Road Trip

Gross and Fun College Tradition

Plot:

Cheating is when you’re in a committed relationship and have sex with another person. It’s not cheating if you live in different area codes, if you are too wasted to remember it, or if you are with two people at the same time because they cancel each other out. But it is definitely cheating if you videotape it and mails the tape to your girlfriend.

This is what happens to Josh Parker (Breckin Meyer), who have been together with Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard) since they were kids. He then accidentally sent the sex tape of him with college friend, Beth (Amy Smart), to Tiffany. Josh must now drag two college buddies, and one not-so-eager-kid who happens to own the car, on a raucous 1800-mile road trip from Ithaca, New York to Austin, Texas to save his lifelong romance.

Release Date: May 19, 2000
Distributor: DreamWorks
Directed by: Todd Philips (Old School, Starsky & Hutch, Due Date, The Hangover, The Hangover II)
Starring: Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, Paulo Costanzo, DJ Qualls, Tom Green, Rachel Blanchard
Budget: $16 million
Gross Revenue: $68,525,608 (US), $119,754,278 (worldwide)

Review:

Started with American Pie (1999), early 2000s is the time where there are so many teen-comedy movies which filled with violent humors and vulgar scenes, mostly contain nudity. Van Wilder, Not Another Teen Movie, Tomcats, Say It isn’t So, and of course Road Trip, are some examples of them.

The key to watching this kind of movie is easy, that is do not expect anything but laugh. The jokes are gross and not smart, the dialogues are unmemorable, the events are beyond logic, and the plot is….none. Like I said, the main point of success for black-comedy is on how to make the audience laugh, and this is where Road Trip has successfully done. The script is no more than a setup to create a wacky and bizarre moments, creating a hilarious visual gags during the whole movie.

The strong elements are always the characters, which are naturally funny, especially Kyle (DJ Qualls) and Mitch (Tom Green). Unfortunately, the main character itself, Josh Parker, is very dull and boring. It’s weird that the guy that actually cheating and sent his own sex tape to his girlfriend is looked like the only “nice guy” among the other male characters in this movie.

Anyway, this movie is obviously not for everyone. Whether a viewer will find if it’s fun or absurd is depend on his/her personal taste. Also, even though titled as Road Trip, there are not many road trips moments and experiences that you can learn from this film. You should check at travel tips website if you want to know more about road trip.

My Rating: C+

IMDb user rating: 6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes meter: 58%

Metacritic: 55/100

Entertainment Weekly: B

MRQE Metric: 58/100

Your Ratings: (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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