Many reviews still rave about how hilarious this movie is. Or was. Past tense. Probably 23 years ago whole teen-packed theaters roared with laughter, but watching it now (being definitely not a teen anymore) it mainly made me chuckle now and then. But also cringe a bit. Not so much because of the sexual content, that's totally as expected, and comes (came!) with the territory of this kind of movie, fitting in the wave of sex-comedies that American Pie introduced. Although, a long and lingering scene filled with slow-motion close-ups of full frontal naked girls in a locker room actually felt like pushing the limits a bit, even for that day and age!
No, the cringing was more because of the mostly lame dialogues, and because of the many jokes where the pun stayed hanging in mid-air before falling flat. And because of Tom Green, whose obnoxious character as a kind of narrator kept popping up with almost unwatchable over-acting.
On the other hand, Breckin Meyer did a fine job and was totally endearing as pivotal character Josh. And I have a soft spot for Seann William Scott, of course his character in Road Trip goes way over the top again, like a blueprint of Stifler, but let's face it: nobody does that so convincing and hilariously (yes, here the word does apply!) funny!
In short, a reasonably amusing roadtrip down memory lane.
No, the cringing was more because of the mostly lame dialogues, and because of the many jokes where the pun stayed hanging in mid-air before falling flat. And because of Tom Green, whose obnoxious character as a kind of narrator kept popping up with almost unwatchable over-acting.
On the other hand, Breckin Meyer did a fine job and was totally endearing as pivotal character Josh. And I have a soft spot for Seann William Scott, of course his character in Road Trip goes way over the top again, like a blueprint of Stifler, but let's face it: nobody does that so convincing and hilariously (yes, here the word does apply!) funny!
In short, a reasonably amusing roadtrip down memory lane.