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The Guilt Trip is an American comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher from a screenplay written by Dan Fogelman, starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen. It was originally called My Mother's Curse , but soon changed its title.

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The story is about an inventor who invites his mother on a cross-country trip as he tries to sell his new product while also reuniting her with a lost love. After deciding to start his adventure with a quick visit at mom's, Andy is guilted into bringing her along for the ride. Across 3,000 miles of ever-changing landscape, he is constantly aggravated by her antics, but over time he comes to realize that their lives have more in common than he originally thought. His motherÂ’s advice might end up being exactly what he needs.

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• Seth Rogen as Andy Brewster
• Adam Scott as Andrew Margolis Jr.
• Yvonne Strahovski as Jessica
• Colin Hanks as Rob
• Brett Cullen as Ben
• Casey Wilson as Amanda
• Danny Pudi as Sanjay
• Dale Dickey as Tammy
• Miriam Margolyes as Anita
• Nora Dunn as Gayle
• Amanda Walsh as Lisa
• Michael Cassidy as Fake Andy
• Robert Curtis Brown as Bob Ferguson
• Rick Gonzalez as Mark

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This is Barbra Streisand's first starring role since The Mirror Has Two Faces in 1996. She appeared in supporting roles in Meet the Fockers in 2004 and Little Fockers in 2010.

In late 2011 it was announced that the film had been renamed Guilt Trip and its release date was pushed back from the original March 2012 release to a November 2012 release, which has now been pushed to December 25, 2012.

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The Guilt Trip is a 2012 American road comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher, starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen , who both also served as executive producers on the film.

Andy Brewster (Rogen), a UCLA-graduate organic chemist and inventor, visits his mother Joyce (Streisand) in New Jersey before leaving on a cross-country trip to Las Vegas. After his mother reveals that he was named after a boy she fell in love with in Florida named Andrew Margolis, and after a little research he discovers that there's an Andrew Margolis living in San Francisco, he invites his unknowing mother on the trip, claiming he wants to spend some time with her. The road trip quickly becomes hard for Andy as his mother continues to intervene in his life, but over time, Andy and Joyce begin to genuinely enjoy each other's company.

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• Bittersweet Ending : On one hand, Andrew Margolis was dead all along, so Joyce will not be able to clear the air with him. On the other hand, Joyce is assured that he thought about her in some way after being told he named his daughter Joyce; Andy is able to successfully pitch his product with Joyce's help; and Joyce and Andy's relationship grows much closer than they had been; plus Joyce arranges a date with Ben McGraw, the man she met during the trip.
• Dead All Along : It turns out that Andrew Margolis, Joyce's old flame, died five years ago, the "Andrew Margolis" Andy found living in San Francisco actually being his son, Andrew Margolis Jr.
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• Signs of Disrepair : Andy and Joyce are forced to make a stop after bad weather makes the roads bad to see. They come upon "Capital City TOPLESS Restaurant" but the "LE" is burned out and the sign reads "TOP__SS" which Joyce mistakes for "tacos".
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The Guilt Trip is a 2012 American road comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher from a screenplay written by Dan Fogelman , starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen , who both also served as executive producers on the film.

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Andy Brewster, going on a cross-country trip to try and sell the non-toxic cleaning product he developed, invites his mother to join him as unbeknownst to her he has the ulterior motive for them to meet her first love who he's named after.

The film was released on December 19, 2012, received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $41 million on a production budget of $40 million.

Andy Brewster is a UCLA -graduate organic chemist and inventor. He wants to get his environmentally friendly cleaning product, ScieoClean, in a major retail store. However his sales pitches fall on deaf ears.

He visits his mother, Joyce Brewster, in New Jersey before leaving on a cross-country trip to Las Vegas , lying that a pitch to K-Mart went well so she will not worry.

While there, she reveals that he was named after Andrew Margolis, a boy she fell in love with in Florida, who she hoped would object to her marriage with Andy's father. However, he did not, making her feel she had never mattered to him. After a little research, he finds Andrew Margolis is alive, unmarried and living in San Francisco . He invites his unknowing mother on the trip, saying he wants to spend some time with her.

The road trip quickly becomes hard for Andy as his mother meddles in his life. After their car breaks down in Tennessee , Joyce calls Andy's ex-girlfriend Jessica, whom she insists he should get back together with, to pick them up. At a pregnant and married Jessica's house, she reveals that Andy proposed to her before college, and she turned him down, shocking Joyce.

