Couch Trip

1 rating: 5.0

A 1988 movie directed by Michael Ritchie

Based on the novel by Ken Kolb, Michael Ritchie's comedy THE COUCH TRIP poses the theory that psychiatrists are even more screwed up than their clients. The story concerns Dr. George Maitlin (Charles Grodin), a stuffy, pretentious radio shrink who … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Comedy Movies, Comedies

Cast: Donna Dixon

Director: Michael Ritchie

Release Date: 1988

MPAA Rating: R

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Ignorant Puffed-up Smidgn of Blowfish ...

Apr 14, 2000

by abhaille
posted in Movie Hype

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Pros: FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY

Cons: Adult Situations, language

Fast paced, sarcastic, tongue in cheek, the Couch Trip is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I've probably watched this movie at least 40 times. I still find something new every time I watch it.

The story is about an escaped mental patient played by Dan Ackroyd. He escapes the Cicero County Mental Correctional Unit and makes it from Chicago to Los Angeles where he impersonates his psychiatrist. In less than 48 hours, Ackroyd has taken over the practice of a Beverly Hills doctor and is on the air giving advice for a radio talk show.

The situations created by this devilishly twisted man are hilarious. He picks up an "associate" along the way played by Walter Matthau who recognizes his jail issued pants. "You look like a no good misfit who has skirted around society's edges and never done s--t. Takes one to know one." Matthau's character is a street person who is "rotated" by society through jails and mental wards. He fits right in in Beverly Hills with folks who get shoulder pad implants.

Also in this film is Donna Dixon, Ackroyd's real life wife. She is quite lovely and plays another doctor and becomes Ackroyd's love interest. Things go along quite nicely with Dr. Baird, until the REAL Doctor Baird finds out.

With Charles Grodin and Mary Gross rounding out the cast as the neurotic Beverly Hills doctor on sabbatical and his cheating wife, this movie has some of the best dialogue of any movie I've seen. A barrel of laughs for those with sophisticated wit.

Recommended:
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