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To fully understand and appreciate
Road Trip, one must remember that all it asks are some simple,
if eternally unanswered, questions. If you're in a committed relationship,
is it really cheating if you have sex with someone in a different
area code? Or if you don't exactly remember it because you were
too wasted, did it ever really take place? Or how about if you
cheat with two people, it shouldn't count, because they cancel
each other out, right?
Just ask poor Josh. Unknowingly videotaped while "sorta cheating"
on his girlfriend, who's attending another college, the incriminating
evidence inadvertently gets mailed off. In a panic, soon Josh and
his buddies take off to retrieve the wayward videotape on the quintessential
college experience, the "Road Trip." Harking back to the
classic comedies of yesteryear (okay, well, the late 70's and early
80's), Road Trip is vulgar, gratuitous, often outrageous but always
hilarious. If you survived college, or just dreamed of it, Road
Trip is your movie!
The college tradition
Road Trip marks the directorial debut of Todd Phillips, and the
latest comedy from mega-successful producer Ivan Reitman. A graduate
of the prestigious NYU film school, Phillips wasted no time in making
a name for himself, directing the acclaimed documentary "Hated"
about notorious musician GG Allin, which received a theatrical release.
Phillips then followed that up with another documentary and critical
success, Frat House. This brought him to the attention of Reitman,
and along with Screenwriter Scot Armstrong, Road Trip was born.
Only 28 years old and possessing the enthusiasm of someone half
his age, Phillips was one of the funniest and most down-to-earth
interviewees we've had the pleasure of talking to here at DVDFILE.
Road Trip harks back to our beloved adolescent comedies of the 80's,
and we can't wait to see what he comes up with next. If you missed
the film in the theaters and have a taste for collegiate comedy,
then don't let the trip pass you by on DVD...
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Interview with Todd Phillips
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Road Trip disc review
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