Girls Trip (2017)

When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

Director:

Malcolm D. Lee

Writers:

Erica Rivinoja (story by), Kenya Barris (story by)

Stars:

Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith

12 wins & 36 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Regina Hall	...	Ryan Pierce
Queen Latifah	...	Sasha Franklin
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Lisa Cooper
Tiffany Haddish	...	Dina
Larenz Tate	...	Julian Stevens
Mike Colter	...	Stewart Pierce
Kate Walsh	...	Elizabeth Davelli
Kofi Siriboe	...	Malik
Lara Grice	...	Bethany
Deborah Ayorinde	...	Simone
Janeline Hayes	...	Print Reporter (as Janeline Condez Hayes)
Wild Wayne	...	DJ (as Wayne 'Wild Wayne' Benjamin Jr.)
Sunny Hostin	...	Sunny Hostin
Nick Mundy	...	Tow Truck Driver
Ricky Wayne	...	Ted

Storyline

When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.

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Plot Keywords:

nudity | drinking | new orleans louisiana | male objectification | title spoken by character | 

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Taglines:

You'll be glad you came

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content throughout, pervasive language, brief graphic nudity, and drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Girl Trip

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$31,201,920, 23 July 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$115,108,515, 12 October 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$114,651,938, 20 August 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Perfect World Pictures,Universal Pictures,Will Packer Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first film to star both Jada Pinkett Smith and Regina Hall. Hall previously played "Brenda" in the "Scary Movie" franchise, who was a parody of Smith's character "Maureen" from Scream 2 (1997). Also a part of the "Scream" franchise is Queen Latifah, who has signed on as an executive producer for Season 3 of Scream: The TV Series (2015).

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Goofs

Dina says she is immune to gonorrhea because she's already had it. Because Neisseria gonorrhea exhibits antigenic variation, a previous infection does not confer immunity.

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Quotes

Dina: You know, I got some bomb-ass kush if you wanna take a hit.
Lisa Cooper: Where did you hide it?
Dina: Where the sun don't shine.
Lisa Cooper: You know what, that can cause a lot of infections.
Dina: Girl, you can't get no infection in your booty hole! It's a booty hole!

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Connections

References The Apprentice (2004)

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Soundtracks

Radioactive
Written by Anna Lunoe, Henry Allen and Cory Nitta
Performed by Anna Lunoe
Courtesy of OWSLA
By arrangement with Hidden Track Music

User Reviews

Wanted to walk out. Tries too hard and fell way short

I really wanted to like this film and I'm completely baffled that so many people have enjoyed it. The storyline was weak, the humour juvenile, some scenes were downright ridiculous (i.e. the pee scene), there were some strange borderline racist comments and some of the characters were annoying as f**k. I can't believe how weak the script was, there was a scene where they walk into a bar and spend ages talking about how nice this very average looking bar was? Very odd directing.

For me, it didn't remotely compare to the sophisticated humour of Bridesmaids.

Complete waste of money and I never want to sit through it again.