Why Andre and his screenwriting collaborators Dan Curry and Katao Sakurai (who also directed) felt the need to construct a narrative, which also features Tiffany Haddish as Bud’s sociopathic sister newly released from prison, is a mystery. Of course, they could afford to be generous they didn’t have to sit through the painfully unfunny film that resulted. The second consists of a series of hidden camera pranks on unsuspecting people, who, as the end credits reveal, mainly react with good humor when the subterfuge is eventually revealed. The first is a raucous buddy comedy, involving the efforts of perennial loser Chris (Andre) and his best friend Bud (Lil Rel Howery) to drive cross-country so the former can reunite with his high school crush Maria (Michaela Conlin). Bad Trip is actually two films in one, although the whole definitely adds up to less than the sum of the parts. Another other obvious antecedent is Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat, although his pranks are far more sophisticated and satirical. In its press notes, Andre stated that he was inspired to make this film after seeing 2013’s Bad Grandpa, the most recent installment in the aptly named Jackass series. The film was in development hell for two years, with the initial release date being on my birthday last year, and now in 2021, it’s finally out.Īs for whether it’s objectively “good,” that all really comes down to whether you think someone getting chased through the city by a man in a gorilla suit or fake-barfing in a redneck bar is funny or if it’s “too much.” If you’re in the former camp, then Bad Trip, premiering on Netflix, is the comedy for you. When I heard he was producing a film that was one long version of one of his prank segments, I got extremely excited. There’s just something magical about some guy pretending to have a talk show and trolling both celebrities and normal people, and the iconic memes he spawned are even better. I’m not gonna lie – I absolutely love Adult Swim’s cult absurdist comedy series The Eric Andre Show.
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