The Couch Trip (1988)
- Directed by
- Michael Ritchie
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 117 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A patient escapes from a mental hospital and impersonates his doctor. He works as a therapist in Beverly Hills and becomes a popular radio host.
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What happens
The Couch Trip is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and written by Steven Kampmann, William Porter, Sean Stein, and Walter Bernstein. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, David Clennon, Arye Gross, and Walter Matthau. Based on the 1971 novel, The Couch Trip, by Ken Kolb, the film follows John Burns (Aykroyd), a misfit patient at a Chicago mental facility who escapes confinement by impersonating his doctor Lawrence Baird. John takes a job in Beverly Hills as a therapist and radio host, where his unconventional style quickly gains popularity. Along the way, he develops a romantic interest in fellow therapist Dr. Laura Rollins (Dixon) and forms an unlikely bond with Donald Becker (Matthau), a kleptomaniac ex-priest and fellow misfit. The Couch Trip failed to recoup its budget at the box office during its theatrical release, and received a generally negative critical response. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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