The Couch Trip (1988)

Directed by Michael Ritchie · Comedy

Starring Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Arye Gross, Victoria Jackson, Michael DeLorenzo, Mickey Jones, J.E. Freeman, David Wohl, Michael Ensign, Carol Mansell, Robert Hirschfeld, Charles Levin, Kevin Rooney, Myrna White, Scott Thomson, Tony Rolon, Scott Weintraub, Donna Mitchell, Linda Favila, David Grant Hayward, Jonathan Emerson, Beverly Archer, Gloria Dorson, Jerry Belson, Charles Sweigart, Susan Kellermann, Don Stark, Benbow Ritchie, Jack Ritchie, Jean Sterling, Susan Benn, Jan Cobler, Adrian Aron, Ralph Adano, Robert Dawson, June Claman, Michael Gregory, John Sinclair, Kenneth Danziger, Corey Rand, John Mahon, John D. LeMay, Neal Kaz, Tino Insana, Duane Tucker, Rick Garcia, Chevy Chase

IHBM3 IMDb5.8 RT40% Trakt58% TMDb5.5Bad

The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.

My review · Reviewed 03/19/2026

"The Couch Trip" should be a new way to say that something really sucks. "Boy, you really Couch Tripped that one". The only thing worse than this script is seeing Akroyd (can we all acknowledge he is a side man?) try to do his best Bill Murray imitation while trying to get through this utter piece of shite. How did they get so manygood actors to be in this movie? I had it on in the background in a hotel while I packed, and it was difficult to get through it with the movie on in the background. I can't imagine seeing this in a theater on a saturday night. Woof.