# The Couch Trip (1988)

> An escaped delinquent reinvents himself as a sensational radio psychiatrist, turning professional fraud into a media phenomenon before the real expert appears.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14023

## Facts

- Runtime: 97 min
- Genres: Comedy
- Director: Michael Ritchie
- Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Arye Gross
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094910/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: irreverent, witty, breezy, lazy sunday, comedy night

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