Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place

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2011
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107 mins
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Following the success of his book One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey bought a bus, assembled... More

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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place | Ratings & Reviews

"Fans of the subject matter, especially students of the Beat era, will find this revisionist reconstruction indispensible; others will share the same tedium claimed by some of the principals on the bus."

VarietyVariety

"It places the viewer right in the middle of these counter-cultural hijinks, but is less lucid about the legacy of the Pranksters’ psychedelic adventures."

Total FilmTotal Film

"The cinematic equivalent of a yellowed scrapbook whose pictures are accompanied by sketchy captions created after the fact."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

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

The GuardianThe Guardian

"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."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Gibney and Ellwood struggle to create context for or make much sense of the vibrant hodge-podge of material that they excavated from the archives of Kesey, who died in 2001."

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times

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

Little White LiesLittle White Lies

"The backstory behind the film is as compelling as the events it depicts."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Not the razor-sharp narrative that Gibney's Enron doc offered, but then you'd hardly expect that with a beatnik cast and enough acid to turn blue litmus paper to therapy."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"Magic Trip is about as fun as being the only sober person at a party."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place | Details

Rating
M, contains offensive language, sexual references, drug references & nudity
Runtime
107
Genre
Documentary
Country of origin
USA

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