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I love this movie so much

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

OK, I'm most likely in the minority here, but i was not a fan of this movie. I liked parts of it, I liked the whole gay activism theme of the movie, i very much enjoyed that, along with the occasional view of real life footage, and i thought the acting was quite good. However, i didn't think it was a good movie. I think the only time it got to be a good movie was the final 20 minutes, when they were on the road trip. If the entire movie had been like that, two exes on a road trip reuniting, i might have enjoyed it a bit more, but i just didn't enjoy it for some reason. I don't think i can really put my finger on why i didn't like it, i just didn't. It seemed a little too predictable i guess, a couple of things weren't explained very well, and i guess i would have liked to have seen a bit more of Alan (or Andy, i'm not very good with names) and his coming out process. It just seemed like 'yep, i'm now gay!'. I would have liked to have seen it explored a bit more, his mindset while he was writing the book. Anyway, that's just my opinion. An OK movie, just not one i'd watch again

I put this DVD in as I was going to bed one night, thinking it was one of those lame indie films that try too hard and bore me to sleep. (a safe alternative to sleeping pills). My plan for catching some zzz's backfired, as I was up until 2am watching this entertaining and memorable "trip"! This movie has it all - an epic love story, light-hearted humor, and a great human rights message. It takes us on a journey that spans 11 years and evokes the whole range of human emotions. The cast was well-selected, the acting is mostly great, the dialogue is witty... and Jill St. John is just a hoot in this movie! Put this at the top of your list of must-see movies!

Let's face it. it's a good film, obviously shot by people who 'know' about it (and with this I refer to the gay issue, with writer-director Miles Swain), but unfortunately it won't be seen by many people. it is quite a small movie, sweet, full of effort and hilarious, but the bad thing about 'The Trip' is that it was made for gay people only. Or are you going to tell me that straight men and women are going to enjoy seeing these two characters developing their love without feeling themselves sick? please do not take this wrong, I really liked this movie, but perhaps if people were more open-minded it could have been wide-released, even when it is an independent movie. it went stuck for that, and for being a gay-issue comedy. Anyway, a small master piece.

THE TRIP Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: StereoThe relationship between a free-spirited gay activist (Steve Braun) and a conservative closet-case (Larry Sullivan) is tested to breaking point during the political turbulence of the 1970's and reaches a bittersweet conclusion during the Reaganite 80's, when AIDS begins to decimate the gay community.Miles Swain's warm-hearted comedy-drama ploughs a far-reaching furrow through two decades of gay liberation. As the opposites who attract each other against their better judgment, Braun (EVERYBODY'S DOING IT) and Sullivan (FORBIDDEN CITY) are perfectly matched, and both young men are profoundly altered by their burgeoning love for one another, while an eccentric supporting cast spins a magical web around them, including former Bond girl Jill St. John (DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER) as Sullivan's daffy, kleptomaniac mother, veteran character actor Ray Baker (WHAT LIES BENEATH) as the scheming politician who covets Sullivan for his own bed, Sirena Irwin (TV's "Stripperella") as a bubble-headed blonde who is forced to step aside as the two main men in her life begin to fall in love with each other, and the ubiquitous Alexis Arquette (I THINK I DO) as an activist more interested in bedding guys than changing the world. The fads and fashions of ages past are exploited to the hilt by costume designers Kristen Anacker and Cherie Sevilla Granger and art directors David Touster and Donna Willinsky, while the changing political landscape is charted through a series of contemporary news clips (including the glorious moment when Anita Bryant was ambushed during a live TV broadcast!). Best of all, the romance between Braun and Sullivan is depicted with heartfelt sincerity, making their final scenes together all the more tender and poignant.For all its good intentions, however, the movie is weakened by a significant flaw: Despite Swain's clever screenplay (loaded with fruity one-liners), his depiction of Braun's activism is both underwritten and underplayed, resulting in a narrative imbalance which fails to convey the zest and forcefulness that characterized the gay liberation movement of the 1970's. Braun does his best with the material - he and Sullivan give fine performances in their own right - but his character lacks the sheer dynamism that might have elevated proceedings to a whole new level of achievement. Despite its flaws, however, THE TRIP is one of the most romantic gay films to emerge from independent US cinema in many years, and is heartily recommended. Lovely music score by Steven Chesne.