Movie Review: The Guilt Trip (Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand)

It occurred to me today that I should review the movie The Guilt Trip, starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen as mother and son road trippers.  Don’t let the 4 coffee beans fool you.  This movie gets 3-1/2 beans.  I show four instead of three because I think back to when I saw the movie and smile.

The premise was simple.  The son is an inventor who has been self-promoting his cleaning product unsuccessfully.  He can’t afford the promotional road trip on his own, so he invites mom to go along for the ride.  Mom is thrilled.  It turns out that the inventor can’t promote himself well because he talks about the science of the product and its production, not how it cleans.  Mom saves the day, and, of course, she is proud of her son no matter what.

The son goes from resenting mom to grudgingly accepting her help.

I like this movie because it showcases what can happen when two generations hop in a car and put the pedal to the metal.  Barbra was completely believable as a mom, so much so that I found myself wondering what kind of a mom she really is.  Seth Rogen didn’t make me believe he was Barbra’s son, but he did a creditable job being the straight man.

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Java Davis