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The Guilt Trip (2012)

The Guilt Trip poster
Directed by
Anne Fletcher
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, road movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 774 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An inventor invites his mother on a cross-country road trip. He hopes to sell his cleaning product and secretly plans for her to reconnect with an old flame.

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What happens

The Guilt Trip is a 2012 American road comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Dan Fogelman, and starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen, who both also served as executive producers on the film. The film focuses on Andy Brewster, an inventor who goes on a cross-country trip to try to sell the non-toxic cleaning product he developed, inviting his mother to join him as well. Unbeknownst to her, he wants them to meet an old flame of hers. The Guilt Trip was released on December 19, 2012, received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $41 million on a production budget of $40 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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