Road Trip

Road Trip struck me as the first watchable teen comedy. It’s as if DreamWorks wanted to avoid stupidity, vulgarity and general shittiness and instead wanted to make a morally benign variation on teen movies that would be suitable even for the youngest viewers. But I’m not praising this flick for its moral qualities. Road Trip surprised me with its fresh subject and its non-violent and civil (albeit silly) humor, as well as its great cast. (25.05.2002)

One of the many generic teen comedies that rode the wave of success of American Pie, but unlike the others, it's also quite funny. Quite. (24.05.2004)

Whatever Todd Phillips touches, he gets it right, and it's always a lot of fun. Road Trip is definitely up to his standards, it's properly wacky in places and, as the title suggests, it's a road trip that kind of goes off the rails and that delivers more than enough fun. Seeing Stifler is always a pleasure, all the main characters are solidly "their own" and hilarious, and even though it's certainly not a groundbreaking comedy and falls into that genre of bland, not-so-memorable 90-minute films where you just switch off and have fun, I enjoyed it. (23.05.2023)

When I first saw the film, I was much younger than today, hence my original rating. This time I was bored for the most part, at times I even felt second-hand embarrassment for the creators. Since I expect a comedy to be entertaining and funny, a “Boo!” would be appropriate, but one star for Amy Smart. (31.10.2020)

This comedy never really grew on me, but it's not that terrible either. It's clear that it tries to ride on the success of American Pie, but at least it doesn't unnecessarily twist around the theme of "losing one’s virginity." The story makes sense, but the actual road trip itself isn't really the main focus; there's very little of that here. Occasionally, there's a good joke or an interesting character here and there. (12.05.2014)