After an Ithaca College student films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discovers one of his friends has accidentally mailed the homemade sex tape to his girlfriend in Austin. In a frenzy, he must borrow a car and hit the road in a desperate bid to intercept the tape.
As the guys continue on their way to Texas, this Road Trip degenerates into a slow-moving game of connect-the-gross-outs.
– Mark Caro,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Although lively at times, the proceedings are far too perfunctory to generate a 'can-you-top-this' quality. The result is a film that knows some of the words, but not the music.
– Paul West,
Seattle Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Multiplexes should be thronged with howling, high-fiving young men deep into summer.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Road Trip is nothing more than a series of sight gags and put-downs. It's often funny, but it never has anything smart to say.
– Bob Longino,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The movie is sloppily made, but there's almost a sly charm to the sloppiness, and the unevenness of the filmmaking doesn't detract from the picture's most obvious laughs.