Andy is glum afterward, and Joyce apologizes for calling Jessica, which he half-heartedly accepts. In Texas , he meets with Costco executive Ryan McFee. Joyce stays at the meeting, criticizing the product's labeling and name along with Ryan until Andy snaps at him. At a motel that night, a depressed Andy begins drinking, and Joyce attempts to make up with him. He gets angry, only to have her snap back and leave for a bar. Later, Andy attempts to retrieve Joyce and gets in a fight with a bar patron over her, receiving a black eye in the process.

At a steak restaurant the next day, the two exchange apologies, and Andy reveals that he is failing at selling ScieoClean. Joyce enters a steak-eating challenge and is noticed by cowboy-businessman Ben Graw, who gives her tips to help her finish the challenge.

Afterwards, Ben reveals he does business in New Jersey and asks her to dinner. Joyce, who has not been in a relationship since Andy's dad died years before, balks at the offer, so Ben merely leaves his number and asks her to call if she reconsiders.

Andy and Joyce begin to genuinely enjoy each other's company after, taking time to visit the Grand Canyon (which Joyce has always wanted to see) and having other adventures.

In Las Vegas, Joyce has such a good time that she suggests Andy leave her while he visits San Francisco, forcing him to reveal that he chose the city so she could meet Andrew Margolis. Joyce is very distraught, having believed Andy solely invited her to spend time with her.

Andy makes his pitch at the Home Shopping Network but finds that his science-based pitch bores the executives. Seeing Joyce, he takes her advice by talking about family safety and proving his product does not harm children. The CEO shows genuine interest in selling ScieoClean on the Network. Jubilant, Andy and Joyce decide to visit Andrew Margolis's house.

When they arrive, they meet Andrew's son, Andrew Margolis Jr., whom Andy mistook for the father. He reveals that his father died five years ago. Seeing Joyce's grief, he invites them inside. She asks if Andrew's father ever mentioned her, but he says he never did as he only confided personal information to their mother, who is in Florida.

Andrew then introduces his sister, who is also named Joyce. Joyce is overjoyed, believing that you name your children after someone you cherished and want to remember. This makes her believe that she mattered to Andrew.

Afterwards, they part ways at the San Francisco Airport ; Andy to make his next sales pitch and Joyce back to New Jersey, where she arranges a date with Ben Graw. The two leave content and much closer than they had been.

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• Seth Rogen as Andrew "Andy" Brewster
• Brett Cullen as Benjamin Graw
• Adam Scott as Andrew Margolis, Jr.
• Ari Graynor as Joyce Margolis
• Casey Wilson as Amanda Darlingson
• Colin Hanks as Rob O'Farrell
• Yvonne Strahovski as Jessica
• Jeff Kober as Jimmy
• Miriam Margolyes as Anita
• Kathy Najimy as Gayle
• Rose Abdoo as Diana
• Dale Dickey as Tammy
• Nora Dunn as Amy
• Brandon Keener as Ryan McFee
• Danny Pudi as Sanjay
• Rick Gonzalez as Mark
• Zabryna Guevara as K-Mart Executive
• Robert Curtis Brown as K-Mart Executive
• Tom Virtue as Mature Singles Man
• Steve Tom as OSH Executive
• Creed Bratton as Suitor
• Michael Cassidy as Fake Andy
• Eddie Shin as Chris Chung
• Amanda Walsh as Lisa

"I've met her only a couple of times so far but she's really funny and nice and really reminds me a lot of my actual mother, which is very odd; my girlfriend's like a huge Barbra Streisand fan."

— Seth Rogen on Barbra Streisand. [5]

The film is based on a real-life trip by screenwriter Fogelman and his mother from New Jersey to Las Vegas years before. [6] The film completed production in late spring or early summer (May–July) 2011 under the working title My Mother's Curse . [6] In late 2011, the film was renamed The Guilt Trip . [7] It was released December 19, 2012. [4]

This film marks Streisand's first starring role since The Mirror Has Two Faces in 1996. [8] She appeared in supporting roles in Meet the Fockers in 2004 and Little Fockers in 2010, as well as in a number of television series.

