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By Sam Bathe (186) for Fan The Fire (489) on 21 Nov 2011

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

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By Tony Peters (1) for Radio Times (2,421) on 20 Nov 2011

This fascinating film pieces together randomly shot and previously unseen footage and recordings made by the Pranksters, and blends it seamlessly…

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By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 19 Nov 2011

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

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By Derek Malcolm (772) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 19 Nov 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…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Nov 2011

The prehistory of psychedelia gets an interesting, if minor footnote with this documentary co-directed by Alex Gibney - who made Enron: The…

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By Paul Weedon (9) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 17 Nov 2011

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

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 16 Nov 2011

Impressively directed and expertly assembled, this is an engaging and frequently amusing snapshot of an iconic counter-cultural event that…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 15 Nov 2011

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

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By Ellen G (473) on 06 Nov 2011

I've never been a big fan of films made for those people who can relate to drug use, in particularly, tripping…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 25 Oct 2011

Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood manage to cut through the underbrush of this incoherent material to create a clear, if repetitive, through-line…

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By Paolo R (90) on 16 Oct 2011

Finally theres prove that people were about something and believed in shit and did stuff, and prove that people were always trying to stop…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 14 Sep 2011

Magic Trip comes off nearly as scattershot as the events it depicts, which is a major stumbling block…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 06 Sep 2011

A kind of DayGlo-colored time capsule that tantalizes…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 01 Sep 2011

Records a lot of silly misbehavior but only minor merriment…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 01 Sep 2011

Magic Trip accomplishes something only the best documentaries pull off: It energizes you so much, you can't wait to find out more…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 01 Sep 2011

Magic Trip accomplishes something only the best documentaries pull off: It energizes you so much, you can't wait to find out more…

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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for Playback:stl (411) on 31 Aug 2011

It's impossible to exaggerate how wearying it is to watch endless clips of badly-shot home movies of people who really have no claim on your…

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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 31 Aug 2011

It's the movie Yellow Submarine'' should have been but didn't know how to be…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 30 Aug 2011

Sometimes the footage is shaky, and the story threatens to derail itself by spinning off on too many tangents, but ultimately the rough-and-ready…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 25 Aug 2011

Neither as magic nor as trippy as the culture quake that it documents, but it's a valuable flashback and a pleasurable contact high…

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