| | | The greatest college tradition of all.
Features: Unrated
When you're in a committed relationship and have sex with another person...it's not cheating if you're in different area codes. It's not cheating if you're too wasted to remember it, because if you can't remember it, it never really look place. It's not cheating if you're with two people at the same time, because they cancel each other out. But it is definitely cheating if you videotape it and someone accidentally mails the tape to your girlfriend which--to his horror--is exactly what happened to Josh. Discovering the mistake, Josh tows two of his college buddies--and one not-so eager kid who happens to own the car--on a raucous 1,800-mile road trip from Ithaca, New York to Austin, Texas to save his lifelong romance.
Editor's Note
University of Ithaca College freshman Josh (Breckin Meyer) misses his childhood sweetheart, Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard), who is going to school in Austin, Texas. Josh makes a tape proclaiming his love for her, but one of his friends accidentally mails the wrong tape; he instead sends the tape of Josh having sex with the beautiful Beth (Amy Smart). Josh had slept with Beth only after assuming that Tiffany had found someone else. So Josh, E.L. (Seann William Scott), Rubin (Paulo Costanzo), and Kyle (DJ Qualls), the geek with a car, set off in a powder blue Ford Taurus to intercept the tape before Tiffany can see it. They leave behind the insane Barry (Tom Green), who is on the multiyear graduating plan and would rather stay in the dorm and feed a live mouse to Mitch the snake. The group's 1,800-mile trip will feature encounters with exploding cars, crazy motel clerks, too-hip grandparents, stealing from the blind, the wrong fraternity, and that old stand-by, chef's revenge. The story is told in flashback, as the always frightening Tom Green leads a group of prospective students and their parents through an absurdly hilarious tour of the Ithaca campus, selling Josh's story as a reason to attend the school. ROAD TRIP is good raunchy fun, starring a likable cast of characters, told by director Todd Phillips with a charm that places it above the standard teen exploitation flick.
| Features | Unrated | | Full Frame - 1.33 |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (MCA) |
| Release Date: 5/22/2001 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 87110 | | UPC: 00667068711035 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Unleash the fury."----Barry (Tom Green) to Mitch the snake |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...The fun is all in the gags....you'll laugh despite yourself..." 05/26/2000 p.E18Rolling Stone
"...A wild, whacked-out ride....Green is a unique talent..." 06/08/2000 p.138 Box Office
"...It's very funny, it's rambunctious and it's unabashedly sexy....Green could easily become the next Jim Carrey..." 07/01/2000 p. 103 Los Angeles Times
"...ROAD TRIP is consistently funny....Smartly produced and consistently lively, the film shows its young actors to terrific advantage..." 05/19/2000 p.C2 Total Film
"...The dialogue is crisp, the pace is good and the scenery pretty..." 11/01/2000 p.93 Salon.com 7 of 10
...like last year's American Pie, Road Trip crisply delivers the goods: vaguely rakish heroes, vaguely kinky sex and highly naked nubiles. Also a little song, a little dance, some French toast down a fat guy's pants... - Andrew O'Hehir
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