Trippin (film)

Plot

Greg (Deon Richmond) is nearing the end of his high school days as graduation slowly approaches. He is also anxiously awaiting prom and has the hopes of going with Cinny (Maia Campbell), the school's local beauty. Along with these wants, Greg is also an avid daydreamer and daydreams (trippin') over everything. Most of his "trips" are reversals of real world events, such as visualizing himself as a military commando when confronted by bullies, or as a super genius when in fact he struggles academically. Since he is about to graduate his mother and a teacher encourage him to apply for college. He finally realizes asking for help with the college applications is a great way for him to get in good with Cinny. So they slowly start a friendship but Greg wants it to blossom into a romance so he begins to lie about things. Things go smoothly and are believable until they fall apart one day. Afterward, Greg realizes he needs to stop daydreaming ("trippin'") and focus.

Reception

Trippin' was poorly received by critics, and currently holds an 18% "rotten" rating on the review aggregated site Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews. The film made $2,527,909 its opening weekend and grossed a total of $9,017,070 during its theatrical run.

Releases

Trippin' was released during the start of the summer movie season of 1999. It was released in a limited number of theaters compared to the summer blockbusters released around the same time. The film did well enough to crack the top ten in gross receipts during its first few weeks of release. It was later released on VHS and DVD that same year. The film was re-released in 2005 as part of a DVD 4-pack named the Playa Pack that also contained the films Deliver Us from Eva, The Best Man, and How to Be a Player. The sole DVD was released with a different cover art featuring both Deon Richmond and Donald Faison.