Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- blackly comic
- gruesome
- adult movie night
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praise the energetic performances, inventive premise, and gleefully excessive genre blend while faulting its episodic pacing and juvenile, gratuitous humor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Lisa and Lars arrive at the cabin each intending to kill the other, turning domestic conflict into violent farce.
The couple's remote cabin becomes the central battleground before unexpected intruders create a larger threat.
The film repeatedly combines black humor with flesh wounds, torture-like set pieces, and graphic violence.
Lisa and Lars's planned mutual killings are interrupted by visitors and a greater danger, continually shifting the survival problem.
Films like The Trip, and why
The War of the Roses
blackly comic marital warfare escalates into graphic violence and survival chaos
Funny Games
home-invasion tension, sadistic violence, and deliberately uncomfortable dark humor
Dead Snow
inventive ensemble action, grotesque gore, and irreverent genre-mixing energy
Ready or Not
violent revenge comedy combining bickering characters, physical brutality, and outrageous humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Tommy Wirkola
- Release Date
- 2021-07-30
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (690)
Cast
- Noomi Rapace
- Aksel Hennie
- Atle Antonsen
- Christian Rubeck
- André Eriksen
- Nils Ole Oftebro
- Stig Frode Henriksen
- Tor Erik Gunstrøm
- Selome Emnetu
- Galvan Mehidi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Trip about?
- A murderous couple's remote reconciliation weekend becomes a brutally comic fight for survival when armed outsiders crash their plans.
- What is The Trip like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Trip as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Trip violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Trip as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Trip?
- Critics broadly praise the energetic performances, inventive premise, and gleefully excessive genre blend while faulting its episodic pacing and juvenile, gratuitous humor.
- Which films are like The Trip?
- Films with a similar feel include The War of the Roses, Funny Games, Dead Snow, and Ready or Not.
- How long is The Trip?
- The Trip runs 113 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Trip?
- In United States, The Trip streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
