The Couch Trip

A comedy of truly loony proportions.

5.4
19881h 37m

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

Production

Logo for Orion Pictures

Trailers & Videos

Thumbnail for video: The Couch Trip Official Trailer #1 - Dan Aykroyd Movie (1988) HD

The Couch Trip Official Trailer #1 - Dan Aykroyd Movie (1988) HD

Cast

Photo of Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

John W. Burns, Jr.

Photo of Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Donald Becker

Photo of Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

George Matlin

Photo of Donna Dixon

Donna Dixon

Laura Rollins

Photo of Richard Romanus

Richard Romanus

Harvey Michaels

Photo of Mary Gross

Mary Gross

Vera Maitlin

Photo of David Clennon

David Clennon

Lawrence Baird

Photo of Arye Gross

Arye Gross

Perry Kovin

Photo of David Wohl

David Wohl

Dr. Smet

Photo of Carol Mansell

Carol Mansell

Mrs. Blair

Photo of Charles Levin

Charles Levin

TV Reporter

Photo of Donna Mitchell

Donna Mitchell

Stewardess

Photo of Linda Favila

Linda Favila

Maitlin's Secretary

Photo of Beverly Archer

Beverly Archer

Mrs. Guber

More Like This

Reviews

K

kevin2019

10/10

"The Couch Trip" is a film where the comedy truly works and it is highly amusing to watch Dan Aykroyd masquerading as Doctor Baird and brazenly hosting Doctor Maitlin's staid phone-in radio show in his own inimitable way - it is almost like watching Ken Kesey's enduring character Randal P. McMurphy let loose on a much broader canvas than the one afforded to him by a mere unauthorised fishing trip on board a yacht. This film also seems to have an inexhaustible number of places to go and by God it insists upon dragging us all along to those places as Burns gleefully swears on the radio and successfully prices himself into the higher echelons of the top salary bracket, but above all this it is a thoroughly entertaining and well engineered film which never really loses any of its enthusiastic momentum until the very end and this is vitally important especially for a comedy.

You've reached the end.