Gibney's latest stands up as a vital document of the counter-culture movements within 1960s America.

| Dec 5, 2018

Full Review | Jan 30, 2018

In case you haven't had your fill of wheezy boomer nostalgia, here we go again.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

Your uncle showing old film stripes of his Best Vacation Ever in his basement, only with more colors and better music.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 22, 2013

a unique historical artifact, to be sure, but one which reveals nothing exceptional about the personalities, the times or the themes explored.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 26, 2012

The film is at it's best as a time capsule of a particular time, a brief golden age in America, and a particular event, Kesey's cross-country voyage of discovery.

| Original Score: B | Dec 3, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 25, 2011

All the film can do is suggest to us what a "long, strange trip" it has been, thereby echoing the lyrics in the Grateful Dead song.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 23, 2011

Not exploring the Merry Pranksters wider cultural influence and historical significance is a great misstep.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2011

This fascinating film pieces together randomly shot and previously unseen footage and recordings made by the Pranksters, and blends it seamlessly with new material to create a kaleidoscopic snapshot of those heady days.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2011

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

| Nov 19, 2011

Gives us a vivid feel for the bedhopping, acid-dropping subculture, if a little less insight than you'd hope...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2011

The trip is supposed to be the legendary precursor to the Swinging Sixties but ends up seeming merely fun for a group of people who have never quite grown up.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2011

There is much here to amuse, bemuse and tantalise; we get to see the inside of a particular bubble, with Ginsberg and Kerouac and the Grateful Dead, a nascent scene before it went global.

| Nov 19, 2011

It makes for a poignant if shallow remembrance.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2011

The prehistory of psychedelia gets an interesting, if minor footnote with this documentary co-directed by Alex Gibney - who made Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Touching, even minor-key-tragic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

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

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Impressively directed and expertly assembled, this is an engaging and frequently amusing snapshot of an iconic counter-cultural event that should appeal strongly to fans of the period.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Helps us to dive headfirst into both the journey and period and decide for ourselves whether to take it or leave it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2011