Long Strange Trip, or the Writer, the Naked Girl, and the Guy with a Hole in His Head (1999) User Reviews

Low budget road trip comedy

[juventinopw · 7/10 · 23 May 2002]

Think of it in the category that "Brothers Mcmullen" and "Clerks" are in; low budget first time comedies, except that both of those stunk and "Long Strange Trip" works! Jennifer France is both hot and believable. Good Actress. Wick is a little low key at times, but pulls it off. The low budget shows in a couple scenes, but the writing makes up for it. Worth checking out.

A Solid First Film

[Craig the Driver · 7/10 · 6 November 2001]

It was better than CATS . . . I'd see it again and again. Long Strange Trip is amusing and witty. An effective first film, the movie is propelled by its interesting characters and solid dialogue. Ignore the production value; you've spent more on bad relationships than it cost to make this film.

Not Jerry Garcia, more like Dennis Hopper

[summermonths14 · 27 November 2001]

Despite the title, this is not a Grateful Dead bio pic. It starts out as a '90s styled "independent vision" like "The Daytripers" or "Next Stop Wonderland" that looks like it was shot by Raoul Coutard on a tiny budget. Debra Pralle even looks a bit like Hope Davis but then it gets a lot weirder, going into its own territory that's kind of like a crazy admixture of '80s road flicks like "Ruben & Ed" and darker, more bizarre '70s stuff like "Two Lane Blacktop" or "The End of The Road," and Dennis Hopper's madness in movies like the Canadian nightmare "Out of The Blue" or the proto-Vanilla Ice "White Star." Huh? Yep! Sometimes it's hard to tell whether you should laugh or run, esp. when they finally get to the deserted militia camp, where it almost plays like "Ninth Configuration" rehersals.

The female lead (Jennifer France) is hot, the main guy (Peter Wick, who also directed) has an odd, kinda Charles Grodin dead pan acting style that's totally straight up and there's piles of weird cameos and enough general weirdness, that if a few more people saw it, it might become a minor cult film like "The Next Big Thing or "American Movie." Cool!

Cult Favorite

[writeractor-1 · 7 November 2002]

This movie should play midnight movie cult favorite series. It's not as freaky as some, but the humor is a little twisted, and the character of Lars should be required viewing. Wick and Jennifer France are fun to watch together. Very thoughtful for a low budget comedy.