The film's humor is more democratic than politically correct, as everyone--women and minority characters, not just the hipster white guys--have a hand in the high jinks. Green plays Barry Manilow (no, not that one), a professional student (eight years and counting)--he relates the film's story to skeptical prospective students while leading them on a tour of the college--and thrill-seeking dork extraordinaire. In particular, in an already justly famous sequence of scenes, he sadistically anticipates and endeavors to accelerate a mouse's demise at the jaws of a python. It's very much in the vein of American Pie, perhaps a smidgen tamer, but at least its characters don't really learn any dopey lessons in the end. Director and coscreenwriter Todd Phillips, who earlier made the much-questioned documentary Frat House, again proves he's more adept at staging fictional comic sequences than real ones. --David Kronke
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This road trip goes nowhere, but it doesn't really matter...
If you just want to sit back and laugh at the most ridiculously insulting and rather audacious attempts at trashy humor, then this film is for you. In the long line of teenage romp/coms, this one is certainly not the worst. I don't understand why these senseless sex comedies are so popular (or at least WERE so popular back in the late 90's, early 00's) but for whatever reason they were being released regularly every three months or so.
I blame `American Pie', which in retrospect isn't really all that funny.
The thing with these films is that they go absolutely nowhere and serve absolutely no purpose.
This film centers around a group of guys who take a road trip (thus the name of the film) from Ithaca to Austin when one of the group accidentally mails a sex tape (with another chick) to his girlfriend. Along the way they have some outrageous (and yes, comical) adventures.
This was the birth of DJ Quails brief fame. He is actually pretty funny in that "OH MY GOD HE IS FUNNY TO LOOK AT" kind of humor. Everything he does has an extra layer of hilarity because he is so unattractive. This was also made when Seann William Scott was a hot commodity (thank god that is over) and when Amy Smart was the hot young thing (where is she now?) and Tom Green was famous. Yes, Tom Green was famous. Breckin Meyer is the real star here, and he has that suave quality about him that makes him likable and watchable. Sadly, his career went nowhere either.
Andy Dick is gross, but he always makes me laugh so I'm glad he's here.
Anyways, this will entertain, even if it won't stay with you. You won't remember this tomorrow, but you'll laugh pretty hard tonight. What else could you hope to want from something as ridiculous as `Road Trip'?
I was planning on giving this film a D (which would have been two stars) but I kept hearing Seann William Scott whispering in my ear...
"Did I say two? Better make it three."Favorite Teen comedy of all time!
Let me start by saying I am not much of a teen movie fan. Road Trip is one of my most favorite comedies. Unlike some comedies it has a solid story and a mixture of personalities. Each contribute to the story to make it one hiliarious classic tale. I started laughing right from the start and did not stop until the end. It is the perfect Road Trip of all time. A must see.Tom Green Needs to Quietly Disappear
This movie would have been great, but for Tom Green's role. Albeit very small, his nauseatingly uncreative same character every single time bit was an annoying distraction. The rest of the movie was pretty good though. The concept was fun, and somewhat newish, and with some actually creative scenes and plot development. Not obsessively over the top in american pie kind of way. delete the tom green part and you have a legitimately decent flick.TAKE THE TRIP
French toast, anyone? I wasn't expecting much when I pulled this from the bargain bin, and later threw it on the dvd player as I was packing some stuff. Pretty soon though I found it hard not to pay attention. After a few of the gut busting laughs this movie put me through, I was pretty much along for the ride with Road Trip! Something like American Pie in it's humor.. Really, there are too many scenes that are just hilarious - it's not high art - it's just good ole fashioned coarse teen humor - some really funny #*&$! in this movie.Did you kill a cheetah!?
Road Trip is just that - a wonderfully complex adventure, a road trip shared between four college dorm-mates where incredible hijinks and comedy occurs from beginning to end.
Josh (Breckin Meyer) is a student at the University of Ithaca (NY), and has been sending tapes to his girlfriend of many years. They've been sappy, with bad singing and lame poetry. Unfortunately for his girlfriend Tiffany, who attends college in Texas, she had a death in the family and went incognito for a few days. Josh began to doubt their relationship, and took the opporunity to bed Beth (Amy Smart), a cute co-ed who is infatuated with Josh. In a case of incredibly bad and good luck, Beth decides to film the session, but Josh accidentally sends the tape to Tiffany. What follows is a race to beat the tape, save the relationship, and avoid humiliation.
Along with his roommate Ruben (Paulo Costanzo), his friend EL (S. W. Scott), and a nerd (DJ Qualls) whose car they need for the trip, they start the journey from New York to Texas. On the way, a car explodes during a Dukes of Hazzard reenactment, a midget and a nerd are in a step show, a Klan hood shows up, a sperm donor situation takes an unexpected turn, someone steals a bus from a blind school, a snake named Mitch makes a mistake during feeding time, and a dog demands blueberry pancakes.
The only downfall to this movie is Tom Green's moronic schtick; it almost kills the movie. He's the human speedbump in a highway of laughs. Otherwise, it's a laugh riot nearly the entire movie.Product Description
FOUR COLLEGE PALS TAKE A RAUCOUS AND RAUNCHY ROAD TRIP TO RETRIEVE AN INCRIMINATING HOME VIDEO BEFORE IT LANDS IN THE WRONG MAILBOX.Amazon.com
Road Trip is a mostly agreeable, by-the-numbers teen flick with a handful of inspired sequences, most of them involving MTV's resident disturbed soul, Tom Green. It concerns a sleepy University of Ithaca student named Josh (Breckin Meyer) who accidentally mails a video of his sexual encounter with an infatuation (Amy Smart) to his longtime girlfriend (Rachel Blanchard), who's seemingly avoiding him while at school in Austin, Texas. Naturally, he recruits some buddies--Seann William Scott as the lech, D.J. Qualls as the hopeless nerd, and Paulo Costanzo as the doper genius--to hit the open highway and intercept the package. Even more naturally, mayhem ensues: A car explodes, a bus is stolen, a nerd is deflowered, French toast is horribly violated, and an elderly man bogarts both pot and Viagra.
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