doesn’t feel mean about it. The chemistry between the leads gives the mayhem a genuine sweetness, and Tiffany Haddish’s furious, unstoppable presence adds rocket fuel to every scene she touches. It’s definitely not for everyone—if crude humor or secondhand embarrassment makes you squirm, steer clear—but if you want a comedy that feels dangerous, spontaneous, and weirdly uplifting, this trip is worth taking.

Bad Trip is trying to mash a buddy road-trip comedy with hidden-camera pranks, banking on Eric André-style chaos and the thrill of watching real people react to something outrageous in public. When it works, it’s because the strangers are surprisingly kind and the cast commits hard, especially Tiffany Haddish bringing loud, relentless energy. But a lot of the humor leans on gross-out shock, bodily fluids, and “how far can we push this” stunts, so the laughs can feel intermittent and the set pieces sometimes come off more desperate than clever. If you don’t enjoy cringe, public discomfort, or revulsion-as-a-punchline comedy, this will feel like a long two-hour dare rather than a good time.