Fresh
The pliant-featured Richmond is an agreeable, comically adept lead.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Overview
Greg is near the end of his senior year in high school, wanting to go to the prom, eyeing Cinny (the school's beauty with brains) from afar, and regularly trippin', daydreaming about being a big success as a poet, a student, a lover. His mom wants him to apply to colleges, but Greg hasn't a clue. One of his teachers, Mr. Shapic, tries to inspire him, too. He finally figures out he can get close to Cinny if he asks her for help with college applications. But friendship isn't enough, he wants romance and a prom date. So, he tells a few lies and, for awhile, it seems to be working. Then, things fall apart and Greg has to figure out how to put the trippin aside and get real.
Director and cast
- David Raynr Director
- Deon Richmond as Gregory Reed
- Donald Faison as June Nelson
- Guy Torry as Fish
- Maia Campbell as Cinny Hawkins
- Anthony Anderson as Z Boy
- Aloma Wright as Louise Reed
- Natashia Williams as Denia
- Stoney Jackson as Kenyatta
- Countess Vaughn as Annetta Jones
- Shondrella Avery as Amazon Woman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An after-school special posing as Booty Call, stumbling badly over its clunky message-movie scripting.
Rod Dreher, New York Post
Rotten
There are stray sparks of satiric wildness shooting out from this preachy teen message movie.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Intermittently funny and good-natured, Trippin' won't disappoint its target audience.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
A disjointed, lowbrow comedy about a teen coping with his uncertain future through daydreams.
Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News
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