Are you looking for a good date movie? Son was with a friend and Sweetie and I picked The Guilt Trip mainly because of its early time slot and theater location rather than its mediocre ratings. We loved this movie!

Seth Rogen plays Andy Brewster a chemist turned inventor turned entrepreneur who is taking his mother, Joyce on a cross country road trip from the east coast to San Francisco where he has set up a series of meetings with store chains trying to get them to stock his new “green” cleaning spray. He has an ulterior motive to bringing his mother along. She tells him in an unguarded moment that her first love was a guy named Andy but it just wasn’t meant to be. Further that she named Andy after this first love and still wondered what if. (her husband died some years ago.)  So part of this trip is finding Andy.

The problem is that his mother is still mothering him half to death. Joyce instead of being just a passenger on the trip is an active participant to the dismay of her son. She negotiates better deals on their rental car and motel rooms and offers tips on his product pitches and in general irritates him no end.

As the road trip progresses and they blow up and make up they discover things about each other and get to appreciate each other more.

When they finally reach San Francisco things don’t turn out quite like they or us would expect. What an ending, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Barbra Streisand nailed this movie. She is full of energy and just sizzles, sparks, and pops. She is so expressive and full of energy and expressions. I had forgotten what a great actress she is. Seth Rogen does a great job playing a smart guy who is trying to be a people guy and doesn’t quite get it done. He is the perfect foil to Streisands over the top sociability.

Four stars out of five for this movie. Go see it, go see with your mother! Wish I could.