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Magic Trip (15)

Documentary

A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster's fabled road trip across America.

More information on this production is available at www.magpictures.com.

The critical consensus

A watchable little blast from the past.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 17/11/2011

Regularly fascinating, but often somewhat inaccessible in its lack of historical context for the uninitiated.

***(*)(*)Paul Weedon, Little White Lies, 17/11/2011

Survivors will say that they were pioneering a new way of living, but that merely renders their delusion sad as well as stupid.

**(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 18/11/2011

It makes for a poignant if shallow remembrance.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 18/11/2011

The movie is nothing if not a polished, inventively edited, stylistically lively rescue job.

***(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 18/11/2011

A hilarious, instructive and invaluable time capsule of that touching, idealistic and more than slightly ridiculous period.

Philip French, The Observer, 20/11/2011

Nicely put together by Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood, but about as compelling as looking at someone else's "zany" holiday snaps for 107 minutes.

Ben Walsh, The Independent, 25/11/2011

Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney’s joint venture offers some curious glimpses into 60s free-wheeling culture but doesn’t really deliver anything interesting enough to linger in the memory.

**(*)(*)(*)Andrew, TV Bomb, 18/01/2012


Features about Magic Trip (15)

Interview: Alex Gibney, writer-director

The List, 15/11/2011

Magic Trip: Alex Gibney on Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters

Daisy Bowie-Sell, The Telegraph, 18/11/2011

Ken Kesey's Magic Trip: Merry Pranksters redux

Steve Rose, The Guardian, 24/11/2011

Magic Trip (15)

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday January 13, 2012, until Sunday January 15, 2012. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

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