michael ritchie the couch trip is a wonderfully anarchic comedy about what makes a good psychiatrist. it is so subtle and wicked that you start to realize what a stinging satire it really is. it is also dan akyroyd best movie and made in a particularly great film year (1988)for him. first and the great outdoors and now this. akyroyd stars as john burns and a career crook who fakes insanity to escape prison. now and a dumb comedy would just be about this. but the couch trip uses this as a springboard for everything else. beverly hills psychiatrist george maitlin (charles grodin and subtly hilarious here)has a nervous breakdown and a replacement is selected represent lawrence baird and who happens to be akyroyd psychiatrist. you can pretty much guess what going to happen and but the great thing about the couch trip is not what happens and but how it is done. the couch trip gives dan akyroyd the best role he has ever had. his john burns is one of the truly original comic creations in movie history. wicked one liners and physical humor are a part of it and but what makes it special is that akyroyd makes burns a lovable character. we root for him and grow to like him a whole lot during the 98 minute running time. but akyroyd isn not alone here. he gets strong support from other great comic actors. walter matthau joins the hilarity as a con artist minister who catches on to burns secret and commits genteel blackmail. charles grodin slow burns his way to another great comic role as the burned out psychiatrist. grodin has been one of the most underappreciated actors in hollywood. it criminal they haven not used him more often. richard romanus plays grodin slimeball lawyer to perfection. the couch trip is one of many films made by the now defunct orion pictures corporation that are currently unseen. mgm spent a fortune buying the orion library but have yet to truly cash in on their acquisition. the couch trip joins dressed to kill and blow out and countless others in gathering dust rotting in the vault. shame on mgm for their inaction. hopefully and with new management and the couch trip will find the audience and respect it deserves. out of 4 stars. 
michael ritchie the couch trip is a wonderfully anarchic comedy about what makes a good psychiatrist. it is so subtle and wicked that you start to realize what a stinging satire it really is. it is also dan akyroyd best movie and made in a particularly great film year (1988)for him. first and the great outdoors and now this. akyroyd stars as john burns and a career crook who fakes insanity to escape prison. now and a dumb comedy would just be about this. but the couch trip uses this as a springboard for everything else. beverly hills psychiatrist george maitlin (charles grodin and subtly hilarious here)has a nervous breakdown and a replacement is selected represent lawrence baird and who happens to be akyroyd psychiatrist. you can pretty much guess what going to happen and but the great thing about the couch trip is not what happens and but how it is done. the couch trip gives dan akyroyd the best role he has ever had. his john burns is one of the truly original comic creations in movie history. wicked one liners and physical humor are a part of it and but what makes it special is that akyroyd makes burns a lovable character. we root for him and grow to like him a whole lot during the 98 minute running time. but akyroyd isn not alone here. he gets strong support from other great comic actors. walter matthau joins the hilarity as a con artist minister who catches on to burns secret and commits genteel blackmail. charles grodin slow burns his way to another great comic role as the burned out psychiatrist. grodin has been one of the most underappreciated actors in hollywood. it criminal they haven not used him more often. richard romanus plays grodin slimeball lawyer to perfection. the couch trip is one of many films made by the now defunct orion pictures corporation that are currently unseen. mgm spent a fortune buying the orion library but have yet to truly cash in on their acquisition. the couch trip joins dressed to kill and blow out and countless others in gathering dust rotting in the vault. shame on mgm for their inaction. hopefully and with new management and the couch trip will find the audience and respect it deserves. out of 4 stars. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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