The Guilt Trip grossed $5.3 million in its opening weekend, coming in at No. 6. It ultimately grossed $37.1 million in the US and $4.7 million elsewhere, for a total of $41.9 million worldwide. [4]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 37% based on 128 reviews, with an average rating of 5.10/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand have enough chemistry to drive a solidly assembled comedy; unfortunately, The Guilt Trip has a lemon of a script and is perilously low on comedic fuel." [9] On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [10] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B−" on scale of A to F. [11]

Mary Pols of Time stated, " The Guilt Trip works because we all know and like a Joyce Brewster (or dozens of them)". [12] At the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards , Streisand was nominated for Worst Actress, where she lost to Kristen Stewart for both Snow White and the Huntsman and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 . [13]

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Contrary to what the title and casting might suggest, the Barbra Streisand-Seth Rogen comedy, “The Guilt Trip,” is not “The Shrew and the Cringing Meatball.” There are no screaming accusations, no threats or recriminations, no tearful apologies in this amiable mother-son road odyssey.

The guilt that Ms. Streisand’s character, Joyce Brewster, lays on her grown son, Andy (Mr. Rogen), a struggling inventor, is larded with enough sweetness and awareness of appropriate boundaries that its humor caresses rather than stings. Joyce’s complaints mostly have to do with Andy’s decision to live 3,000 miles away from her in Los Angeles. When his mother becomes overbearing, Andy, sucking in his lower lip, politely silences her. Joyce, even at her most psychologically invasive, never whines or raises her voice.

Directed by Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal,” “27 Dresses”) from a pallid screenplay by Dan Fogelman (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”), “The Guilt Trip” is so comfy cozy that mothers and their grown children can watch it together without squirming. Even Joyce’s recollection of the time Andy’s penis turned purple is a zany throwaway remark delivered without a trace of Freudian insinuation.

What could have been a cutting satirical farce about domineering mothers and emasculated sons is a mildly funny, feel-good love story in which Mom’s sensible advice helps turn around her nerdy son’s foundering career. Although the main characters are softened Jewish stereotypes, there is no mention of religion.

Andy, who studied organic chemistry at U.C.L.A., is traveling around the country pitching an organic cleaning product he invented that consists of coconut and palm-kernel oils, and soy. You can even drink it. But his presentations are so stiff and jargony that potential backers nod off while he is talking.

When Andy makes a rare visit to see Joyce in New Jersey, he and his mother begin reminiscing. Joyce remembers her first boyfriend before she married Andy’s father, who died when Andy was 8. She has since had no love life.

Andy, sleuthing on the Internet, discovers an unmarried corporate executive living in San Francisco who has the same name as that boyfriend. He invites his mother to join him on his eight-day cross-country return trip without telling her of his plan to look up her first love at the end of the journey. Joyce, not knowing his agenda, jumps at the opportunity to be with her only child for several days.

One bland running joke is Joyce’s obsessive thrift. She insists that they rent a subcompact car instead of an S.U.V., a decision he regrets when they find themselves sandwiched between trucks in an Arkansas blizzard. Joyce also insists that they share the same room in motels and disturbs him with her habit of crunching handfuls of M&Ms while in bed. Since Ms. Streisand , now 70, looks 20 years younger, it is not implausible when one leering motel clerk mistakes them for lovers. But the movie makes little of the confusion.

Joyce is frisky and game for adventure, and in a Lubbock, Tex., steakhouse she agrees to play beat the clock while consuming a 50-ounce steak. This challenge, which could have been milked for farce, is another missed comic opportunity in a movie so timid it seems afraid of its own shadow. The chief pleasures of this mild-mannered dud lie in watching two resourceful comic actors go through their paces like the pros they are.

“The Guilt Trip” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It has mild innuendo and some strong language.

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No shenanigans under my watch.

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We are two badass queens like those bitches who raised Wonder Woman.

The Rhythm Section

I need your help to find the ones who did this. I’ve got nothing to lose.

I could hear the whole tune in my head. It was all there.

“Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen are the perfect comedy duo"* as they embark on one mother of a road trip! The plan for a quick stop at Mom’s takes a sudden turn when an impulse compels Andy (Seth Rogen) to invite his mother, Joyce (Barbra Streisand), on an 8-day, 3,000 mile, journey across the country. But the farther they go, the closer they get and Andy may realize that they have more in common than he ever imagined.   *Jake Hamilton, FOX-TV

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Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen star in a mother-son road-trip comedy from director Anne Fletcher ("The Proposal").

