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Road Trip (2000)
Rate:
7
Viewed:
6/04, 6/05, 7/18
6/05:
Compellingly funny, Road Trip is easy to watch and always fresh every time I see it.
The aftermath of the car jump scene is the clincher of the film's comedy. I love the idea of E.L. stealing a yellow bus from
the school for the blind. Seann William Scott is pretty much the man of the show, and he's funny. Tom Green certainly makes
things interesting, especially when he's narrating the story. His character who can't wait to feed the snake a mouse
is absolutely hilarious.
All in all, Road Trip is worth watching.
7/18:
Road Trip is still a funny movie after all the years that have passed.
What makes it work is the little incidents that happen along the way on the trip to either Austin or Boston. Some of the
best moments are the aftermath of the car jump, Barry's fascination with the mouse and the snake, and E.L. stealing a yellow
bus from the school for the blind. Of course, any successful comedy film must have a story for the humor to work, and this
one definitely has it. Not everybody needs to be one-dimensional or perfect. Hence, it's smart of the writers to come up with
Kyle who's an abnormal but unforgettable character.
The cast is fabulous and has great chemistry. Of the thespians, the catalyst is Seann William Scott who knows how to amp it
up in order to take the comedy to another level. Tom Green isn't so bad himself. The toe-licking pervert on the bus is
Todd Phillips, the director of Road Trip. On a sad note, Mia Amber Davis, the plus-sized black actress who plays
Kyle's love interest, died on May 10, 2011, one day after her knee surgery, due to pulmonary embolism which may have
been triggered by birth control pills.
By the way, as shown in the beginning, the flyover scene isn't of Ithaca University (nor is there one as the real school is
called Ithaca College which is located in upstate New York) but Harvard University. And there exists no veterinary school at
the University of Texas at Austin even though the film refers to it as the University of Austin. It's only offered at, out of
the entire state, Texas A&M University.
All in all, there have been many high school/college comedy films the last twenty years that are either crass or offensive,
but Road Trip separates itself from the pack for being well-done.