Things I Like: Road Trip (2000 Film)

Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures

Road Trip was one of those classic college comedies from the early 2000s. It definitely wasn’t going to win any Oscars, but I thought it was a pretty good movie. It was directed by Todd Phillips, who would later become more famous for directing Old School and, more importantly, The Hangover movies.

Breckin Meyer as Josh Parker and Rachel Blanchard as Tiffany Henderson Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures

The movie follows an average “good guy” named Josh Parker, who has the bad luck of his high school girlfriend going to college all the way down in Texas. But they’re determined to make their long-distance relationship work—until he cheats on her and accidentally mails the evidence to her.

Car does super jump over old bridge Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures

Josh and his friends decide to head all the way to Texas to intercept the package before it’s delivered. I know the postal system is kind of slow, but they definitely weren’t going to beat snail mail at their pace.

Seann William Scott as E.L. Faldt and Paulo Costanzo as Rubin Carver Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures

This was also a classic role for Seann William Scott, who starred in Dude, Where’s My Car? that same year. I also remember seeing Joey’s nephew from Friends’ spinoff Joey in the movie before he took on that TV role.

DJ Qualls as Kyle Edwards Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures

And I’ll never forget that weird kid Kyle and the girl he ends up with.

Barry Manilow feeding mouse to snake Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures Tom Green

I also remember Tom Green being in this movie, just a few years before everybody stopped caring about him. How Drew Barrymore married that dude, I’ll never know.

Seann William Scott as E.L. Faldt in the bank with the nurse Road Trip 2000 movie Todd Phillips Paramount Pictures

I don’t have much motivation to watch it a quarter century later, and it really pains me to realize how much time has passed since then—but it still holds a very special place in my heart.

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