From the director of the Hangover trilogy and Joker, Road Trip is a raunchy college comedy classic. 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 porn tape to his girlfriend. In a frenzy, he must borrow a car and hit the road in a desperate bid to intercept the tape. Featuring a talented cast that includes Breckin Meyer, Rachel Blanchard, Seann William Scott, Amy Smart, Fred Ward, Tom Green, Anthony Rapp, Andy Dick, and Ethan Suplee.
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.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
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:
Multiplexes should be thronged with howling, high-fiving young men deep into summer.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
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
rotten:
As the guys continue on their way to Texas, this Road Trip degenerates into a slow-moving game of connect-the-gross-outs.