Road Trip
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: May 19, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
I'm talking cheap visual gags, painfully embarrassing moments and other sophomoric humor guaranteed to get you and your friends almost vomiting with laughter. Read full review
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Grosser than "American Pie"! More penis jokes than "There''s Something About Mary"! Nudity more gratuitous than "Porky''s"! Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Like last year's "American Pie," Road Trip crisply delivers the goods: vaguely rakish heroes, vaguely kinky sex and highly naked nubiles. Read full review
77
Mr. ShowbizCody Clark
It's a larky hoot in its best moments, and it has a refreshingly unforced sense of fun that buoys the scenes that are straight out of Lame Movie Laffs 101. Read full review
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
A cheerfully crude, well-cast (and frequently uproarious) campus comedy in the tradition of "There's Something About Mary." Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Slightly more mature and better assembled, Road Trip goes one better on "American Pie" by teasing out the idiosyncrasies in four guys existing in a personality grab bag. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The jokes, fast and furious enough to satisfy both teens and intrepid parents, are far funnier than they are raunchy. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Slick, reasonably amusing, never asking its audience to swallow anything too wild for consumption. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe Leydon
Be forewarned: After you see Road Trip, it may be months, if not years, before you can order French toast with a straight face and a settled stomach. Read full review
70
Rolling StonePeter Travers
As long as Green is onscreen, which is not nearly enough, Road Trip is easy to get revved up about.
70
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
At a relaxed pace, accompanied by restrained pop music. Read full review
70
Washington PostRita Kempley
It satisfies your appetite for totally tasteless but deliciously flaky boy movies. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Silly, simple and sophomoric -- and also intermittently hilarious and, surprise of surprises, directed with unexpected craft. Read full review
63
USA TodayMike Clark
We all know grossly moronic behavior can, in the right situation, generate hearty guilty-pleasure guffaws - at least until overkill wears out the welcome. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Not as consistently or uproariously funny as "American Pie," but it does have a Zen zaniness that gives it center as well as edge. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Plot? There is no plot. You want plot, go read "War and Peace." Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Bad taste is timeless. And sometimes it can be so funny that you can't help laughing. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Gets a lurching spring in its step whenever Tom Green shows up to, say, cram a live mouse in his mouth. Read full review
60
SlateDavid Edelstein
This isn't an objectionable movie, just a mild, obvious, and rather limp one, with plenty of little jolts but no ejaculatory payoff. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's sweet when it should be raunchy, or vice versa, and the result is a movie that seems uneasy with itself. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The film's real find is D.J. Qualls, who is very funny as a jug-eared nerd who blossoms into a wild man after three days on the road. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
Genially moronic, Road Trip will tide you over until the next slice of "American Pie" comes along. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
This is a familiar journey and director/co-writer Todd Phillips sidesteps every opportunity to inject a little edge or originality into it. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
When it's not wasting time with character, this deliberately dumb collegiate comedy is good for a few laughs of the big butts and sex variety, but not much else. Read full review
40
Film.comTom Keogh
When Phillips is out of the zone, however, Road Trip slows down, awaiting another redemption. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
All I know is that guys are strongly advised to avoid this on a first date. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Occasionally wills itself to rude, crude life. But most of the time it's pretty limp. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
Degenerates into a slow-moving game of connect-the-gross-outs. Read full review
30
Film.comSean Means
But as objectionable as its subject matter is, the most objectionable thing is that it's not funny. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The animals in Road Trip are pretty hilarious; as a five-minute short on cable TV's "Animal Planet," this film would be a stitch. Read full review
5
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
A cinematic lowpoint, even within its decidedly lowbrow genre, the teen gross-out sex romp. Read full review
0
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
It ranks (indeed, it is rank) among the most soul-deadening movies ever made; it has no pulse and seeks to steal yours with a cynical vengeance. Read full review
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