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- This is the kind of blandly entertaining comedy you might stream or catch if it's on TV while you're folding laundry, but unless you're a die-hard Babs fan, The Guilt Trip is far from a must-see.
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37% Tomatometer 127 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings. Before embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip, Andy Brewster pays a visit to his overbearing mother, Joyce. That proves to...
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- Anne Fletcher
- PG-13
- Barbra Streisand
Stereotypical mother-son comedy is predictably corny. Read Common Sense Media's The Guilt Trip review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Anne Fletcher
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Paramount Pictures
Dec 19, 2012 · Though intermittently bathed in a halo of golden light and desired by at least one handsome, distinguished older man with a thing for mature women with healthy appetites, Streisand in The Guilt Trip is largely devoid of her famous vanity and narcissism. Read More.
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- Anne Fletcher
- PG-13
- Barbra Streisand
- Formulaic but kind of funny.
- Verdict
By Alicia Malone
Posted: Dec 19, 2012 8:01 am
A quick glance at the poster for The Guilt Trip, and this thought crossed my mind: ‘Really? Seth Rogen and Jennifer Aniston in a road movie?’ But looking closer (and actually reading the text) I realized I was in fact peering at a photo-shopped Barbra Streisand squeezing the face of Seth Rogen. The two had never before connected in my mind before this moment; but after watching them convincingly play mother and son, I fear they may be forever intertwined.
Written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and dedicated to his own mother Joyce, The Guilt Trip opens with a series of voicemails from the film version of Joyce (Streisand) giving helpful tips to her son Andy (Rogen) for his upcoming trip home to New Jersey. Andy, a scientist turned inventor, plans to drive from the east to the west coast for a series of meetings, pitching his cleaning product to retailers.
After the widowed Joyce tells him a story of a long-lost love, Andy Googles the name and discovers her former flame now lives in San Francisco and is unmarried. So, Andy invites his overbearing mother to join him on the road trip, secretly planning to reconnect Joyce with her ex at their final stop.
Along the road there are more laughs than I had anticipated, thanks to Barbra’s fish-out-of-water Jersey girl Joyce and Seth’s great comic timing. The two have a really nice chemistry together, and are completely believable as mother and son. But as the trip bears on, you begin to root for the lovable Joyce over Andy, whose annoyance at her smart advice starts to grate.
Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand’s fun double act would have been better served with a less formulaic script, but their lovely chemistry will offer easy laughs for anyone wanting a simple holiday movie.
Dec 18, 2012 · The most remarkable thing about The Guilt Trip is how it's surprisingly funny despite being undoubtedly safe. Anne Fletcher 's comedy has a straightforward premise and never does...
Dec 17, 2012 · The Guilt Trip: Film Review. Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen star in a mother-son road-trip comedy from director Anne Fletcher ("The Proposal").
Mar 7, 2013 · The Guilt Trip Review When bossy Jewish mom, Joyce (Streisand), and her chemist son, Andrew (Rogen), embark on a road trip to sell his new eco-cleaning product, the two quickly find their...
