I failed to see what was the purpose of this "documentary" or whatever it's supposed to be.

It starts with the usual cheap gimmicky introduction with fragments of old, B&W documentaries about the effects of LSD, just to take the piss out of the warnings against hallucinogenic drugs.

Then it continues with snappy comments from a few celebrities and a lot of second rate comedians about how swell it is to use drugs.

In Chapter one, Sting narrates a lengthy story about his LSD use, illustrated by childish animation.

The rest of the "documentary" follows the same format. The best known celebrities, such as Ben Stiller and Sarah Silverman gushes on about how great peyote and LSD are, echoed by the choir of minor celebrities, all smug and complacent druggies.

Among the enthusiastic drug testimonials are Carrie Fisher and Anthony Bourdin, not the best poster people for drug use, since they both passed away untimely, in unpleasant and self-inflicted ways.

I was expecting something more informative and/or historical about drug use, instead of this manual on "how great it is to expand the doors of perception" endorsed by show people who certainly can get the best - and most expensive- drugs available and not cheap and dangerous products from the street.

Weird, silly, uninformative, dumbed down pop product for a generation with the attention span of a fly and the sophistication of an illiterate teenager.

In a word, your typical Netflix "original" product, the HQ of dumbed down, oversimplified, stereotypical, politically uber-correct TV trashy entertainment.

I never did hard drugs. I guess chocolate is one of the vices I would like to get rid off, but it tastes so good. And yes it also gives you a "high". Different kind I reckon and as I already stated, can't compare since I haven't tried anything hard yet (I do occasionally drink alcohol). This movie is more on the entertaining side though, recreating events in famous peoples memory for us to see. Also giving us some PSA videos, that may or may not be real ... it is really tough with those - they were quite crazy, so the ones showing here could be real.

It ends on an interesting note, with interviews and people giving insight on if or where LSD could be used. Still I would urge anyone not to try this at home (alone). There are enough examples of where it went wrong. Through all the "fun" some of the celebs are having there is also quite the downside to it. Not to mention that drugs react differently with different people, so there's that too. A strange documentary, that may feel odd to some because of not being willing to demonize something that has not really the best reputation ...

The structure of this documentary reminded me a bit of the zany "Sack Lunch Bunch," but of course it was about a topic more adult. The people and stories involved, and also some of "The More You Know" and other educational (?) segments, made for entertaining content that is unlike something I've seen before about drugs. It felt to me like a drug-positivity talk, akin to something you might see about safe sex - "If you're gonna do it anyway, you might as well learn more about it," type of thing.

However, "Have a Good Trip" seemed focused more on a narrative about drugs being fun, rather than necessarily educating its audience. This is despite multiple personalities interviewed having publicly known histories of drug abuse, and two having not long passed away prematurely. It also felt off to me that a story describing how somebody apparently died during a drug trip, was played by comedians in a goofy flashback montage. And of course, there were some stories about people driving or working while high, and sure, they gained amusing stories from these trips that they got out of safely, but there was no commentary on how they could have affected the people around them.

Overall, I enjoyed "Have a Good Trip." You should expect (mostly comedic) stories from it, though, rather than anything objective. I probably enjoyed A$AP Rocky's commentary the most, just because he seemed so chill, accepting, and totally aware of the ridiculousness of his experience. I also believe I learned from the show what I might have expected before going in (perhaps reflecting the trips all of these celebrities describe?): I think if I had a psychedelic trip, I'd probably have an experience like Ben Stiller. So, really, I don't need to have one.