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

Common appears in the movie as one of the performers he and Queen Latifah both work together on the movie Just Wright

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Goofs

When Julian drops off Ryan at the hotel after the club fight, the hotel doors open automatically. However, there's a clear sign that says "Doors lock after 10PM. Use Guest key to re-enter." But Ryan doesn't use a guest key and just enters automatically.

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Quotes

Sasha Franklin: [watching people zip-lining] That's some white boy shit right there.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Tiffany Haddish/Taylor Swift (2017)

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Soundtracks

I'm Every Woman
Written by Nick Ashford (as Nickolas Ashford) and Valerie Simpson
Performed by Chaka Khan
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Haddish havoc

Ryan Pierce (Regina Hall) has the perfect life. She married her nice college football player boyfriend Stewart. She wrote the book "You can have it all". The couple is on the verge of a big media deal to be the next cultural icon. She has drifted from her longtime friends "The Flossy Posse" and decides to bring them on her speaking trip to New Orleans. Sasha Franklin (Queen Latifah) has abandoned her journalistic dreams and is struggling as an internet gossip columnist. Lisa Cooper (Jada Pinkett Smith) has turned into a safe stay-at-home mom. Dina (Tiffany Haddish) is a wild crazy girl. Sasha gets a tip that Stewart has cheated on Ryan.

This could have been a standard black girls' wild out on their lives fitting into the BET rotation with countless others. It's elevated by a couple of factors. The first is the wild performance from Tiffany Haddish. She's a comedian working her craft and getting some notice as a supporting character in The Carmichael Show. She's the wildly inappropriate character every broad modern comedies need but she does it with a smile and an inner joy. She's half clueless and half callous. The fruit fellatio scene is hilarious. The second is the writing from Kenya Barris, Black-ish creator, and Tracy Oliver. This creates some compelling characters which these experienced actors are able to inhabit. It is a broad comedy with heart. It's got the gross-out, highly-inappropriate jokes which really works here. The actors bring a humanity to their roles. They are ready to come out and set it off.