Road Trip - 3rd January 2012

This week we return to normality after our festive film fun and continue with movies that we have not seen before. Tonight we go for an all out comedy road trip, luckily entitled;

Road Trip

So the basic idea here is; Josh Parker (Breckin Meyer) has been the virtually lifelong friend / boyfriend to Tiffany Henderson (Rachel Blanchard). They are, when we join the story, both at college, albeit different colleges, in different states. The pressure is on to maintain the long distance relationship, so when Tiffany fails to get back to Josh after several 'phone calls, Josh starts to worry.

Egged on by his mate; E.L. (Seann William Scott), Josh foolishly falls into the company of Beth (Amy Smart). They hit it off immediately and suddenly find themselves alone, in Joshs' room, with the video camera rolling.........

Here is where the Road Trip comes into the equation. Josh had already videoed a message for Tiffany and asked one of the guys, who shares his room, to post it. Of course, what happens is the wrong tape is posted and winging it's way to Tiffany, who is at college in Austin, Texas, is the video tape of Josh and Beth getting it on!!

What follows is the adventures of Josh, E.L. plus Kyle (played by D.J. Qualls), (it's his car and credit card they use) and Rubin Carver (Paulo Costanzo). another one of Joshs' room mates. The four guys race from Ithaca University, in New York state, to Austin, Texas. Clearly with hilarious consequences! (You'll have to watch it to find out).

One of the best aspects of this film is, it is delivered via a narrative supplied by another college student; Barry Manilow (not the real one), played by the extremely "wacky" Tom Green, who relays the story to a group of new students, by cutting back and forth, on numerous occasions, between the action and him relaying the story.

Also, the Barry character injects some very bizarre, but extremely funny moments throughout the film. Some cracking scenes, that will have you LOL'ling on your sofa!

We enjoyed Road Trip, with it's coarse laddish humour and scenes of a sexual nature.

Certainly worth a watch!