Road Trip (2000)
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A group of college friends embarks on a frantic road trip to intercept a compromising tape before it reaches a girl's hands.
The story
Josh Parker and Tiffany Henderson are childhood friends in a long-distance relationship. When Josh becomes insecure about their distance, he begins sending her videotaped messages. After a misunderstanding leads him to believe a sex tape he recorded with a friend's interest, Beth Wagner, was accidentally mailed to Tiffany, Josh and three of his friends—Rubin, E.L., and the socially awkward Kyle—set off on a desperate road trip from New York to Austin. They must navigate various mishaps, including a broken car and a series of misadventures, to intercept the tape before Tiffany can see it.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Josh Parker and Tiffany Henderson are long-distance partners who communicate via videotaped messages. After Josh records a video with Beth Wagner, he mistakenly believes his roommate, Rubin, mailed the tape to Tiffany. To fix the mistake, Josh, Rubin, E.L., and Kyle embark on a road trip to Austin. Along the way, they face a collapsed bridge, a wrecked car, and various obstacles. They eventually reach Austin just as Tiffany arrives. Josh intercepts the tape, but it is revealed that the content was actually recorded over by Barry. The group returns to Ithaca, where Josh begins a relationship with Beth, and the others find new paths in their lives.
- First release year
- 2000
- Runtime (minutes)
- 94
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Todd Phillips
- Writers
- Todd Phillips · writer; Scot Armstrong · writer
- Cast and characters
- Breckin Meyer · Josh Parker; Seann William Scott · E.L. Faldt; Paulo Costanzo · Rubin Carver; DJ Qualls · Kyle Edwards; Amy Smart · Beth Wagner; Rachel Blanchard · Tiffany Henderson; Tom Green · Barry Manilow; Fred Ward · Earl Edwards
- Genres
- comedy; road; sex comedy
- Themes
- Friendship; Relationship struggles
- Tone and mood
- Comedy
- Setting
- New York to Austin, Texas during the college years.
- Premise and plot tags
- Road Trip; College; Comedy
- Franchise connections
- Road Trip
- Content notes
- Nudity
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and has gained a cult following.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 59% · scale: percentage · review count: 97; Metacritic · score: 55 · scale: 100 · review count: 32
- Production trivia
- The 'University of Ithaca' is based on Ithaca College and Cornell University.; The film was a box office success, grossing $119.8 million on a $16 million budget.
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