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The Guilt Trip Streisand Cheering - H 2012

Yentl goes yenta in The Guilt Trip , a creakily old-fashioned comedy that forgot to pack the laughs along with the nudging and kvetching. Possibly the first American film in decades in which characters drive cross-country courtesy of process shots out the back window, this mother-son yakfest blows a gasket and all four tires before it even hits the road. With Seth Rogen in very subdued mode, his fans will smell this one a mile away; it might be a movie only their mothers — or die-hard Barbra Streisand fans — could love.

When was the last time an overbearing Jewish mother giving her schlemiel of a son a hard time about not being married was a major component of a big Hollywood film? This sort of routine used to pop up all the time in American comedy but pretty much has vanished in the rearview mirror since the heyday of Ruth Gordon . So to behold Streisand’s New York mom Joyce Brewster hectoring her homely visiting son Andrew (Rogen) about his myriad personal shortcomings is to revisit a musty mind-set that the minor updates in Dan Fogelman ‘s woeful script can’t begin to freshen up.

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The early scenes of Andrew’s return from California to his childhood home are so embarrassing that you wonder if such impressive consistency can possibly be sustained. Andrew knows what he’s in for, but that still doesn’t help when Mom immediately starts in asking what happened to former girlfriends X, Y and Z, complaining that he went to UCLA just to get as far away from her as possible, pointing out that she hasn’t had a date since her husband’s long-ago death and then recommending that Andrew get therapy. Enough, already.

In an effort to connect with Andrew, Joyce unloads what she considers a bombshell of a secret: She actually had a boyfriend before she met her husband and loved him so much she named her only son after him. Considering it odd she never tried to look him up after his dad died, Andrew does research that reveals he’s an executive in San Francisco. With an ulterior motive in mind, he invites Mom to join him on a drive across the country, during which he’ll make stops in Virginia, Texas, Santa Fe and Las Vegas to hawk a nontoxic cleansing liquid product he has created to potential retailers.

These pitch sessions are desultory affairs — a salesman Andrew is not — and Joyce doesn’t help matters by hovering and carrying on in ways that scarcely help her son’s cause. To save a few bucks, she insists they rent a compact rather than an SUV, forcing them to share very close quarters as they listen to Jeffrey Eugenides ’ gender-bending Middlesex on CD. The way Joyce gets excited about gift shops and free continental breakfasts at motels (where she insists they stay in one room to save more money), you’d think she’d never been out of New York before.

In terms of viewer relief from the constant haranguing, getting on the road held out the hope of changing scenery and a possible parade of lively supporting roles. Instead, we get process shots of the two leads crammed into the tiny car intercut with second unit coverage of highways and the countryside. They do get out of the car to look at the Grand Canyon, but after about five seconds, they decide they’ve seen enough and move on to Vegas, which Joyce actually likes.

The one stop that at least yields something different is at a Texas steakhouse, where anyone who can eat a 4 1/2-pound steak and all the trimmings in one hour gets it for free. Uncharacteristically, Joyce volunteers, launching a gorge-fest that at least presents the half-amusing spectacle of Streisand pigging out and wins Joyce an admirer in the form of a handsome older gent (the indisputably handsome Brett Cullen ) who’d like to have her come up and see him sometime.

The climactic visit to San Francisco to track down Joyce’s former beau predictably plays on, and aims to stimulate, bittersweet emotions. At the same time, the easy-to-get point of the enterprise is to stress that the mother and son’s prolonged time together has forced them to break through their various barriers, grudges and expectations to arrive at a more honest satisfying relationship. Yep, that’ll do the trick every time.

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The Guilt Trip  provides heavy competition with director Anne Fletcher ‘s previous films ( Step Up , 27 Dresses , The Proposal ) as to which is the most formulaic and conventional, but this one takes the cake for being the most visually unimaginative and clunky. Worse, even the most easy-to-please audiences will struggle to find more than a half-dozen laughs here, so bereft is the film of fresh comic ideas.

Rogen — who for some reason sports about a one-day’s grizzle of beard throughout — drastically underplays, probably realizing that, with Streisand emoting so broadly, it was the only way to go. For her part, some combination of cosmetic expertise, cinematic enhancement and natural endowment makes Streisand look more like she’s in her 50s than in her 70s, which is the actuality. Those who’ve always liked the singer-actress probably won’t mind her here; for the nonfan, this is not the film that will change your mind.

