Road Trip
...rks. Road Trip has no deep meaning; it’s not trying to make a statement about youth at the beginning of a new century. It’s just plain good, hilarious, and funny. I definitely agreed about what Homer and the Apollo Guide said about this movie. This movie after all does have something to laugh at. One example where Josh, E.L., and Rubin walked over to Kyle’s room, they knocked on his door and waited for an answer. Soon, Kyle opens the door leaving his underwear in sight for Josh, E.L. and Rubin to see. The boys looked down and see his penis was erected. That scene was very funny. I loved the characters Josh, E.L., Barry, Rubin and Kyle are the most interesting characters in the movie. The movie started with a boy named Josh, a student at Ithaca University, who is enduring a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend Tiffany, who attends the University of Austin. He filmed a tape about himself saying that he missed Tiffany and wishes that he could visit her. Later, his friend E.L. hosted a party where he invited a whole bunch of college students to join and have fun. There, Josh meets another college cutie named Beth who has a crush on him. The two fall in love with each other. Josh takes Beth into his dorm and records their bedplay. Josh soon finds out that one of his friends has accidentally mailed the tape to Tiffany, mistaking it for a tape full of sappy love recitals. Rubin who is a pot-smoking philosophy major and Kyle the campus nerd are also Josh’s friend. “So, along with E.L., Rubin, and geeky nerd Kyle, he begins a weekend road trip to Austin in order to reach Tiffany before the videotape does.” (Easterbrook) Barry is also an interesting character who likes to eat live rat, in which where we don’t commonly see around in public. For E.L., he is a trash talker, but the role where he had to donate sperm to help pay for gas for the road trip. The funniest characters in this movie are E.L., Amy, and Barry. One movie critic, Matt Easterbrook stated that, “The only guy who matches E.L. in the laughs department is Barry. He narrates the story, and he’s absolutely deadpan and hilarious. As mentioned before, Amy Smart turns what could be a one-note character into something more. She’s sexually aggressive, but she’s also a really nice person (something you don’t see too much in movies).” I agreed with that quote because, E.L. and Barry’s character are so funny. One scene showed where E.L. borrowed a bus from a school for the blind and never returned it back. Another funny scene where E.L. performed was where he lusts after a fertility clinic nurse. I believed that the movie ‘Road Trip’ earns four out of five stars, because of the director and producers effort to put the story together. I found two movie critics that also believed that Road Trip deserves a four out of five stars. One movie critic, John Beachem also agreed too. He stated: Unfortunately, ‘Road Trip’ certainly isn’t without its weakness. While it may be hilarious for the majority of its running time, it starts to lag a bit by the end. Things also get a bit too serious and sentimental towards the end. Points like college kids trying to live up to their parents expectations, and the difficulties of college students finding their ways in life are suddenly brought up in a movie where such messages don’t really fit in. Thankfully, Todd Phillips (who also produced Norm MacDonald vehicle, “Screwed”) pulls things back together for the last ten minutes, and the movie ends on a suitably funny and irreverent note. Watch for amusing cameos by Fred Ward (“Tremors”) as Kyle’s father and Andy Dick (television’s “News Radio”) as a motel clerk, who needs some serious lessons in customer relations. I’d recommend “Road Trip” to anyone who loved and misses movies like “Animal House”, and to fans of Tom Green. Despite a relatively small part, he provides some of the film’s funniest moments. The movie runs 91 minutes, and I give it a well earn four out of five stars. Another movie critic Matt Easterbrook also gave four out of five stars too. He stated that: Like I said earlier, some people will love this movie, and others would rather sit through a 15-hour marathon of Yanni music than 90 minutes of college sexcapades. I’m sure you know which category you will fall into. However, since I’m reviewing the movie (snicke...