One Big Trip

Year: 2001

Grade: C

Country: USA

Director: Unknown

Review

a documentary about six knucklehead rich kids in an rv around the turn of the millennium. they go around searching for truth, wisdom and america all the while tripping out on an assortment of the usual 90s drugs and just being kids in general. at times the film succeeds in creating (not capturing) a mood, but that’s only sometimes. there’s one semi-poignant moment during which one of the kids confronts a heroin addict who stiffed him out of a $25 on a street drug deal. the addict (in this case it’s the dealer, not the kid with the camera who is trying to buy weed) tells the guy that he’s addicted to heroin and that’s why he has to steal money from people. it strikes a chord, but (as one of the females later points out) is ultimately flawed because of the means by which he got the material.  at any rate, the movie is only special if these kids are your friends, in which case it deserves kudos, but as a feature film or anything other than a home video it’s only mediocre at best.