A retinue of terrific character actors could have greatly enlivened the proceedings, but Fogelman ( Cars , Bolt , Tangled , Crazy, Stupid, Love ) didn’t write the parts for them.

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The guilt trip.

2012 Directed by Anne Fletcher

Get ready for one mother of a road trip.

An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.

Seth Rogen Barbra Streisand Yvonne Strahovski Colin Hanks Brett Cullen Adam Scott Ari Graynor Kathy Najimy Danny Pudi Casey Wilson Dale Dickey Michael Cassidy Brandon Keener Robert Curtis Brown Nora Dunn Miriam Margolyes Rose Abdoo Analeis Lorig Gabrielle Gumbs Rick Gonzalez Worth Howe Vicki Goldsmith Constance Esposito Creed Bratton Jeff Kober Tom Virtue

Director Director

Anne Fletcher

Producers Producers

John Goldwyn Evan Goldberg Lorne Michaels Erin Doyle James Weaver Hilary Marx Gretel Twombly

Writer Writer

Dan Fogelman

Casting Casting

Cathy Sandrich Gelfond Amanda Mackey

Editors Editors

Priscilla Nedd-Friendly Dana E. Glauberman

Cinematography Cinematography

Oliver Stapleton

Additional Directing Add. Directing

Darrin Prescott

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Dan Fogelman Mary McLaglen Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg Barbra Streisand

Lighting Lighting

Production design production design.

Nelson Coates

Art Direction Art Direction

David Lazan

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Karen O'Hara

Special Effects Special Effects

Mark R. Byers

Visual Effects Visual Effects

Eric Mancha

Stunts Stunts

Debbie Evans Joanne Lamstein Chris Palermo Allan Padelford

Composer Composer

Christophe Beck

Sound Sound

Peter J. Devlin Scott Millan Greg P. Russell Karen Baker Landers Christopher Assells Dino DiMuro Chris Jargo Dan Hegeman Peter Staubli Karen Vassar Triest Scott Curtis Darrin Mann

Costume Design Costume Design

Danny Glicker

Makeup Makeup

Lisa Layman Amy Schmiederer Beth O'Rourke Julie Hewett

Hairstyling Hairstyling

Terry Baliel Katrina Chevalier Mary Ann Valdes

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Review by aksel 4

This is a cute comforting movie and the reviews on this remind me most of the people on this website hate movies at this point but refuse to stop watching them because it’s their only personality trait. 

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Guilt Trip is entertaining enough to keep you interested, but not engaging enough to keep your attention from wandering. It is a ferociously funny comedy that takes a lot of risks and connects just enough, and it's a step above the normal comedies thanks to its innovative idea and quartet of charming comedic star turns. The entire ensemble does an outstanding job with their roles, and they all carry the film with such a strong feeling of charisma and flattery. While the plot may be a little too conventional and the story may not be particularly memorable, it is nonetheless a family-friendly comedy with some belly laughs and a loving message that takes unexpected turns. In many ways, it exceeded my expectations, and I must say, I enjoyed it!

Review by Ben Peterson ★★★½

Road trip movies have to have an ending that makes the whole thing worth it and this one really, really does. A legit teary moment from a genuinely invested Rogen and Streisand, who are both great, caps this wholesome and funny movie off perfectly. I think this movie is just a splendid little yarn.

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It was alright, but I probably should have watched Pineapple Express instead.

Review by 🎞️📼Spencer💿📺 ★★

Warning DO NOT  watch with a parent!

I can't comment much about this because every five minutes, my mother is asking me. Do I do that? Or When have I done that? 

My mom is a lovely lady but im glad there are no road trips for us.

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A merica has rarely seemed as dreary as this cross-country road movie from New Jersey to San Francisco in which unmarried son Andy (Seth Rogen), a businessman in the cleaning industry, and his long-widowed archetypal Jewish mother Joyce (Barbra Streisand) come to terms with each other. Between meetings in which Andy attempts to interest chain stores in his organic cleaning fluid, she tricks him into meeting ex-girlfriends. Meanwhile he intends to reunite her with an old flame in California. It's all kvetch this and kvetch that, with few jokes or amusing encounters, and a side trip to the Grand Canyon which both think overrated and slip away from after two minutes. Rogen's expert timing has little to hone itself on.

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