Road Trip
The road trip is a crucial part of the college experience. Who can say no to an opportunity to cram into a car with your best buds and favorite suds and take off for the weekend? A student is not ready for the real world without a memorable road-trip experience. Most road trips have a purpose behind them, even if it's just to procrastinate regarding that 20-page paper due Monday. What if your relationship rested on a road trip? Josh Parker finds himself in this situation in the recent (2000) comedy Road Trip.
Josh (Breckin Meyer, Rat Race) is in a long-distance relationship with lifelong best friend Tiffany Henderson. He's studying who-knows-what in Ithaca, New York, and she's studying pre-veterinary medicine in Austin, Texas. They keep in contact through phone calls and Josh's frequent home videos to her (nothing kinky). Lately, Tiffany hasn't been returning Josh's messages, and her bitchy roommate insinuates that Tiffany is being unfaithful.
Assuming the worst, Josh has sex with another girl, Beth, and happens to capture the rendezvous on film. The next morning, Josh looks for the naughty tape but can't find it. Previously, he asked his roommate Reuben to mail a care package after his latest (pure) video finished rewinding, but there was a mix-up. Oops, Josh mailed a video showing him with another woman to his girlfriend! With the help of Reuben, another friend E.L., and the local geek with a car and a credit card, Josh drives to Austin to intercept the package.
This film's only real strength is its no-holds-barred comedy. The jokes are bold, raunchy, and perfect for a movie night with friends who have lowbrow senses of humor. Josh's travel companions provide constant laughs. Reuben (Paulo Costanzo, 40 Days & 40 Nights) is a super brain who smokes weed for personal balance. Seann William Scott's E.L. is a weaker version of his character in the American Pie films, but he's still a dick. The aforementioned geek, Kyle, has comically disgusting sexual practices. Don't miss other memorable characters, such as a sardonic motel clerk, Barry Manilow (not the singer, Josh's roommate who chooses to stay in Ithaca), and Barry's grandfather's dog.
From watching Road Trip, it is obvious that Director Todd Phillips will not be helming Oscar winners during his career. Road Trip, although funny, is a stupid movie, and it gets old after the first viewing. The premise of the movie is flawed too. The whole sequence of events that leads to Josh mailing his sex tape instead of the intended video doesn't add up right. This is the part where someone tells me to shut my nitpicking trap.
Seann William Scott is not the only link between Road Trip and American Pie. Supposedly, Road Trip was made to cash in on teens' love for comedies with drinking, bare breasts, and embarrassing situations. Needless to say, sex comedies are a popular subgenre. Add a drop of intelligence and a pinch of character depth, and we have ourselves something to sink our collective teeth into.
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With a title like Road Trip, you know there will be plenty of boozing on both sides of the TV screen.
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